Materials Design and Manufacturing
Build with Better Materials
This option is for students who want to create and improve the materials that make modern technology possible. You’ll study how atomic-scale structures shape material properties — and apply that knowledge to design, process, and manufacture high-performance materials and products.
With growing industry demand for engineers who can innovate from the inside out, this transcript-visible option prepares you to develop safer, more efficient, and sustainable materials for a wide range of applications.
Check out the option course list in the Oregon State Catalog:
Fun Fact
Call it whatever you want – a concentration, a focus area, a specialization… when it’s visible on your transcript, we call it a degree option.
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