How do they match: Materials Engineers

  • Event Guide

  • Evaluate materials and develop machinery and processes to manufacture materials for use in products that must meet specialized design and performance specifications. Develop new uses for known materials. Includes those engineers working with composite materials or specializing in one type of material, such as graphite, metal and metal alloys, ceramics and glass, plastics and polymers, and naturally occurring materials. Includes metallurgists and metallurgical engineers, ceramic engineers, and welding engineers.

  • Guide technical staff in developing materials for specific uses in projected products or devices.
  • Modify properties of metal alloys, using thermal and mechanical treatments.
  • Present technical information at conferences.
  • Replicate the characteristics of materials and their components, using computers.
  • Supervise the work of technologists, technicians, and other engineers and scientists.

  • Evaluate plans or specifications to determine technological or environmental implications.