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Students' Corner

• Ever wonder how a solar cell works?
• Ever wonder what "nano" is all about?
• Ever wonder why steel rusts but aluminum doesn't?
• Ever wonder why you can see through glass but not through wood?

These and a million other wonders all belong to the world of Materials Science and Engineering.
Explore a few of these marvels from the links below: come back soon to find new ones.

What does happen when a bird flies into a jet engine?  Check out how Materials Engineers design engines to resist bird strikes.  

 So why is stainless steel stainless?  Here's the answer from <www.teamstainless.org> 

So the Large Hadron Collider didn't cause the earth to disappear into a Black Hole ......... but what's it for anyway? YouTube has the answer .... in Rap!

Have you ever thought about the steps that go into making a snowboard?  You'd be surprised at how sophisticated they are ............ and how many advanced materials go into them.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology made this video of a nano-soccer competition and nanobots attacking blood clots.

Here's a welding process that works without causing a lot of polluting smoke and nasty gases.  It is called "Friction Stir Welding".

The American Chemical Society has lots of pages for all ages:

• Resources for younger children ...... and some "games" to ket kids thinking.
• Resources for students at High School ...... and some investigations.
• Resources for students at College.
• Drexel University's materials site.
  

You can also find out more about careers in Materials from some of these links.

Materials Science and Engineering Careers

The Sloan Career Cornerstone Center

Last updated 9/15/09