Alumni Highlight: WE CELEBRATE UTD-MSE URM GRADUATES!
In MSE, diversity matters in expanding opportunities, creating new initiatives and developing partnerships. We foster an environment for an inclusive culture, where interaction leads to collaboration that facilitates new ideas. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of our graduate program, we attract students from Naturals Sciences, Engineering and Technology (chemistry, physics, bioengineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering).
Since the inception of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering more than 200 students have graduated from our Masters and PhD programs and we are proud that the participation underrepresented minorities in our department exceed the national average. For example, 24% of our alumni are female and 20% are African American/Hispanic.
Our department is very active fostering and creating new partnerships with student organizations, such as the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) to connect with aspiring students. The strong collaboration with industry has led to Diversity Fellowships for URM graduate support. As a result, many of our URM alumni have successfully pursued jobs in industry and academia, or started their own companies.
| Companies | |
| ADP | Nanosys, Inc. |
| Aerospace Research Institute of Special Material and Processing Technology | Physical Electronics |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | Picosun USA, LLC |
| Ares Materials, Inc. | Qorvo Corporation |
| ASM America, Inc. | Qualia, Inc. |
| GlobalFoundries | Raytheon |
| Haverford College | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| HEE Solar | Rockwell Collins |
| IBM | Samsung Austin Semiconductor |
| IMEC / KU Leuven | Sandia National Labs |
| Inficon, Inc. | SAS Institute, Inc. |
| Intel – Arizona Fab | Schneider Electric Software |
| Intel Corporation | Sensitron Semiconductor |
| Intermolecular Inc. | Texas Instruments, Inc. |
| International Minute Press | The Clorox Company |
| Kyocera International | The University of Texas at Dallas |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | University of Wisconsin – Madison |
| Lintec Corporation | Vertech |
Diversity in Department provides MSE students with an ecosystem that encourages discussion and exposes them to other ways of thinking and analyzing problems. This is something that cannot be taught in the classroom and our department leadership is committed to continue with the diversity excellence that has characterized MSE at UT-Dallas.