College of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE) was founded in 1996, when the research in metallurgy, ceramics, polymers and composites was merged as a whole. The Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, the predecessor of CMSE, had been a leader in polymer education and pioneering polymer research in China, and as a result, BUCT was designated to house one of the key disciplines of materials and one of the state funded research centers of carbon fibers. There are 150 faculty and staff members including 31 professors and 42 associate professors in the school. This year 1100 undergraduates and 230 graduate students are enrolled. The school offers Ph.D. and Master's degrees in Materials Science & Engineering, Materials Processing, Materials Physics and Chemistry, Macromolecular Science and Applied Chemistry. The school also has a Testing Center funded by the United Nations.
Departments and Divisions
Department of Macromolecular Science
Polymer Chemistry
Polymer Physics
Department of Polymer Processing
Polymer Processing
Rubber and Plastic Engineering
Polymerization Engineering
Department of Functional Materials
Information Materials
Photo-sensitive Polymers
Polymer Blends and Alloys
Functional Ceramics
Department of Metallic Surface Science and Engineering
Mechanisms of Corrosion, Failure Analysis of Metals
Cathodic Protection and Anodic Protection
Modification of Metallic Surfaces
Chemistry and Physics of Metallic Surfaces
Department of Carbon Materials and Composites
Advanced Carbon Materials
C/C Composites
High Modulus and High Strength
Carbon Fibers
Ceramic Matrix Composites
Nano-carbon Materials
The laboratories in the school are equipped with a complete range of up-to-date instruments, which provide favorable conditions for the analysis and testing of the structure and properties of different materials as well as for teaching and training purposes in the material processing.
The school undertakes about 70 research projects annually, including national research projects, projects supported by different foundations and cooperative projects entrusted by industry for the development of new products or technical innovation. It publishes more than 140 papers annually, and has received 19 government awards for research achievement since 1995.
Main Research Fields
a) Polymer Chemistry
Living anionic polymerization (Profs. Zhang Xingying and Cheng Jue)
Controlled/living cationic polymerization (Profs. Xu Ruiqing and Wu Yixian)
Controlled/living radical polymerization (Profs. Yang Wantai and Fu Zhifeng)
Emulsion polymerization (Profs. Li Hangquan and Li Xiaoyu)
Polymerization on polymer surfaces (Prof. Yang Wantai)
Photopolymerization (Profs. Yang Wantai and Zhao Jingbo)
b) Physical Chemistry of Polymers
Rheology (Profs. Jin Riguang and Li Hangquan)
Conformation and statistical analysis of polymers (Profs. Jin Riguang, Song Mingshi and Zhang Qiang)
Physical chemistry in polymer processing (Profs. Wu Gang and Mao Lixin)
Characterization of polymer materials (Profs. Wu Gang and Cheng Bin)
c) Polymer Processing and Modification
Processing technology and moulding (Profs. Zhao Suhe, Huang Li and Zhang Liye)
Polymer reactive processing (Profs. Yu Dingsheng, Wu Dezhen and Li Qifang)
High strength and high modulus carbon fibers (Profs. Shen Zengmin and Xu Lianghua)
C/C composites (Profs. Liu Jie, Yang Xiaoping and Song Huaihe)
Polymer blends (Profs. Jin Riguang, Zhao suhe and Wu Dezhen)
Surfaces and interfaces of materials (Prof. Yang Wantai)
Fire-retardant polymer materials (Prof. Zhou Hengjin)
High-performance elastomer materials (Profs. Li Xiaoyu and Zhang Liqun)
High-performance synthetic fibers (Prof. Wu Gang)
High-performance plastics (Profs. Jin Riguang and Hua Youqing)
d) Functional Materials
High water absorption resins (Profs. Huang Yuli and Jin Guantai)
Photo-sensitive polymers (Profs. Huang Yuli, Zhang Yuchuan and Weijie)
Biomaterials (Profs. Huang Mingzhi and Xia Yuzheng)
Polymer membranes (Profs. Sun Benhui and Li Peijin)
Nanocomposites (Profs. Yu Dingsheng, Wang Guoquan and Zhang Liqun)
Functional ceramics (Prof. Yang Ru)
Nano-crystalline and amorphous materials (Prof. Yang Ru)
Negative carbon materials for lithium ion batteries (Prof. Song Huaihe)
e) Fine Chemicals
Modification and applications of gelatin (Prof. Huang Mingzhi)
Coatings (Prof. Wang Ping)
Information carrier materials (Profs. Huang Mingzhi and Zhang Yuchuan)
Synthetic adhesives (Prof. Zhang Junying)
Materials for electrical applications (Profs. Gu Youwei, Pang Zhengzhi and Wang Xiaodong)
f) Metallic Surface Science and Engineering
Localized corrosion and control (Profs. Zuo Yu, Xu Chunchun and Xiong Jinping)
Anti-scale and corrosion inhibition (Profs. Wei Gang and Xiong Rongchun)
Flow-induced corrosion and control (Profs. Lin Yuzhen and Wang Jianyun)
Nano-technology in coatings (Profs. Xu Chunchun, Wei Gang, Xiong Rongchun and Xu Ruifen)
Corrosion electrochemistry (Profs. Lin Yuzhen, Zuo Yu and Jia Mengqiu)