The Department of Materials Engineering was founded in 1977 to train highly qualified engineers for the metallurgical industries. Currently with 27 academic members and over 650 students is one of the best and most prestigious Materials Engineering Departments nationwide.

The Department offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Extractive Metallurgy and Industrial Metallurgy, the degree of Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Identification and Selection of Materials, Extractive Metallurgy, Casting and Corrosion and Protection of Materials and the degree of PhD in Materials Engineering and Biomaterials.

The students in the department follow essential program of “core” subjects in form of lectures and laboratory exercises on the relation between structures and properties of materials, techniques available for characterization and testing, quality control operations, materials selection, corrosion, and surface treatment. Also, elective courses can be chosen from an extensive range to suit particular interests and abilities.

The Department of Materials Engineering has over 15 Educational and Research Laboratories (such as Mechanical Metallurgy Lab., Extractive Metallurgy Lab., Solidification and Casting Lab., Molding Materials Lab., Metallography and Electron Microscopy Lab., Heat Treatment Lab., Corrosion Lab., Ceramics Lab., Refractories Lab., and Analytical Chemistry Lab.) employing modern facilities and equipment’s.

Combine these advantages with great employment opportunities after graduation; you have every reason to join us!

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Department of Materials Engineering

Overview

The department of materials is currently recognized as one of the leading departments in Iran with over 50 full-time faculty members including academic staff, technician and administrative staff. The department of Materials Engineering offers undergraduate and graduate programs with over 580 students currently studying at degree, masters and PhD academic levels.
The goal of the department is to offer a comprehensive understanding of all aspects associated to the applications and processing in Materials Engineering today. Current academic staffs work on multidisciplinary projects ranging from the production and processing of materials for several industries such as ferrous and nonferrous, automotive, energy and also nano- and bio-based materials for medical applications.

Studying Materials Science at IUT
Materials engineering is an interdisciplinary subject, covering the physics and chemistry of matter, engineering applications and industrial manufacturing processes. Material based teaching focuses on applied science with a great emphasis on practical work. Material scientists study the fundamentals of matter, both its structure and its properties and use the knowledge towards manipulation of existing materials and also development of improved ones to meet engineering specifications.

The scope of Materials Engineering is huge, covering almost all areas of Science. The subject enables the study of a diverse range of materials including metals, alloys, composites, ceramics, polymers, nanomaterials and biomaterials. The currently offered course programs in the department are listed in the Table below.

Research activities

The main application sectors categorized by our research are; construction, automotive and aerospace, energy and utilities, and healthcare. The strong support and involvement of industrial organizations enables a high quality research within the department. These organizations include; Oil and Gas, Automotive, Petro-chemical, Steel and Aluminium. In addition, the department has close international collaborations with universities from Canada, East Asia, Germany, United States and United Kingdom. These close collaborations with both industry and international institutes, alongside our facilities, ensure that the Department is at the head of Material Engineering research.

The current researches within the department are broadly categorized into:

• Advanced materials
• Biomaterials –tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
• Ceramics
• Computer modelling and simulations
• Corrosion
• Extractive metallography
• High temperature materials
• Material processing
• Nano-biomaterials
• Nanomaterials and metallic glasses
• Processes of severe plastic deformation
• Solidification and casting of metals
• Surface engineering and tribology
• Thermo-mechanical treatments
• Welding

The department is equipped with modern equipment and facilities for almost all disciplines of research such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM), Vacuum Arc Remelting (VIR), Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD), Chemical Vapor Deposition (PVD), Potentiostats/ Galvanostats, High Temperature Creep, Fatigue and Welding Machines.

Scanning Electron Microscope (left) and an image of ZnO nano-flowers (right)

Contact information
Department of Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 8415683111, Iran
Tel: 0098 (0)31-33912750-51
Fax: 0098 (0)3133912752
If you are interested in finding out more, there is further information available on the Department website http://materials.iut.ac.ir/en or email materials@of.iut.ac.ir