New faculty members expand department's capacity
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering have launched a new academic year with six new faculty members, helping to build capacity in critical areas. Two, Carolin Fink and Joerg Jinschek , joined the department on January 1, 2017. Fink... | LEARN MORE
Alum shoots, scores with new Adidas gig
Prashanth Peketi’s education has taken him from life as a student athlete in Twinsburg, Ohio to a management position at one of the world’s biggest sports equipment and apparel companies in the world. And his time in Ohio State’s Materials Science... | LEARN MORE
Welding engineer tops category in Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
Brett Worrell, a senior in welding engineering , topped the mechanics and materials category in the 22nd annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum . The Centerville native focused on ways to potentially mitigate or solve problems for the automotive... | LEARN MORE
Ohio State engineers and CEMAS essential to research featured on Nature cover
The Ohio State University’s capacity and expertise in high-end microscopy has come into focus on the cover of Nature. Scholars at Ohio State’s Center for Electronic Microscopy and Analysis (CEMAS) teamed up with Massachusetts Institute of Technology... | LEARN MORE
Buckeyes earn big honors at “micro” meeting
(from left) Buckeye engineers Gabriel Calderon Ortiz, Bryan Esser and Isabel Boona were honored for their research prowess at the Microscopy and Microanalysis 2017 meeting. This week at the Microscopy and Microanalysis 2017 meeting in St. Louis,... | LEARN MORE
Undergrads test astronaut-anchoring device in NASA space challenge
A team of Ohio State engineering students has designed a tool for astronauts that could be used on future spacewalks. The AstroNuts recently became the first Ohio State team to participate in NASA’s annual Micro-g NExT (Neutral Buoyancy Experiment... | LEARN MORE
Discovery could lead to jet engines that run hotter—and cleaner
By Pam Frost Gorder COLUMBUS, Ohio—Researchers here have made a discovery in materials science that sounds like something from the old Saturday morning cartoon Super Friends : They’ve found a way to deactivate “nano twins” to improve the... | LEARN MORE
Ohio State researchers earn $500,000 NASA grant to advance additive manufacturing
Additive manufacturing research at The Ohio State University is among 13 university-led proposals to receive an Early Stage Innovations (ESI) grant from NASA’s Space Technology Research Grants Program. ESI grants promote innovative, early-stage... | LEARN MORE
Joining efforts to advance vehicle sustainability
Materials science and engineering researchers at The Ohio State University are working to make vehicles lighter and more fuel-efficient—through the materials used and the way they’re joined—in order to reduce emissions and fuel consumption in... | LEARN MORE
Sniffing out hazards
Columbus, Ohio -- Researchers at The Ohio State University are helping to build better sensors to detect potentially hazardous gases. Professor Sheikh Akbar and Associate Professor Patricia Morris , both of the Department of Materials Science and... | LEARN MORE
New LEDs may offer better way to clean water in remote areas
COLUMBUS, Ohio—For the first time, researchers have created light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on lightweight flexible metal foil. Engineers at The Ohio State University are developing the foil based LEDs for portable ultraviolet (UV) lights that... | LEARN MORE
MSE alums honored for excellence
One of the engineering heroes behind the safe return of the Apollo 13 astronauts, Honda’s first female chief engineer and a top Columbus architect were among the 16 alumni from The Ohio State University College of Engineering -- two of them from... | LEARN MORE
Betting on bright futures
“There’s a kid out there, going to an inner city high school, who’s smart and willing to work really hard. I want to give him or her a chance,” said Doug Fairchild (’80, ’82, ’95, welding engineering), who believes in paying forward. Yet... | LEARN MOREUndergrads test astronaut-anchoring device in NASA space challenge
A team of Ohio State engineering students has designed a tool for astronauts that could be used on future spacewalks. The AstroNuts recently became the first Ohio State team to participate in NASA’s annual Micro-g NExT (Neutral Buoyancy Experiment... | LEARN MORE
Videos
Professor David Phillips & Welding Careers
Three-Minute Thesis: Ryan Buntain
Desmond Bourgeois Welding Engineering Graduate and Research Student
Three-Minute Thesis: Bryan Esser
Rudy Buchheit on Supporting MSE
John Lippold on the Functions of the CIMJSEA
Welding Engineering Student Joe Totts
Three-Minute Thesis: Xinpeng Du
Faculty Positions
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering seeks to bring together a world-class faculty and staff to explore the field of MSE and Welding Engineering.
Watch this space for opportunities for employment.