Metallurgical and Materials Engineering is a diverse and interesting specialty that impacts nearly every facet of our economy. It applies chemistry, physics and math to recycling and treating wastes, separating minerals into concentrates, producing and purifying metals, manufacturing metals into products, creating materials, and joining materials together.
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering students learn the wonders of innovation and how materials can be manipulated to meet modern demand through a series of labs. As one of Montana Tech’s lab-based “heritage programs,” students are required to participate in 20 laboratories, all taught using industry-based equipment.
A Metallurgical and Materials Engineering degree leads to high-paying jobs in a broad spectrum of fields.
This is a field with endless career possibilities and earning potential. Job opportunities are available in a variety of industries where minerals, metals, and materials are produced and consumed. These industries include, but are not limited to mining, extraction, manufacturing, petroleum, iron/steel making, automotive, recycling, chemicals, paper/pulp, aerospace, maintenance, corrosion, forensics, and more. Approximately 40% of undergraduates have gone on to graduate school, with about 20% continuing on to pursue their Ph.D. International opportunities abound.
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Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (M&ME) encompasses five disciplines in minerals, metals and materials processing and manufacturing: Mineral Processing, Extractive Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy, Materials Science, and Joining/Welding Metallurgy. Continue reading »
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The bachelor of science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (M&ME) is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org.
The Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering curriculum has been developed in consonance with ABET criteria to ensure its graduates have the abilities to:
To help satisfy these student outcomes, the curriculum has evolved to (1) train the student to understand a wide range of M&ME methods which apply to the five disciplines as well as related fields, (2) prepare the student to adapt to an ever-changing world and its demands for minerals, metals and materials, and (3) give the student practical, hands-on experiences with numerous laboratory courses and field trips. In this regard, it is highly recommended that the students gain employment appropriate to M&ME or related fields during all summer breaks and even the school year to help guide them in their career choices, pay for college expenses, and ultimately make them more marketable upon graduation.
Program educational objectives of M&ME are to produce graduates who achieve some of the following within five years of graduating with their B.S. Degree:
These student outcomes and program educational objectives are constantly assessed through knowledge surveys, course evaluations, mid-student surveys, senior exit interviews, graduate/alumni surveys, student satisfaction surveys, advisory board feedback, and imbedded indicators such as specific homework and test questions. Assessment responses from students, alumni, and the advisory board are documented and evaluated periodically by the faculty in order to make changes to and thereby improve the quality of the program as needed. The M&ME faculty believe that the quality of the program is ultimately defined by the long-term success of its graduates. If these outcomes and educational objectives are met, both students and graduates will be well-prepared for a career and consequently will be successful. Thus, the assessment goal is to insure that the program is maintained and continuously improved so that students achieve the outcomes and graduates meet the educational objectives.