Interdisciplinary graduate programs in Applied Science leading to M.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees are offered by the faculty of Applied Science with participating faculty from the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics and with adjunct faculty from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC), the DoE Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab), the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), and industry.

The Department has state-of-the-art facilities in

• theory and computational design of materials and systems;
• materials synthesis and characterization;
• modification and evaluation of interfaces;
• processing control of materials and surfaces; and
• imaging technology and theory.

Course work, one-on-one meetings with faculty members, association with other graduate students, and seminars are all part of an entering graduate student's experience. Advanced students help coordinate the seminar programs and travel to national and international meetings to present achievements in research. The most inventive of our graduate students receive U.S. patents by the time they are awarded their degrees.