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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
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Study and conduct research with top scientists in the field and graduate with a degree from one of the most prestigious Materials Science departments in the nation. 

MatSE Alumnus elected to the National Academy of Engineering

News | February 15, 2021

Huang Group: Designing the flexibility of 2D materials

News | February 9, 2021

Yingjie Zhang Group: Detecting Biomolecules Using Topological Insulators

News | January 26, 2021

Jianjun Cheng editor-in-chief of Biomaterials Science

News | January 21, 2021

Hoffmann: Heat reveals hidden magnetic secrets

News | January 7, 2021

Prospective Undergraduates: Recorded information webinar available

News | December 10, 2020

Jianjun Cheng elected to National Academy of Inventors

News | December 9, 2020

Imaging Liquid Solvation Layers at the Atomic Scale

News | December 6, 2020

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#2

ranked undergraduate program

2nd largest

materials department in the nation

11,000

sq ft of undergraduate labs with cutting-edge equipment

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Upcoming Events

March
1

MatSE Colloquium - "Order-disorder-property relationships in structural materials: Guided by randomness"

4:00 PM
March
1

MatSE Seminar - “Understanding superalloys on the atomic scale”

12:00 PM
March
2

MatSE Soft Materials Seminar - “Organic mixed ionic/electronic conductors for applications in bioelectronics”

4:00 PM
 

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