Materials Science and Engineering

MSE: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Applied Science and Engineering

Degree Programs

Materials Science and Engineering

MASc

  • Emphasis:
    • Sustainable Energy

MEng

  • Emphases:
    • Advanced Manufacturing;
    • Advanced Soft Materials;
    • Advanced Water Technologies;
    • Analytics;
    • Biomanufacturing;
    • Engineering and Globalization;
    • Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Innovation and Technology in Engineering (ELITE);
    • Forensic Engineering;
    • Sustainable Energy

PhD

  • Emphasis:
    • Sustainable Energy

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specialization is available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:

Overview

Climate change, energy availability, and resource depletion are today’s global challenges. The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) is at the forefront of addressing these issues. MSE's research, education, and applications expertise in advanced materials engineering enables the development of new and sustainable technologies, creating innovative solutions for the global environment. As a world leader in materials applications and processing, the department's commitment to excellence fosters innovative thinking in its students, leading to the development of brilliant minds and ideas that make a global impact.

MSE research and studies address the general problem of understanding structure-property-processing-performance relationships in materials. Materials science subjects focus on the structure, properties, and application of advanced materials in areas such as: Advanced Manufacturing & Coating Techniques; Adaptive Materials; Biomaterials & Biotechnology; Computational Materials Engineering; Electronic Materials & Systems; Materials Fracture & Failure; Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology; Optoelectronics; Photovoltaics; Process Metallurgy; Surface Engineering; and Sustainable Mineral & Materials Processing.

Leading-edge research facilities house 11 electron microscopy and surface characterization instruments in the Ontario Centre for the Characterization of Advanced Materials (OCCAM) and five new analytical instruments in the Walter Curlook Materials Characterization & Processing Laboratory, where graduate students learn from world-renowned researchers.

Contact and Address

Web: mse.utoronto.ca
Email: mse.graduate@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-3012
Fax: (416) 978-4155

Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Toronto
Wallberg Building
Room 140, 184 College Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E4
Canada

MSE: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Azimi, Gisele - BASc, MASc, PhD
Barati Sedeh, Mansoor - BSc, MASc, PhD
Coyle, Tom - BS, BA, ScD
Grynpas, Marc - MSc, PhD
Hatton, Benjamin - BASc, MASc, PhD (Associate Chair, Graduate Studies)
Hattrick-Simpers, Jason - BS, PhD
Hibbard, Glenn - BASc, PhD (Chair and Graduate Chair)
Howe, Jane - PhD
Kherani, Nazir - BASc, MASc, PhD
Lu, Zheng-Hong - BSc, MSc, PhD
Matsuura, Naomi - ME, PhD
Naguib, Hani - BSc, ME, PhD, PEng
Nogami, Jun - BASc, MASc, PhD
Perovic, Doug - BASc, MASc, PhD
Ramsay, Scott - BASc, MASc, PhD
Ruda, Harry - BSc, PhD
Singh, Chandra Veer - BASc, MTech, PhD (Associate Chair, Research)
Sone, Eli - BSc, MS, PhD
Thorpe, Steven - BASc, MASc, PhD
von Lilienfeld Toal, Anatole - PhD
Wang, Zhirui - BEng, BEng, MASc, PhD
Zou, Yu - BASc, MASc, PhD

Members Emeriti

Erb, Uwe - MSc, PhD
Lian, Keryn - BE, MASc, MSc, PhD
Mclean, Alexander - BSc, PhD
Pilliar, Robert - BASc, PhD
Sommerville, Iain - BSc, PhD, ARCS

MSE: Materials Science and Engineering MASc, MEng, PhD Courses

A schedule is available on the MSE website at the beginning of the Fall session, listing the time and room location for each course offered in MSE in both the Fall and Winter sessions.

Not all courses are offered every year. Please consult the department for a listing of courses being offered this year.

All students wishing to undertake graduate research in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering must successfully complete a two-day intensive occupational health and safety training program which will normally take place during the week immediately preceding the commencement of graduate courses. More details concerning this course will be provided by the Coordinator of Graduate Studies once admission to a graduate program has been confirmed.

After the initial safety training, all students are required to pass refresher safety training annually.

Materials Science

Course Code Course Title
MSE1000H0
Graduate Research Seminar MASc
MSE1022H
Special Topics in Materials Science I
MSE1023H
Special Topics in Materials Science II
MSE1024H
Interface and Nanophase Engineering
MSE1026H
Analytical Electron Microscopy
MSE1028H
Advanced Materials Science
MSE1031H
Forensic Engineering
MSE1032H
Polymers and Composites Engineering
MSE1034H
Directed Readings in Materials Science and Engineering I
MSE1035H
Optical and Photonic Materials
MSE1036H
Application of Electrochemical Techniques in Materials Science
MSE1037H
Process Metallurgy of Iron and Steel
MSE1038H
Computational Materials Design
MSE1043H
Composite Materials Engineering
MSE1044H
Directed Readings in Materials Science and Engineering II
MSE1058H
Nanotechnology in Alternate Energy Systems
MSE1061H
Engineered Ceramics
MSE1062H
Materials Physics
MSE1063H Application of Artificial Intelligence in Process Metallurgy
(prerequisites: basic knowledge of R and Python; exclusion: MSE1065H)
MSE1064H Extraction, Production, and Processing of Aluminum
MSE1065H Application of Artificial Intelligence in Materials Design
(prerequisites: basic knowledge of R and Python and materials science; exclusion: MSE1063H)
MSE1066H Practical Aspects of Electron Microscopy
MSE1067H Damage and Failure of Advanced Engineering Materials
(prerequisites: basic knowledge of materials science, mechanics of materials, and fracture mechanics)
MSE1068H Additive Manufacturing of Metals, Ceramics, and Composites
(prerequisites: basic knowledge of materials science, especially phase transformation and mechanical behaviour of materials)
MSE2000H0
Graduate Research Seminar PhD
MSE3000Y
MEng Project
APS1012H
Managing Business Innovation and Transformational Change
APS1043H Writing Your Own Patent Application
JMB1050H
Biological and Bio-inspired Materials
JMZ1704H
Polymer Process Engineering
JTC1020H
Ceramics
JTC1135H
Applied Surface Chemistry

0 Course that may continue over a program. The course is graded when completed.