Why MatEd?
MatEd is a NSF funded resource for students and educators alike. Let us help you formulate your career path or lesson plan today!
Core Competencies
Our core competency studies provide a set of performance indicators that technicians need to know in today's advanced manufacturing environment.
Windmill Project
The creation and deployment of a student-built windmill is an example of Edmonds Community College's sustainability initiative.
Welcome
Learn more about Material Science! The National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education (MatEd) is a NSF funded center housed at Edmonds Community College.
MatEd is developing a clearinghouse of teaching materials including labs, hands-on demonstrations, modules and papers, which can easily be integrated into a variety of courses, class-room settings, and industry. The MatEd collection is expanding rapidly with peer reviewed, classroom tested educational materials.
Questions?
Contact MatEd at MatEd@edcc.edu.
Features and Events

GBW 2013
July 15-19, 2013 • EMP Museum
STEM, Guitars, Rock & Roll
Guitar Building Workshop

Spotlight on NEW
The National Educators Workshop is a yearly event for educators, instructors, and students building upon 27 years of annual workshops aimed at promoting science, engineering, and technology education.

NEW 2013
November 3-5, 2013 • Tulsa, Oklahoma
National Educators Workshop
Materials in Enabling Technologies: Defining the Future.

Material Science
In Everyone's Backyard
This video gives an overview of Material Science and how we encounter it in our everyday lives.