Materials science is inherently interdisciplinary, involving fundamental aspects of chemistry, physics, biology, geoscience, agricultural science, mathematics, and engineering. Reflecting this character, research in materials science at Oregon State University is spread among nine departments in three OSU colleges—Engineering, Forestry, and Science. Within the Department of Mechanical Engineering, four faculty members are actively engaged in materials research in the areas of mechanical behavior, biomaterials, electronic ceramics, energy materials, sensors, and bulk and thin film materials processing.
Materials research within the ME department is currently funded through a range of sources including the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, and the Petroleum Research Foundation. In 2005 alone, ME faculty at OSU authored over 25 papers in peer-reviewed materials science-related journals including Applied Physics Letters, Acta Biomaterialia, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Acta Materialia, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, and Journal of Applied Physics. In addition, the materials science faculty are active in the Materials Research Society, ASM International, the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS), the American Ceramic Society, and the Institute for Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IEEE). |
- Mechanical characterization, including stress-strain, fatigue, creep, impact, and hardness
- Dielectric characterization, from 20 Hz to 10 MHz including controlled atmosphere and temperature 100 K to 1200 K
- Thermal characterization, including DTA, DSC, and TGA
- X-Ray diffraction, with temperature stage from 100 K to 1200 K
- Materials processing, including bulk (powder) and thin film (solution-based) processing
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