Materials science engineers develop, change, and use different processes to turn raw materials into useful substances with desirable properties. Materials engineers work with ceramics, plastics, metal, and or, more specifically, they make these products useful to us. They also create stronger new materials that resist corrosion.

Teams of materials engineers created the U.S. Air Force's "stealth" technology that makes a fighter plane's surface nearly invisible to radar. Other focuses of materials engineering majors include the investigation of metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites. Graduates in this field are recruited by many industries, including aerospace, electronics, automotive, and biomedical.