2024-05-182024-05-18https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/714747Patterns of human activities are highly dependent on utilizations of materials. Accordingly, the lives and cultures of human beings are undoubtedly correlated with invention of novel materials and their utilizations. “Materials Science and Engineering” includes the fundamental knowledge of science, materials processing, and applications. The integration of experimental results and basic science is able to optimize the properties of materials, which satisfy diverse requirements of human societies. The innovative materials are also essential for technology developments. Consequently, the MSE integrates basic science for engineering applications and is one of the examples for modern technology integrations. The materials education and researches at National Taiwan University (NTU) were started in the 1960s by Professors Tze-Hong Loh and Pu-Shi Lu, who established the metals group at the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME). In August 1982, the Institute of Materials Engineering was established and offered a Master program so as to fulfill national policy of novel technologies. The Ph.D. program was initiated five years later, in 1987.  Later on, the institute was renamed the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), emphasizing both the basic and application researches. To cultivate the undergraduates with materials knowledge for our ever-expanding industries, we started to recruit the undergraduate students in 2001 and the Institute was renamed the Institute and Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Currently, our department has five research divisions: metallic materials, polymeric materials, ceramic materials, electronic materials, and materials processing. Our faculty members are diligent and devote themselves in teaching and researching so that we can recruit highly-talented students in Taiwan. So far, our faculty members have accomplished paramount attainments and earned predominant prestige no matter in international or domestic academic arenas. In the 2015 QS World University Ranking, the NTU ranked 41 worldwide in the field of Materials Science.本校教師對於材料之教學與研究歷史悠久。就金屬材料方面的研究而言，已有60多年的歷史。早年拓荒者首推機械系之陸志鴻以及呂璞石教授。陸教授之興趣主要在合金之研製、熱處理及其與機械性質之關係；呂教授主要興趣則在於鋼料與控制爐氣間之物理化學反應，此可由早期大學部學生選修有關材料研究論文之題材窺其一二。這是距今50年前的事，當時教師薪資偏低，研究費用奇缺，談不上研究環境，「研究」對於大多數而言，不過是一個名詞而已，然而在陸、呂二位教授的苦心經營下，使本校在金屬材料之研究，有了實質的開始。 爾後國科會成立，國內科技研究環境稍見改善，在教育部的支援及鼓勵下，國內研究所相繼開設，1966年本校機械工程研究所亦奉准成立，其固體力學及材料科學組亦於同年招收碩士班研究生，材料科學的教育及研究，從此有了新的契機。為使材料之研究與應用得到學術界與工業界廣泛的注意，在陸教授之鼓吹與努力下，終於得到國內外64位學者專家的響應，遂有1968年暑期之以材料為主題之近代工程技術討論會的召開，及臺大工學院材料科學暑期講學之舉辦。同年秋創立了「中國材料科學學會」，並於次年創刊「材料科學季刊」負起材料相關知識之交流及廣播工作。至此材料科技始漸為臺灣學界所認識。 本所繼往開來，融合「機械所金屬材料組」、「化工所高分子組」、「電機所電子材料組」以及其他相關師資與設備，於 1982 年成立「材料工程學研究所碩士班」，「博士班」則成立於1987年，後來為兼顧材料基礎科學的研究領域而改名為「材料科學與工程學研究所」。近年來，為因應教育部以及業界對於材料人材的需求，並深固材料科學的基礎教育以提供更完整的教育視野，遂於2001年增設大學部，系所全名為「材料科學工程學系暨研究所」，致力於均衡發展完整的研究領域，包括金屬、陶瓷、高分子、電子、能源、生醫、理論模擬以及製程。本系相信，材料科學無疑是一門跨領域的學問，唯有健全化各領域的發展，才能激盪出最為動人的學術韻味與內涵。Academic Institute