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February 15, 2009 at 12:07 pm
i amm interested in your program of the university please can you tell me the main differences beyween material science and material engineering
February 21, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Hi, balkees —
One of our MSE professors answered your question this way:
“The really short answer is science is the basic understanding of how nature works, as determined in an unbiased way based on experiment.
Engineering is the application of science to do useful things, or solve problems. Like make solar cells to transform the sun’s energy to electricity.
Same applies to materials science / engineering. Its basic understanding vs. application. ”
From an advising point of view, and particularly at The Ohio State University, the department of Materials Science and Engineering resides in the College of Engineering. A student in MSE is a Materials Scientist and also an Engineer.
Hope that helps.
August 19, 2009 at 7:31 am
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Thanks,
Darva