Currently, Professor Padture teaches three courses in the Materials Science and Engineering Department.

MSE 205: Introduction to Material Science and Engineering. Structure, processing, properties, and applications of metals, ceramics, polymers, and composite materials

MSE 615: Chemical Processing of Ceramics. Chemical methods for making ceramic powders, the colloidal behavior of ceramic particulate suspensions, and the multicomponent, multiphase equilibria found in thermomechanically processed ceramics.

MSE 644: Structure and Properties of Composite Materials. Structure and properties of polymer matrix, metal matrix, and ceramic matrix composites. Tailoring of properties by composite design.