The Graduate Program in Materials Science at the University of Vermont (UVM) is an interdisciplinary activity engaged in the application of basic sciences and engineering to understanding the behavior of materials, their development and applications.
Faculty for the program are drawn from the departments of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics, and Chemistry. The faculty are committed to educating the students on the properties and applications of materials and to carry out advanced and stimulating research in these areas.
The program is multidisciplinary because it is involved with the physical, mechanical, electrical and chemical properties of materials — mostly solids. It is multidisciplinary also in that it combines the theoretical and experimental capabilities of a variety of disciplines and applies them to the solution of complex scientific and engineering problems.
The research programs pursued in Materials Science have two areas of specialization: electronic materials and bio-polymeric materials.
Specific research topics include:
Many of the faculty in the Materials Science Program have developed individual laboratories to conduct their chosen research. The participating departments also maintain sophisticated characterization facilities. The details of each faculty member's research interests can be found under Faculty.
