The manipulation and creation of material with new characteristics and properties is one of the most exciting areas in engineering today. Engineers in this area create new particles by controlling material composition at the molecular and atomic level, where it is measured in nanometers (one nm equals one one-billionth of a meter), hence the term "nanotechnology." The materials they create provide cleaner, safer, and smarter products for the home, environment, computers, communications, medicine, transportation, agriculture, and industry in general. Advances in the field have already made the paint on your car more protective, improved the biocompatibility of artificial joints, facilitated the dissolving of oral medication into your bloodstream, and kept stains from taking hold on your new living room carpet.

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Students of this area typically choose from among the following engineering majors:

EXAMPLE MAJORS:

Chemical Engineering Electrical Engineering Materials Science & Engineering

Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering

 

     

P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science
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