Message from Department Head

Dr. Ramana G. Reddy

Welcome to the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MTE) at The University of Alabama. We are very glad you decided to explore our website and learn about the programs (BS, MS, PhD degrees) we offer.

It is our goal to prepare our graduates, through excellence in teaching and research, to be outstanding engineers well prepared to work in industry and able to attend top graduate schools in the nation and the world.

Our graduates have distinguished themselves in many careers, holding a wide range of managerial, scientific and engineering positions in industry, government and education. The MTE students professional organization, which provides students with membership to the American Society for Materials International (ASM), The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS), the American Foundry Society (AFS) and other societies has received international recognition by winning five times the coveted “Chapter of Excellence Award.”

The website section on our faculty will tell you a little bit about the research and interests of each faculty member. Several MTE faculty received national and international awards and recognition for their pioneering research work. Other sections focus on graduate programs, undergraduate programs, research and facilities, and scholarships.

If you have any questions, or would like more detail, please contact me at rreddy@eng.ua.edu or the department at (205) 348-1740, and we will gladly assist you in any way we can.

Ramana G. Reddy , PhD
ACIPCO Professor and Head
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering