Materials Science & Engineering (MSE), including: long term prediction of service performance and reinforcement of polymer-based materials (PBMs); enhancing scratch and wear resistance and lowering friction via nanohybrid formation and coatings; materials modification via irradiation and/or magnetic fields; drag reduction and flocculation; PBMs for medical applications; thermoelectric materials; molecular dynamics computer simulations of mechanics and tribology; new approaches to instruction in MSE.