Students will apply technical knowledge, models, and computer-aided design tools to solve an open-ended design problem. The students will work in...
Temperature, equations of state, internal energy, first and second laws, entropy and response functions. Application to heat engines and...
An introduction to the electrical and optical properties of insulators, semiconductors and metals. Introduction to Fermi-Dirac statistics, crystal...
Einstein's theory of gravity is developed from fundamental principles to a level which enables the student to read some of the current literature....
A survey of the physics of fluids. The fundamental principles and the range of validity of the usual approximation methods are stressed. Topics...
An introduction to electromagnetic theory and some of its applications. Topics are: Maxwell's equations, properties of waves in free space,...
Perturbation theory. Scattering theory. Addition of angular momentum. Special topics: Many electron systems. Path integral formulation of quantum...
This course provides advanced physics and engineering physics students with experience in a wide range of modern experimental techniques and the...
This course provides students in Engineering Physics with experience in a range of advanced experimental techniques and analysis. A balanced selection...
This course provides engineering physics students with a complete experience in advanced design and implementation. Working in groups, students...
Students will be assigned individual design topics of the type a practicing engineering physicist might expect to encounter. They must develop a...
Topics and applications in modern physical optics, culminating with the development of the laser and its current applications. Topics include:...
An introduction to the properties of insulators, semiconductors and metals. Topics include: crystal structure, X-ray and neutron scattering, the...
A course in the physics underlying solid state electronic and optical devices. The course presents an introduction to the electrical and optical...
An examination of the key ideas, techniques and technologies in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Emphasis will be placed on the physics...
An outline of the fundamental concepts and applications of modern techniques for the production and analysis of surfaces and thin films. Topics...
A systematic introduction to low energy nuclear physics for advanced physics students. Lecture topics are: nucleon-nucleon forces, structure of...
The fundamental physics associated with a nuclear reactor. Emphasis will be on the interaction of neutrons, reactor kinetics and calculations required...
Production and measurement of x-rays and charged particles for radiation therapy and nuclear medicine, interactions of radiation with matter and...
An examination of the basic phenomena of semiconductor physics and their application in diodes, transistors, optical detectors, and lasers. The...