Materials Science and Engineering

MSE student spends summer researching in Japan
This past summer Adam Eichhorn, who just started his senior year in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), was able to visit Japan as a part of a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) where he was able to gain valuable research experience before he moves on to graduate school. Read More

October 6, 2022
NASA selects MSE professor to test materials for future missions
NASA has selected five different ground-based proposals to investigate important problems using existing data from the Physical Sciences Informatics System and Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) assistant professor Sid Pathak’s proposal was one of those chosen. Read More

September 13, 2022
Meet the new MSE faculty: Boyce Chang
In August, new assistant professor Boyce Chang joined the faculty in the department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Chang brings extensive experience and research to the department. Read More

August 25, 2022
Meet the new MSE faculty: Lin Zhou
Starting in the fall, Lin Zhou will be a new professor for Material Sciences and Engineering. Lin brings years of experience and research to the MSE department. Read More

August 11, 2022
Kirillova to join MSE faculty in the fall
Starting in the fall, Alina Kirillova will be a new professor for Material Sciences and Engineering (MSE). Alina brings extensive experience and research to the department. Read More

July 29, 2022
NASA selects three ISU researchers for EPSCoR funding
Department of Aerospace Engineering T.A. Wilson Professor of Aerospace Engineering Ashraf Bastawros is one of three individuals from Iowa State University who have been selected for NASA EPSCoR’s Fiscal Year 2022 Rapid Response Research (R3). Read More

July 27, 2022
Qi An joins the MSE faculty
New MSE faculty member Qi An will join the staff this fall. Read More

July 18, 2022
Faculty Professional Development Assignment leads to patent for IMSE prof
The Faculty Professional Development Assignment (FPDA) taken by one industrial engineering professor has paid off in the form of a patent. Matt Frank, the John B. Slater Professor of Sustainable Design & Manufacturing, and a team of engineers from Deere and Company were recently issued U.S. Patent 11,364,536 B1 for the “layered slab manufacturing system and method” Read More

June 27, 2022
Robert Kaman: Outstanding senior in materials engineering
Robert Kaman is the spring 2022 outstanding senior in materials engineering Read More

May 9, 2022
Q&A with Andrea Klocke, MSE academic advisor
What's MSE academic advisor Andrea Klocke's favorite part of her job – and the most surprising? Read a Q&A to find out that and more. Read More

May 9, 2022
MSE’s Shan Jiang promoted to associate professor with tenure
The Iowa Board of Regents recently approved Shan Jiang’s promotion to associate professor of materials science and engineering with tenure, effective July 1. Read More

April 22, 2022
Apply now for Spaceflight Operations Workshop™! Do you have what it takes?
If “What I Did This Summer” essays were still a thing in school, the Department of Aerospace Engineering Spaceflight Operations Workshop would offer some great inspiration. And while those selected for this year’s edition may or may not be writing essays about it later, it will give them something even more valuable: a new way of looking at the world and handling challenges – from an “operational” standpoint. The application period for the two-week experience, set for August 2-14, 2022, is now open. As always, it will depart from the typical college classroom experience, to engage students in hands-on activities to learn planning, execution, and teamwork while transforming their thought processes to be more operationally centered. Read More

February 2, 2022
Change Agent: Martin Thuo, materials science and engineering
Martin Thuo and his research group have developed heat-free solder. They’ve printed electronics on rose petals. They’ve made “chameleon metals” that change surfaces in response to heat. With a bit of “metal whispering,” they’ve found a better way to recover precious metals from electronic waste. And now, after two and a half years of work, they’ve invented a new seed lubricant. What’s the source of that creativity? Read More

February 1, 2022
Cyclone engineers take to the sky for advanced manufacturing research
A team of Iowa State University College of Engineering researchers recently experienced something that few ever will: a zero-gravity environment. Read More

January 27, 2022
Tara Hoffman: Outstanding senior in materials engineering
Tara Hoffman is the fall 2021 outstanding senior in materials engineering. Read More

December 6, 2021