Materials are crucial to the performance and reliability of virtually every technology and the vitality and health of any living organism. The central theme of materials science and engineering is that the process by which a material comes into being determines its structure, which in turn controls its properties and hence its functional performance. This connection between processing, structure, properties and performance is the central theme of the study of materials. Materials scientists seek to understand these fundamental relationships in order to synthesize new materials, improve the performance of existing materials and understand materials in all their roles, including in the functioning of biological organisms. The wide range of problems addressed makes materials science and engineering one of the most highly interdisciplinary and dynamic engineering disciplines. Here we list the various research projects ongoing in the materials science and engineering department at JHU's Whiting School of Engineering.