Science and Engineering of Materials - MRes

This programme comprises a major research project and six taught modules, four compulsory and two optional.

The research project can be taken full-time or part-time and can be carried out in the University or by industrial collaboration with a company.

Course details

This programme can be taken on a full- or part-time basis. This one-year Course (full-time) comprises a major research project (two-thirds of the year) and six taught modules (one-third of the year), which are taken intermittently throughout the year. 

Students with an appropriate technical background (a Materials Science first degree) can start the course at any time. Students without a background in Materials Science are required to take the Introduction to Materials module (see module section), and must start the MRes Course at the beginning of the academic year, in September. 

Related links 

• Postgraduate programmes - School of Metallurgy and Materials

Learning and teaching

The programme is currently delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, project-based and laboratory-based teaching and learning methods.

Examples of MRes in the Science and Engineering of Materials Research Projects

• Reliability of optical fibre sensors for smart structures 
• Mechanical reliability of optical fibres for telecommunications
• Chemistry and stability of localised corrosion sites
• High Resolution Synchrotron X-ray studies of pitting corrosion
• Simultaneous thermal (DSC), spectral (FTIR) and physical (TMA) analyses of polymers
• Design, fabrication and evaluation of a novel fibre optic acoustic emission sensor 
• Detection (and modelling) of moisture ingress in composites using optical fibre sensors 
• Self-sensing glass fibre composites: Chemical process monitoring
• Self-sensing glass fibre composites: Damage detection
• Characterisation of photo-curable dental resins using a non-contact probe

Employability

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Visit the Science and Engineering of Materials - MRes page on the University of Birmingham website for more details!