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.
'There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there. All great discoveries have involved such a leap. The important thing is not to stop questioning.'