StudyQA — Bachelor: Materials Science and Engineering — University of Maryland at College Park

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Students in our undergraduate program receive a strong engineering education that has a solid emphasis on the fundamental properties and structure of materials, combined with the application and design of advanced materials for a wide range of engineering problems. In their junior and senior years, students specialize in one of six aspects of materials science and engineering:

Materials Science
Soft Materials and Biomaterials
Electrical, Optical and Functional Materials
Nanotechnology
Materials for Energy

Alternately, a specialization area can be designed to specifically meet an individual student's educational and career goals. The department also coordinates the Clark School'sInterdisciplinary Minor in Nanoscale Science and Technology.

ENMA 150: Materials of Civilization (3)
ENMA 181: Introduction to Nanomaterials Seminar (1)
ENMA 300: Introduction to Materials and Their Applications (3)
ENMA 301: Materials for Emerging Technologies (3)
ENMA 312: Experimental Methods in Materials Science (3)
ENMA 362: Mechanical Properties (3)
ENMA 410: Materials for Energy I (3)
ENMA 411: Materials for Energy II (3)
ENMA 412: Fundamentals of Solar Cells (3)
ENMA 420: Intermediate Ceramics (3)
ENMA 421: Design of Composites (3)
ENMA 422: Radiation Effects (3)
ENMA 423: Manufacturing with Polymers (3)
ENMA 424: Manufacturing Ceramics (3)
ENMA 425: Introduction to Biomaterials (3)
ENMA 426: Reliability of Materials (3)
ENMA 430: Nanosized Materials (3)
ENMA 431: Nanomechanics of Biomaterials (3)
ENMA 440: Plasma Processing of Materials (3)
ENMA 441: Nanotechnology Characterization (3)
ENMA 442: Nanomaterials (3)
ENMA 443: Introduction to Photonic Materials, Devices and Reliability (3)
ENMA 445: Liquid Crystals and Other Monomeric Soft Matter Materials (3)
ENMA 460: Physics of Solid Materials (3)
ENMA 461: Thermodynamics of Materials (3)
ENMA 462: Smart Materials (3)
ENMA 463: Macroprocessing (3)
ENMA 464: Environmental Effects on Engineering Materials (3)
ENMA 465: Microprocessing (3)
ENMA 466: Advanced Materials Fabrication Laboratory (3)
ENMA 470 (formerly ENMA 489O): Materials Selection in Engineering Design (3)
ENMA 471: Kinetics, Diffusion and Phase Transformations (3)
ENMA 472: Technology and Design of Engineering Materials (3)
ENMA 475: Diffraction Techniques in Materials Science (3)
ENMA 481: Introduction to Electronic and Optical Materials (3)
ENMA 482: Introduction to Electron Microscopy (3)
ENMA 484: Finite Element Modeling
ENMA 489A: Introduction to Computational Materials Science
ENMA 489C: Electrochemical Energy Engineering
ENMA 490: Materials Design—Capstone Design Course (3)
ENMA 495: Polymeric Engineering Materials (3)
ENMA 499: Laboratory Project (3)

Requirements

Nonrefundable application fee of $75
Two letters of recommendation are required for a completed application: one from your school counselor and one from a teacher. Recommendations must be sent to us directly from the recommender.
Official copy of your high school transcripts
Where appropriate, include official results and certificates of completion from national secondary school examinations such as GCSE/GCE, CBSE national and regional, CXC/CSEC and WAEC. Transcripts must be sent in the native language with a certified English translation.
The SAT or the ACT is required.
If neither the SAT nor the ACT is available in your country, submit a written request for a waiver of this requirement with your application. Applicants who don’t submit some form of official standardized testing may be at a competitive disadvantage.
Activities and awards list or resume
If English is not your native language—regardless of your citizenship—you must have an official report of your scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) sent to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at the address below by the appropriate application deadline. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will consider all materials submitted in the application package to determine your level of English proficiency.