Graduate Exams: Qualification, Preliminary, and Final

Biomaterials

Lead Examiner C. Leal,
Co-examiner H. Wang

Ceramics Processing

Lead Examiner T. Kriven,
Co-examiner D. Shoemaker

Computational / Simulation Methods in Materials Science

Lead Examiner D. Trinkle,
Co-examiner A. Schleife

Electron Microscopy and Scattering

Lead Examiner J. Zuo,
Co-examiner P. Huang

Electronic Materials Processing

Lead Examiner Q. Cao,
Co-examiner A. Hoffman

Macromolecular Solids

Lead Examiner N. Sottos,
Co-examiner C. Schroeder

Optical Properties of Materials

Lead Examiner M. Shim,
Co-examiner Q. Cao

Physical Metallurgy

Lead Examiner P. Bellon,
Co-examiner M. Charpagne

Polymer Physics

Lead Examiner A. Statt,
Co-examiner K. Schweizer

Polymer Synthesis

Lead Examiner C. Evans,
Co-examiner C. Schroeder

Solid State Physics

Lead Examiner A. Schleife/D. Cahill
Co-examiner A. Zande

*Please contact Graduate Programs Office for current examiners.

Surfaces and Colloids

Lead Examiner Q. Chen / P. Braun 
Co-examiner R. Espinosa Marzal

*Please contact Graduate Programs Office for current examiners.

Other

One topic only, may be chosen from list of prior exams below or any other topic. DGS approval required.

Atomic Processes on Surfaces, Composites, Crystal Physics and Structure, Defects in Crystals, Dielectric Properties of Materials, Dynamics of Macromolecular Fluids, Mechanical Properties, Plastics Engineering, Solid State Transformations, Tribology of Materials, X-Ray Diffraction and Scattering