Materials Science and Engineering Fundamentals Certificate

University of Arizona

Designed for degree-seeking students interested in an educational concentration that gives them an edge in their future career or the qualified professional who wants to enhance their skill set, the certificate offers courses to develop a basic understanding of the physical principles of Materials Science and Engineering used to achieve targeted performance through the inter-relationship of processing, structure, and properties. Certificate content focuses on the kinetic and thermodynamic concepts central to the development and application of new and existing materials and processes that enable such high-tech industries as microelectronics, aerospace, advanced and additive manufacturing, high temperature materials and composites, and space science. Students coming to the certificate with limited MSE experience also have the opportunity to include a course addressing Engineering Materials: Properties and Selection that provides an introduction to multiscale structural concepts and their impact on properties.