Materials Science and Engineering

Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Science

Mining: Mining engineering involves the extraction of resources from the earth and the refining of raw industrial materials. These mostly include Geology, Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering etc.

Materials science is "further down the supply chain" involved in the application of many mining resources for specific research and development. Some of these products may involve application but often engineers (especially mechanical and chemical engineers) do it more often, helping them decide which material to use, depending on the work of the material scientists.

Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behaviour of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the science and the technology of metals; that is, the way in which science is applied to the production of metals, and the engineering of metal components used in products for both consumers and manufacturers. Metalworking relies on metallurgy in a similar manner to how medicine relies on medical science for technical advancement.

Materials Science: The field of architectural science, also called architecture and engineering, involves the design and discovery of new materials, especially solid materials. The origin of scientific discovery dates back to the Enlightenment, when researchers began to use analytical reasoning from chemistry, physics, and engineering to comprehend ancient, phenomenological observations in metallurgy and mineralogy.