Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary - Materials Science and Engineering

The graduate concentration in Materials Science and Engineering has an associated interdisciplinary faculty group comprising faculty and researchers from multiple research centers and institutes as well as three academic colleges. This interdisciplinary offering provides IPh.D. students an opportunity to develop high-demand skills related to the design, fabrication, and utilization of materials across a variety of disciplines and industrial sectors. The I-PhD Concentration in Materials Science & Engineering will prepare students for successful careers in a variety of industry sectors that require a workforce trained in Materials Science & Engineering. These include: Chemical Processing, Electronics, Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, Composites, Manufacturing & Product Development, Defense, Infrastructure, Health Care and Biomedical Technologies.

Success of many engineering applications depend on designing, fabricating and utilizing materials with specific sets of functional properties. A specialty in Materials Science & Engineering within the I-PhD program will prepare students to understand and utilize the correlations between structure, composition, processing and properties of materials, from nanometer to microscopic and macroscopic scales, for a wide variety of multi-disciplinary applications ranging from aerospace, transportation and infrastructure to energy, environment, and biotechnology. This materials-focused program would be an umbrella concentration within the current I-Ph.D. program and make it easier for potential employers to identify students with this training, from within a larger breadth of expertise across multiple departments and research centers.

A completed Graduate School application which includes transcripts of prior undergraduate and graduate work, scores from the Graduate Record Exam and letters of recommendation; A résumé of the applicant; Résumés of members of the proposed Academic Advisory Committee if they do not currently hold University of Maine graduate faculty appointments; and In the case of international students, appropriate financial statements and scores from an English language proficiency examination (eg TOEFL), if applicable IELTS - 6.5 TOEFL IBT - 80 Duolingo English Test - 105