The Mechanical & Materials Engineering department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute offers BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering, as well as MS and PhD degrees in Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Process Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering. The department  has more than 40 faculty members with diverse expertise. Both our research expenditures and graduate student population have been growing steadily and substantially. The research strengths in the department include Thermal sciences, Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials, Biomechanics and Medical Devices, Additive Manufacturing and Printed Electronics, Photonics and Optomechanics, Sensors and metrology, Metals Processing, Batteries and Electrochemistry, and Solar Cell Materials. We encourage you to engage with our faculty to learn more about our dynamic department.