Giving to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
You Can Help Your Department Advance
A message from Robert M. Briber, Chair, Department of Materials and Engineering
The Clark School is achieving rapid progress in its research, education and entrepreneurship missions, fueled in part by state funding but more and more by private philanthropy—generous gifts from alumni, friends and corporate partners.
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is an important factor in the Clark School's progress, contributing significantly to key school initiatives such as nanotechnology, microelectronics and energy has is an integral part of the Clark School's drive for excellence.
Like the school, we count on private support to address key priorities, including graduate fellowships, professorships, and undergraduate scholarships. Please do your part to help us advance. Contribute to the department through the Great Expectations campaign and support our mission to transform lives through exceptional educational and research opportunities.
These Department Priorities Need Your Support
Our most important need is for graduate fellowships. These will help us attract the best candidates into our highly productive Ph.D. program—and thus improve our chances of winning research funding and placing our Ph.D.s as leaders in industry, academia and government around the world.
Also important to the Department are named professorships. Support for a named professorship will help attract the absolute top researchers to the Department and Clark School, and help ensure that the University of Maryland is a leader in advancing technology and engineering to solve the diverse array of problems confronting society and the world. The giving of discretionary funds for professors can help new faculty set up their laboratories and quickly become productive teachers and researchers and allow our graduate students to participate in the most prestigious research conferences—often presenting their thesis work.
Scholarships for undergraduates bring more young people into our field. Materials Science and Engineering attracts some of the best undergraduates in the Clark School and scholarship funds can help to assure the success of these young people at the start of their career path.
Choose the Giving Method That’s Right for You
Online Giving
Make a donation to the department online »
Please designate "Materials Science and Engineering" on the form.
Gifts may be made by check to "University of Maryland College Park Foundation (UMCPF)." Please designate "Materials Science and Engineering" in the memo line. Checks can be mailed to:
Robert M. Briber
Professor and Chair
Department Materials Science and Engineering
2135 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
Other Gift Options
You can also donate to the department through matching gifts, appreciated securities, real estate, annuities, estate planning, and more. Please visit the Clark School's Giving pages or contact our development staff to learn more.
