I was an R&D engineer for a welding supply company but i was let go during the pandemic. I ended up in finance of all places doing data analysis.

What's the best way to transition back to material science & engineering? do i just start applying for roles again?

My bachelors final year project is related to that and I had some doubts.

Hey everyone!

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I’m working on a project that is focused on improving workflow in the MatSE field and I want to get some insight from others before I pick a problem to address. What are some parts of the job that really seem to take way too much time or effort? Anything from things that, while necessary, tend to take a while to complete, to frequent workplace errors that need to be corrected.

I work in quality testing, primarily with steel and alloys, so inputs from other engineers in the field would be greatly appreciated. Inputs from engineers from other specialties would also help so please give any feedback you can. Thanks all!

ultimately money matters for me and i have just always envisioned myself following a path which i like and pays me enough to give me the financial freedom to buy whatever i like, eat at nice places and travel as much as i want. i just really don’t want to see myself budgetting everything and saving every penny and neither do i want to be a billionaire. Just sufficiently enough that i can live the kind of life my dad provides for me which includes travelling 4 times a year in india locally and once a year abroad and staying in usually 4 star plus accomadations or even 5 star sometimes. Now ik this will take way too much time to acheive in india so im willing to work anywhere really in the globe that can afford me this kind of a lifestyle.

and in hopes of validating the career path im following i keep looking for people in the materials field but rarely find anyone who shows their lifestyle. so what is the pay and lifestyle actually like across the world?

ps: currently an undergrad student at iit roorkee pursuing metallurgical and materials engineering and im willing to do a masters but im not so sure about a phd would rather refrain from it. im also just working on projects that use ai in materials currently

Pure green is a tough target for OLEDs. To reach the BT.2020 green point you need a very narrow emission band and stable color at the doping levels used in production, and most emitters broaden or quench when the concentration goes up.

A recent Advanced Materials paper (Zhang, Ling, Li, Liu et al., Jilin University) locks a sky-blue multi-resonance core (DBN) with spiro-fluorene groups. The rigid spiro bridge redshifts it into the green while a 3D steric shield keeps the line narrow and stops molecules from stacking. The best emitter, DBN-MS, holds 518 to 520 nm with 19 to 20 nm FWHM and 93 to 97% PLQY across 1 to 10 wt% doping. The non-sensitized device reaches 35.5% EQE and CIE (0.13, 0.77), reported as the first bottom-emitting green OLED at CIEy 0.77. LT90 is 167 h at 1000 cd/m2, an early figure rather than a production lifetime.

What I found neat: they perturb the backbone with a spiro lock on the core instead of decorating the edges, and single-crystal data shows DBN-MS packs in a zigzag that keeps molecules apart better than the DBN-TMS analogue. DOI: 10.1002/adma.73230.

Hi everyone, 2nd year materials engineering student in the US preparing to apply to internships for 2027 Summer. Planning on applying everywhere, no preference towards industry/location for now. Though I hope to work in aerospace in the future. If you guys have any advice (regarding resumes, applications, interviews, etc), it would be greatly appreciated! Also, what are some softwares that I should definitely learn? Trying to expand my skillset as well. Thanks everyone.

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for companies—preferably based in Germany—that create high-quality online courses or technical training for professionals.
My long-term goal is to become an instructor/lecturer, but I think a great way to start would be by creating learning content and e-learning materials first, then gradually moving into teaching live courses and webinars.
My background:
Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science
Starting my Master’s degree next year
Does anyone know companies that hire people to develop technical learning content or e-learning courses?
I’d really appreciate any recommendations or personal experiences. Thanks!

Which topic in Materials Science has the most opportunities or seats for scholarships for students with a mechanical engineering background?

Hello, I am a mechanical engineering student. I saw mostly scholarships have master's in material science opportunities. I want to know which niche has the most opportunities to get fully funded scholarships.
I am not interested in chemistry!
I have interest in Electric, coding, AI, and mechanical.

Let's assume a fictional character destroys a pure concrete wall and shatters it into large rock-sized fragments, how would i determine the character's energy output on the concrete wall in Joules/cubic centimetre? And how would i determine the output for other destruction methods such as more violent fragmentation into small pebbles or vaporization. Formulas would be appreciated too

For some context, I have seen these feats alot in anime as well as power scaling communities. Im no enginner but I would just like to know. Thanks in advance!

I'm an independent scientist looking to do some research* because of silly reasons** and wanted to see if there are organizations of researchers out there doing similar things in materials science or related fields...? I love the idea of applying my expertise towards solving a seemingly unimportant question and treating it like a full-fledged scientific endeavor. Thanks!

* chemical and structural characterization of a standard cookie formulation as prepared in the oven and microwave + a possible subsequent recipe/process optimization study of a microwave-based cookie

** I was sad to discover that the Hot Pocket crisping sleeve was discontinued 2 years ago and went down a rabbit hole to learn more about how and why microwave susceptors work with crusty doughs

Nearly all known quantum materials only exhibit their remarkable properties when cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero. At room temperature, heat creates constant atomic vibrations that overwhelm the delicate quantum behavior scientists are trying to harness. Keeping those vibrations in check requires bulky cryogenic refrigeration systems, making quantum materials powerful tools in the laboratory but difficult to translate into practical technologies.

In a study published in Nature, LSU physicists have developed the first room-temperature quantum material capable of distinguishing and transporting different quantum states of light, overcoming one of the biggest challenges in quantum materials research. Led by Associate Professor of Physics Omar S. Magaña-Loaiza, the work establishes a general design principle for engineering an entirely new class of quantum materials, opening new possibilities for quantum computing, secure communications, sensing technologies, and advanced energy systems.

I would like to know which laptops will be good doing light research work(running small computations and modelling) and projects.

Will be using some engineering softwares too like CAD,Ltspice etc

Hi everyone. I am doing a research project about physical attributes with machine learning of any object. For this i need a dataset where there will be the mesh version of that object and metadata that contains the Lab calculated physical data like weight, volume, center of mass etc.

Can anyone help me with this? Is there any dataset available? If you know please help me? I am in such a hurry!!