Faculty: 4
Staff: 3
Post Docs: 0
Grads: 0
Under Grads: 15
Research Areas:
Astrophysics: stellar structure;
condensed-matter theory: Josephson
junction arrays, phase-transitions
in liquid crystals and related
systems; condensed-matter experiment:
electrokinetics and porous media, computer
interfacing.
Facilities:
The Student Observarory, with its
9 1/2 inch refracting telescope
and Perkins Observatory, south of
Delaware. Perkins houses a 32-inch
refracting telescope and two
smaller instruments. Other department
facilities include a shop comprised
of metal-working (lathe, milling
machine) and wood-working (table-saw,
scroll-saw, drill press) tools, a
complete electronics lab, a
darkroom, and various smaller
laboratory spaces.
'The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.'