Welcome
This guide was created to support the Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Program at Texas State University.
Here you'll find information to help you search for the books, articles, and dissertations & theses you need for your research. You will also find resources on careers in Materials Science and other relevant resources.
If you have any questions about this guide or about finding Materials Science resources, please contact your subject librarian.
Professional Associations
- ASM InternationalASM International is the world’s largest and most established materials information society. ASM connects you to a global network of peers and provides access to trusted materials information through reference content , data and research, education courses and international events; helping you to solve problems and improve materials related outcomes.
- Materials Research Society (MRS)The Materials Research Society (MRS) was established in 1973 by a visionary group of scientists who shared the belief that their professional interests were broader in scope than existing single-discipline societies and that a new interdisciplinary organization was needed.
- American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM)ASTM International is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of voluntary consensus standards. These standards are used around the world to improve product quality, enhance health and safety, strengthen market access and trade, and build consumer confidence.
- Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE ®) is a global professional member society dedicated to enabling growth and innovation in the aerospace, transportation, construction, energy, marine and industrial application industries.
- The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) is a professional society that connects minerals, metals, and materials scientists and engineers who work in industry, academia, and government positions around the world.
About the MSEC Program
About the Program
Materials science and engineering involves the characterization of the physical and chemical properties of solid materials-metals and alloys, ceramics, magnetic materials, polymers, optical materials, semiconductors, superconductors, and composites for the purpose of using, changing, or enhancing inherent properties to create or improve end products. This field is multidisciplinary including physics, chemistry and biochemistry, engineering, technology, biology, math, and computer science.
Texas State has created a cutting-edge materials science, engineering and commercialization Ph.D. program that will contribute to the research, development and validation of materials to be used in the next generation of electronics, medicines, plastics, sensors, and renewable energy. Coupling commercialization with science and engineering, the planned curriculum seeks to infuse an understanding of intellectual property law, skills in business planning, and entrepreneurship together with the ability to organize and lead interdisciplinary research teams.
Mission and Goals
Our program mission is to train graduate scientists and engineers to perform interdisciplinary research on scale-dependent materials and equip them to emerge as effective leaders in the advancement of 21st century global discovery and innovation.
Goals of the MSEC program are to provide the graduates with:
- technical skills necessary to conduct high quality research
- an orientation toward interdisciplinary research
- a set of business tools and knowledge of business practice
- technical project and business management skills
Information taken from About the Program: https://www.msec.txstate.edu/2015-About-the-MSEC-program0.html
Websites & Podcasts
- Materialism PodcastThe Materialism Podcast strives to find a balance between accessible explanations of fundamental concepts and in-depth discussions about advanced materials and techniques. Topics are contextualized using a narrative structure that helps listeners understand the critical role that materials have played in society, and glimpse into what the future may hold for new materials.
- Materials ProjectThe Materials Project is a multi-institution, multi-national effort to compute the properties of all inorganic materials and provide the data and associated analysis algorithms for every materials researcher free of charge. The ultimate goal of the initiative is to drastically reduce the time needed to invent new materials by focusing costly and time-consuming experiments on compounds that show the most promise computationally. Within the Materials Project ecosystem exist several free and open source software projects that both power the Materials Project apps and support the scientific community at large.
- National Institute of Standards and TechnologyThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was founded in 1901 and is now part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST is one of the nation's oldest physical science laboratories. It aims to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.
- MatWebThe heart of MatWeb's services is a searchable online database of engineering materials. There are over 170,000 data sheets in the collection covering thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, polyethylene and polypropylene; metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials.
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