Materials Science and Engineering

CU-Boulder has tremendous strengths in several facets of materials science and engineering, including liquid crystals, polymers, biomaterials, micro/nanostructured materials, and optical materials. New MS and PhD degrees are being developed to reflect these strengths and promote impactful research addressing the fundamental challenges and opportunities in the field.

For more information, go to the Materials Science and Engineering Program.

Research Centers

Center for Aerospace Structures

Center for Membrane Applied Science & Technology

DARPA Center on Nanoscale Science and Technology for Integrated Micro/Nano-electromechanical Transducers (iMINT)

I/UCRC for Fundamentals and Application of Photopolymerization

Departmental Research

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering — Structural & Materials Laboratory

Computer Science — Soft Computational Materials

Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering — Nanostructures and Devices

Mechanical Engineering — Micro/Nanoscale Engineering

Additional Facilities

Nanomaterials Characterization Facility

Colorado Nanofabrication Laboratory

Affiliated Programs

Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center

JILA Keck Optical Measurement Laboratory