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Welcome

Welcome to UBC Materials Engineering! In this section you can:

– Discover more about materials engineering, our undergraduate program and how it can prepare you for a huge range of rewarding career options.

– Find out about the excellent opportunities for graduate students in our Department.

MTRL News

MTRL News

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service
Mary Jansepar, Materials Engineering, Assistant to the Head – Mary exemplifies what this award is about. Mary has been in the department for over 40 years and seen a lot of changes and challenges from working under 10 department heads. She is the unsung hero that keeps the day to day and year to year […]

Applied Science: Dean’s Medal of Distinction
Warren Poole was awarded a Dean’s Medal of Distinction. The faculty recognized 13 individuals “who have brought high honor to the faculty and/or made longstanding contributions to the advancement of our vision, mission and mandate.”

Matthias Militzer is one of five UBC engineering professors to be awarded an NSERC Strategic Partnership Grant
Matthias Militzer, a professor of materials engineering, will lead an inter-university team to develop a new, interface-based approach for designing advanced next-generation high-strength steels that will enable the manufacture of lightweight cars. The project will also involve researchers from McGill and McMaster and three leading Canadian steel producers (ArcelorMittal Dofasco, Stelco, and Evraz Inc NA) […]