Department of Materials Science and Engineering

This large and diversified program of research is carried out in outstanding research facilities in the MSE Department and in a cluster of separate materials research centers located on the Iowa State University campus.

These centers are under the general administration of the Institute for Physical Research and Technology, including the

• Ames Laboratory (USDOE)
• Center for Advanced Technology and Development
• Center for Nondestructive Evaluation
• International Materials Institute
• Materials Preparation Center
• Microelectronic Research Center
• The Institute for Combinatorial Discovery