What to MSE engineers really do?

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1 What to MSE engineers really do? Invent new materials to make new products possible Product design advise on materials selection in a design team, sometimes get involved with modification of manufacturing processes to get optimized material properties

2 What to MSE engineers really do? Invent new materials to make new products possible Product design advise on materials selection in a design team, sometimes get involved with modification of manufacturing processes to get optimized material properties Design of equipment to analyze or produce novel materials/products (with ME and ECE) Quality control insure that manufacturing processes produce parts that are good, identify source of problems, opportunities for improvements, manufacturing innovations

3 What to MSE engineers really do? Invent new materials to make new products possible Product design advise on materials selection in a design team, sometimes get involved with modification of manufacturing processes to get optimized material properties Design of equipment to analyze or produce novel materials/products (with ME and ECE) Quality control insure that manufacturing processes produce parts that are good, identify source of problems, opportunities for improvements, manufacturing innovations Failure Analysis identify source of failure and provide information and insights about how to prevent or make failure more predictable. Always interdisciplinary interactions with engineers of all flavors. need to know how other kinds of engineers think Some examples follow:

Materials Science in Energy Technology: Batteries Evaluating performance of different

Engineer working with battery technology?

$chemistry, fracture Reporting to multidisiplinery group about performance, failure modes$

4 Materials Science in Energy Technology: Batteries Evaluating performance of different batteries from different manufacturers What would a day s work look like for a Materials Engineer working with battery technology? , web conferences, meetings, some travel to customers, plants Microscopy of batteries that failed, to determine the cause of failure - requires knowledge of crystallography, chemistry, fracture Reporting to multidisiplinery group about performance, failure modes Writing material specifications in design and processes to manufacture batteries

Metallurgy in the Transportation Industry Overseeing casting

of interactions with Mech Engrs) What would a day s work look like

transportation systems Email, design/brainstorming meetings,

heat treatment of a part to obtain optimal balance of properties

identify most effective material / alloy choice for all of the

5 Metallurgy in the Transportation Industry Overseeing casting trials with different alloy modifications, mold temperatures (lots of interactions with Mech Engrs) What would a day s work look like for a Materials Engineer working with metallic parts for transportation systems , design/brainstorming meetings, travel to plants, suppliers, customers Identification of proper heat treatment of a part to obtain optimal balance of properties for minimum cost and maximum performance Working on design team to identify most effective material / alloy choice for all of the parts used in a sub-assembly Failure analysis of prototype parts stretched to their limit

Materials Science in the Electronics Industry Working

processing schedule to make a particular chip,

MEMS What would a day s work look like for a Materials

Email, design/brainstorming meetings, travel to plants,

to examine a particular type of material failure, such as

design to improve process path or develop a new strategy

6 Materials Science in the Electronics Industry Working with design engineers to define the multi-month processing schedule to make a particular chip, troubleshooting when things go wrong (microscopy). MEMS What would a day s work look like for a Materials Engineer working in an electronic manufacturing company , design/brainstorming meetings, travel to plants, suppliers, customers Investigation of simplified systems to examine a particular type of material failure, such as electromigration Developing manufacturing equipment design to improve process path or develop a new strategy to process chips Packaging design to minimize footprint, materials selection for managing heat transfer

Materials Science in the Biotech Industry Laboratory evaluation of

scaffolds to asses bone growth, toxicity reactions) Surface

adhesion, cell multiplication effects What would a day s work look

prosthetics Email, design/brainstorming meetings, travel to plants,

material for different parts of a prosthetic system, e.g.

7 Materials Science in the Biotech Industry Laboratory evaluation of boneprosthetic bonding effectiveness (glues, reabsorption of scaffolds to asses bone growth, toxicity reactions) Surface modification by chemical or mechanical means, and evaluation of cell adhesion, cell multiplication effects What would a day s work look like for a Materials Engineer working in company developing new prosthetics , design/brainstorming meetings, travel to plants, suppliers, customers Selection / evaluation / specification of material for different parts of a prosthetic system, e.g. metal ball, polymer cup, ceramic implant) Identification of manufacturing paths to meet cost/performance specifications

8 Where Do MSU/MSE Graduates Go?

9 This is average for terminal Bachelors degree holders mid-career

10 This reflects the lack of supply of metallurgists

11 MSU Starting Salaries vs. National Starting Salaries $75,000 $70,000 $65,000 $60,000 $55,000 $50,000 $45,000 National Average MSU Average BE CE CHE CPE CSE EE ME MSE MSU Data: Career 411 Average Salary Comparison, MSU Career Services, 2010 National Data: National Association of Colleges and Employers, Spring 2010

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