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Materials Science Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science

Materials scientists study relationships between the properties of materials and their internal structure, and how this structure can be controlled. The field of materials science at Caltech emphasizes fundamental issues in metals, oxides, semiconductors, ceramics, and composites.

Events

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April 16, 2025 4:00 pm

Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
April 17, 2025 11:00 am

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
April 18, 2025 8:00 am

Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incompletes

April 23, 2025 4:00 pm

Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
April 23, 2025 7:30 pm

Watson Lecture - Smruthi Karthikeyan: The Secret Life of Superbugs: How Antimicrobial Resistance Moves Between Humans and the Environment

Beckman Auditorium

News

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March 27, 2025
Caltech-led Team Finds New Superconducting State
March 20, 2025
Harnessing Sunlight to Make Sustainable Fuels
February 13, 2025
Professor Kerry Vahala Awarded 2025 Charles Hard Townes Medal
January 31, 2025
The Pressure to Explore: Caltech Researchers Take First Experimental Steps Toward Lightsails that Could Reach Distant Star Systems