Careers in MSE
What can you do with a B.S. in MSE?
Naturally interdisciplinary, materials scientists and engineers can be found contributing vital knowledge to a wide array of fields. Graduates with degrees in MSE can be found everywhere from academia and industry to fields beyond engineering such as law, medicine and finance. In engineering fields, graduates work in aerospace, additive manufacturing, quantum computing, hard disk technologies, thermoelectrics, sustainable materials, soft/bio materials, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, drug delivery, semi-conductors, computational modeling, and corrosion, to name just a few.
Technical jobs for MSE graduates include processing engineers, research and development engineers, product development, materials characterization, materials testing and evaluations and consulting. MSE graduates are hired by companies such as GM, Intel, Boeing, USS, IBM, Dow, Xerox, Corning, Apple, Alcoa, Texas Instruments, General Dynamics, SpaceX, Rolls Royce, DuPont, Motorola, Ford, Chevron, and Philips. Our graduates are also working for NASA, the Department of Defense, national laboratories and other government positions.
Through my research I’ve been afforded opportunities to work with, present to, and develop relationships with people at other universities (e.g., MIT, Ohio State) and with those who work for industry giants, including Rolls-Royce, the Department of Defense, the Naval Research Laboratories, and NASA. No matter what field you’re interested in, each relies on our understanding of materials; this makes a materials scientist and engineer incredibly valuable, regardless of where you go.
Erin Dubas
MSE Alum
