Innovate. Educate. Materials that Matter.
Develop leaders in materials science and engineering, generate scientific discoveries, and enable new technology opportunities that serve 21st century societal needs through educational innovations, ground-breaking research, entrepreneurial pursuits, and community outreach.
Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State encompasses a diverse set of teaching, research, and service efforts aimed at creating world-class engineers and scientists with safety and community as top priorities. During Fall 2019, MatSE leadership (Kimel, Maria, Mauro, Robinson, Sinnott) convened to develop discussion topics as part of the 2020-2025 MatSE strategic plan. The outcome of this was eight themes to guide the department in the coming years: research, teaching, service, people, safety, MatSE across borders, facilities, and development. Subsequently, the faculty and staff came together on January 21, 2020 to build the roadmap for MatSE based on these themes. Over the course of the day, faculty and staff developed and voted on a series of goals, objectives, and tasks that best represented our values within the MatSE community. The process led to a broad range of input that was subsequently distilled into three over-arching goals:
