Faculty: 16
Staff: 9
Post Docs:
Grads: 26
Under Grads: 68
Research Areas:
Biophysics,
Computational Physics and
Astrophysics,
Defect Chemistry of Semi-
conductors,
Environmental Nuclear
Radiation,
Environmental Sensors,
General Relativity,
Health Physics,
Liquid Crystals,
Microelectronic Materials,
Nonequilibrium Statistical
Mechanics,
Observational Extra-galactic
Astronomy,
Pattern Formation,
Phase Transitions,
Physics and Astronomy
Education,
Statistical Mechanics,
Superconductivity,
Surface and Interface
Science,
Thin Films,
Tribology and Nanomechanics,
Variational Methods in
Quantum Mechanics
Facilities:
Maynard F. Jordan
Planetarium and
Observatory,
Laboratory for Surface Science
and Technology
'After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well.'