物理系致力于在多学科科学环境中进行前沿的研究和教学。在本科级别，我们提供理学士和文学士学位。我们的研究生课程获得了硕士学位和博士学位，并获得了新的医学物理学专业硕士学位。我们活跃的研究领域包括经典和量子引力，天体物理学，材料和生物系统物理学，统计力学，神经科学，非线性系统和医学物理学。该实验程序目前集中在凝聚态物理和光谱学上。提供了用于制备和制造金属合金晶体，超导粉末和半导体材料的设施。可以使用俄歇，LEED，紫外和X射线光电子能谱，X射线衍射以及诸如布里渊和拉曼散射技术之类的光学方法来研究和表征这些材料
The Physics Department moved to the new Science and Engineering building in May 1990. It has modern electronics and machine shops staffed by a full-time electronics technician and two full-time machinists.<br><br>The experimental program is presently concentrated in condensed matter physics and spectroscopy. Facilities are available for the preparation and fabrication of metallic alloy crystals, superconducting powders, and semiconducting materials.<br><br>Facilities are available to study and characterize these materials using Auger, LEED, UV and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, and by optical methods such as Brillouin and Raman scattering techniques.<br><br>Activities in theoretical physics include programs in astrophysics with an emphasis on stellar evolution, condensed matter, and mathematical physics. On the astrophysics side, there are ongoing efforts of studying neutron star and black hole binaries via numerical simulations of Einstein's equations of General Relativity. Electronic structure calculations form the basis of the theoretical work on metallic alloys and superconductivity.