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;
    • Biomanufacturing;
    • Data Analytics and Machine Learning;
    • 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
Goh, M. Cynthia - PhD
Grynpas, Marc - MSc, PhD
Hatton, Benjamin - BASc, MASc, PhD (Associate Chair, Graduate Studies)
Hattrick-Simpers, Jason - BS, PhD
Hibbard, Glenn - BASc, PhD
Howe, Jane - PhD
Kherani, Nazir - BASc, MASc, PhD
Lu, Zheng-Hong - BSc, MSc, PhD
Matsuura, Naomi - ME, PhD
Naguib, Hani - BSc, ME, PhD, PEng (Chair and Graduate Chair)
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

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

Associate Members

Dai-Hattrick, Liyang - BS, MASc, PhD

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 CodeCourse Title
Graduate Research Seminar MASc
Special Topics in Materials Science I
Special Topics in Materials Science II
Interface and Nanophase Engineering
MSE1025HSpecial Topics in Materials Science III
Analytical Electron Microscopy
Advanced Materials Science
Forensic Engineering
Polymers and Composites Engineering
Directed Readings in Materials Science and Engineering I
Optical and Photonic Materials
Application of Electrochemical Techniques in Materials Science
Process Metallurgy of Iron and Steel
Computational Materials Design
MSE1040HEmerging Applications in Biomaterials
Composite Materials Engineering
Directed Readings in Materials Science and Engineering II
Nanotechnology in Alternate Energy Systems
Engineered Ceramics
Materials Physics
MSE1063HApplication of Artificial Intelligence in Process Metallurgy
MSE1064HExtraction, Production, and Processing of Aluminum
MSE1065HApplication of Artificial Intelligence in Materials Design
MSE1066HPractical Aspects of Electron Microscopy
MSE1067HDamage and Failure of Advanced Engineering Materials
MSE1068HAdditive Manufacturing of Metals, Ceramics, and Composites
Graduate Research Seminar PhD
MEng Project
Managing Business Innovation and Transformational Change
APS1043HWriting Your Own Patent Application
Biological and Bio-inspired Materials
Applied Surface Chemistry