External Review of the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and its Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

An external review of the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and its BASc, MASc, MEng and PhD programs has been scheduled for March 4‐5, 2026. Four eminent colleagues have agreed to form the review team:

  • Jeffrey Grossman, PhD
    Professor and former Department Chair, Materials Science & Engineering
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Leijun Li, PhD
    Professor and Department Chair, Chemical and Materials Engineering
    University of Alberta
  • Natalie Stingelin, PhD
    Professor and Department Chair, Materials Science & Engineering
    Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Hatem Zurob, PhD
    Professor and Department Chair, Materials Science & Engineering
    McMaster University

Members of the Faculty who would like to offer comments toward this review are asked to send them via email to governance.fase@utoronto.ca.

Please circulate this memorandum to any member of the Faculty who may not have
received it through the general distribution.

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