Department History
The year that MTSE became an official department
What is 1996?
This Indian metal band was the first one to chart on Billboard
Who is Bloodywood?
The company that originally called Discovery Park home
Who is Texas Instruments?
Our most recently tenured faculty member who was promoted to Associate Professor
Who is Xiao Li?
The most common synthetic polymer and nature’s most prolific polymer
What are polyethylene and cellulose?
He became the second official department chair in 1998
Who is Bruce Gnade?
Wood, aluminum, and carbon fiber are the most popular materials used to make this iconic instrument
What is a guitar/electric guitar?
At 85 feet tall, 120 feet long, and 300 feet wide, it keeps UAVs compliant with FAA regulations
What is the Drone Zone?
He introduces our incoming freshman to Flatlands every fall
Who is Rick Reidy?
A way to cheat at sports or the process of adding impurity atoms to a pure crystal lattice to create defects that change how electricity moves through a material
What is doping?
She was MTSE’s first female professor to receive tenure
Who is Nandika D'Souza?
He was an astrophysicist before he became a member of the band Queen
Who is Brian May?
This interdisciplinary research facility is housed in the Annex
What is AMMPI?
He was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Who is Jincheng Du?
A teen being Goth or a physically distinct and chemically uniform region of matter
What is a phase?
The first year that an undergraduate degree was offered in MTSE
What is 2007?
Steel, aluminum, and titanium are just three of the materials that protected astronaut Chris Hadfield as he sang a cover of this song from the International Space Station
What is Ground Control to Major Tom?
These avian guests return to Discovery Park every year to raise their young
What are turkey vultures?
His path to materials science started with an art degree
Who is Marcus Young?
Ceramics and terrible employees both need this same thing
What is firing?
The number of faculty members the department started with
What is 4?
The Soviet Union’s Perestrioka Era brought worldwide fame to this metal band that became the first Russian band played on MTV
Who is Gorky Park?
It is the only one of UNT’s 3 such buildings equipped with an infrastructure to accomodate growing tall plants like jojoba, cotton, and corn
What is the greenhouse?
Her expertise has led to more than 60 invited and keynote talks at major international society conferences and meetings, and she heads the Nanoscale Materials and Devices Laboratory
Who is Anupama Kaul?
A part-time orchestra leader or materials with electrical conductivity between conductors and insulators
What are semiconductors?