McMaster University: Materials Science & Engineering

Smart Materials and Devices Sapphire camera window

Smart Materials and Devices Scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass

Next generation memory materials

Materials Engineers discover new materials and modify exiting ones in order to achieve desired electronic, magnetic and optical properties. • Learn about nanomaterials,

thin-films, coatings and microfabrication.

• Tackle the world’s pressing

challenges by developing new materials for solar cells and batteries.

Lithium ion battery

Organic light-emitting materials

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Courses on bonding, crystallography, mixing of materials and equilibrium (MATLS 2A04, 2B03, 2D03)

What is a Material?

Careers in Smart Materials & Devices:

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• Semiconductors (MATLS 2Q03, 3Q03) • Polymers (MATLS 4P03)

“Materials Engineering has given me the opportunity to access state-of-the-art facilities for the development of advanced functional materials for electronics and energy storage devices.”

Ryan Poon Materials Engineering

• Thin-Film Laboratory (MATLS 4LF2) • Sensors (MATLS 4Q03) • Nanomaterials (MATLS 4G03, 4FF3)

• Sensors and microdevices • Reverse Engineering and Failure Analysis • Material Processing

Structure Property Relationships

Where you’ll go: telecommunications, energy and microelectronics sectors

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Processing & Characterization of Electronic and Nano-Materials

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• ENG 4T03, MATLS 4Z06

Your PATHWAY to learning

Materials Selection & Capstone

Biomaterials

Biomaterials 3D-printed joints Computer-optimized designs

Materials Engineers design and develop new biomaterials for applications in implants, tissue engineering, drug-delivery and biosensing. • Develop innovative solutions to the most

critical challenges facing global health care.

• Find materials solutions to propel the

diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Bioceramic coatings

Drug-delivering biopolymers

Your PATHWAY to learning

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What is a Material?

Courses on bonding, crystallography, mixing of materials and equilibrium (MATLS 2A04, 2B03, 2D03)

Careers in Biomaterials: 2

• Material processing and surface modification • Advanced Manufacturing • Sensor development

Processing of Biomaterials

Where you’ll go: health care, medical, manufacturing and pharmaceutical sectors

• Ceramics (MATLS 3B03) • Polymers (MATLS 4P03) • Biomaterials lab (MATLS 4LB2)

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Applications of Biomaterials

• Sensors (MATLS 4Q03) • Tissue and Implant Engineering (MATLS 4B03, 4Y03)

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Materials Selection & Capstone

• (ENG 4T04, MATLS 4Z06)

“Biomaterials Engineering has allowed me to combine my interest in the human body with classical Materials Engineering to develop a new generation of multi-functional materials.”

Amanda Clifford Materials Engineering

Materials for Manufacturing and Infrastructure

Materials for Manufacturing and Infrastructure Materials Engineers design processes and materials for the automotive, aerospace, energy and infrastructure industries.

Carbon fiber panels

Hot-stamped, high-strength steel safety cage

• Be part of exciting changes such as 3D printing

and Industry 4.0.

Shatter-resistant glass

Light-weight aluminum panels

Next generation energy storage, including batteries, supercapacitors

• Tackle the clean energy challenge by

identifying sustainable approaches for producing and recycling material.

Your PATHWAY to learning

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What is a Material?

Careers in Materials for Manufacturing & Infastructure:

Courses on bonding, crystallography, mixing of materials and equilibrium (MATLS 2A04, 2B03, 2D03)

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Material Production

• Material Production, Processing and Heat-treating • Manufacturing • Corrosion & Failure Analysis

• Low temperature processing of functional and biomaterials (MATLS 3B03) • High temperature processing (MATLS 3F03, 4C03) • Sustainable Material Production (4I03)

Where you’ll go: automotive, aerospace, energy and infrastructure sectors

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Structure Property Relations

• Strength, Deformation & forming of Materials (MATLS 3M03, 3MF3) • Alloy Design and Microstructure manipulation (MATLS 3C03, 3E04, 3T04) • Aerospace and Automotive alloys (MATLS 4LA2, 4LS2, 4T03)

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Materials Selection & Industrial Capstone

• Corrosion (MATLS 4D03) • (ENG 4T04, MATLS 4Z06)

“The Manufacturing stream of Materials Engineering allows me to have an impact on the industry and society by making cars safer, more fuel efficient and more corrosion resistant.”

Chris Thomsen Materials Engineering

Data Analytics and Computational Materials

Materials Engineers use data analytics and advanced modelling to better understand the use, selection, manufacturing and discovery of materials.

Machine learning

High-performance computing

Data Analytics and Computational Materials

• Use the power of data analytics to speed up the Discovery of materials

design cycle and improve materials.

• Be part of an emerging field with the potential to

revolutionize the healthcare, manufacturing and energy sectors.

Simulation tools

What is a Material?

Courses on bonding, crystallography, mixing of materials and equilibrium (MATLS 2A04, 2B03, 2D03)

• Statistics for Materials Engineers (MATLS 3J03) • Big Data Analysis (CHEM ENG 4B03)

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Data Analytics

• Machine Learning (MATLS 4ML3)

• Microstructure Modelling (MATLS 4NN3)

“I am fascinated by how everything is interconnected in Materials Engineering and excited about how intelligent data analysis can be used to transform the way we develop new materials.”

Magdalena Laurien Materials Engineering

• Process Modelling (MATLS 4NP3)

Your PATHWAY to learning

Careers in Data Analytics & Computational Materials Engineering: • Process simulation and optimization • Accelerated material discovery/design • Image/data processing

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Microstructure and Process Simulation

• Finite Element Modelling (MECH ENG 4T03) 4

• (ENG 4T04, MATLS 4Z06)

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Materials Selection & Capstone

Where you’ll go: petrochemical, manufacturing, energy and healthcare sectors