The graduate
program in engineering physics was one of the first Ph.D. granting programs in
the School of Engineering and Applied Science. It is a research-oriented program
which emphasizes the application of the principles of physics to the solution
of technical problems. The student prepares for research in a chosen field by
selecting appropriate courses in mathematics, engineering physics, and other sciences.
Other than the requirement of a minimum of 6 credits of graduate physics courses,
6 credits of graduate engineering courses and 3 credits of graduate mathematics,
the master’s student has a wide range of courses from which to select. The
Ph.D. student must satisfy these same course requirements, with an additional
6 credits in physics, 6 in engineering and 3 in mathematics. The Engineering Physics
Program is extremely flexible and offers each student the opportunity to formulate
a program of study that most closely corresponds to that student’s interests
and needs.
Faculty research advisors for Engineering Physics students come
from a variety of departments within the University, depending on the student’s
research area. In the past, engineering physics research has been directed by
faculty members from the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics,
and the School of Medicine.
Current research areas include rarefied gas
dynamics; ion interactions with applications to planetary science and electronics;
atomic collisions; surface modifications and interactions; plasma physics; precise
physical measurements; medical physics; gravitational and magnetic physics; computational
fluid mechanics; space plasma physics; nonlinear dynamical systems and chaos;
accelerator design, and reactor science.
Students oriented towards experimental
research may work in a number of facilities, such as the Laboratory for Atomic
and Surface Physics, the Semiconductor Device Laboratory, the Fundamental Measurements
Laboratory, the Neurovisualization Laboratory, and the Aerospace Research Laboratory.
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