Welcome to MATERIALS ENGINEERING
The Materials Engineering group hosts world-leading research activity and underpins the engineering curriculum, where we have a range of courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level with significant materials content. Our research expertise is in the fields of Residual Stress Measurement and Analysis, High Temperature Materials Behaviour, and Mechanics of Materials. Our excellent experimental and analytical facilities are available for open and contract research as well as commercial consultancy measurements and forensic failure investigations. We work closely with industrial partners and have long-standing experience and expertise in delivering research and analysis for the solution of industrial problems.
Teaching
See the Courses section for further details of the courses to which the Department contributes. You can also find information on the Engineering teaching programme here . Further information about all Open University courses is available here.
Research
See the Research section for further details.
General research enquiries can be directed to Professor Michael Fitzpatrick , or to materials@open.ac.uk .
News
See this page for vacancies and news about Materials Engineering at The Open University .
Contacting us
Postal address:
Materials Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics, Computing & Technology, The Open University, Walton Hall, MILTON KEYNES, MK7 6AA UK
Materials Engineering Enquiries: Tel: 01908 655799 Fax: 01908 653858
e-mail: materials@open.ac.uk