Specialized Materials and Devices Division deals with materials and relevant devices-related comprehensive research. The division comprises eight research groups that have variety of research directions, including metallic materials, inorganic materials, biomaterials, hydrogen storage materials, and composite materials, as well as related techniques for materials processing and device manufacturing. The division has undertaken many R&D projects from state and local governments and industries. Research groups in the division have provided a variety of high-performance advanced materials and relevant techniques for areas as aviation, aerospace, shipping, machinery, oil, chemical, transportation, medicine, etc, and achieved number of influential research findings.