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Materials engineering Degree Plan

Concentration Advisor:
Prof. S. Kumar, B&H 504, x3-2862, Sharvan_Kumar@brown.edu

Educational Objectives:
The educational objectives of the Materials Engineering Program at Brown University are based on the mission of the institution to prepare students for careers of useful service to society, and on the mission of the Division of Engineering to merge engineering teaching, scholarship, and practice in the pursuit of solutions to human needs.
Brown’s undergraduate Materials Engineering Program serves its students by:

  1. Offering prospective students opportunities to explore a broad range of engineering fields before choosing an area of specialization;
  2. Enabling students to develop the specialized knowledge and experience required to practice as professional materials engineers or to pursue a course of advanced study;
  3. Offering opportunities for students to work with faculty and graduate students in the creation and application of engineering science;
  4. Offering students a degree of flexibility to tailor their curricula to meet their personal educational goals, and providing them with opportunities to enrich their education through studies of the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Brown’s undergraduate Materials Engineering Program serves its graduates by:

  1. Preparing them either to enroll in programs of graduate study, to practice as professional materials engineers, or to pursue careers that involve application of the engineering method in other professional capacities;
  2. Preparing them to adapt readily to emerging technologies and career opportunities;
  3. Providing them with the foundation required for continued professional development and to rise to positions of leadership in their chosen field.

It serves industry, universities and the professional engineering community by graduating engineers who:

  1. Are capable of practicing as entry-level materials engineers or graduate students;
  2. Are capable of developing and exploiting responsibly the principles of engineering science, as well as emerging and established technologies, to meet the needs of their employers, their profession and society at large.

Concentration Requirements:
The requirements for concentrators in Materials Engineering are:

  1. The common core program for Sc.B. in Engineering, including Engineering 0310 or 0810. For materials concentrators, the required advanced science course is Physics 0790.
  2. All materials concentrators must take the following four courses: ENGN 1410, 1420, 1440, 1000 (or, with permission, Independent Studies in Engineering, ENGN 1970, containing an equivalent design experience relevant to Materials Engineering).
  3. At least three of the following four upper level materials courses must be selected:
    Engineering 1450, 1470, 1480, and 1490.
    (Note that ENGN 1470 is offered on a rotating basis in the fall semester of alternate years, and ENGN 1480 and ENGN 1450 are offered in the spring semester of alternate years. These courses are taken in either the junior or senior year.

The following upper level courses are recommended:
For student interested in Mechanical Properties and Mechanical Processing:
Engineering 1480,1300,1750.
For students interested in Electrical Properties and Applications of Materials to Solid State Electronics:
Engineering 1450, 1590, 1620, 1680.
For students interested in Chemistry and Materials Processing and Synthesis:
Engineering 1110, 1450,1480,1490,1680, and Chemistry 0350, 0360, 0500.
For students interested in Biomaterials:
Engineering 1210, 1230, 1470, 1490, BIOL 0200, BIOL 1080, BIOL 1090.
Attention is called to graduate courses in materials (with permission of the instructor): ENGN 2400, 2410, 2420.

See the Undergraduate Guide for more information.