Program Information
The Engineering Physics program is heavily research-oriented, with a majority of the faculty in the department of Physical Sciences actively involved in scholarly activities in the space sciences and engineering including:
- Scientific Instrumentation
- Applied Optics
- Remote Sensing
- Spacecraft Subsystems (such as power, altitude and thermal control)
Research & Theoretical Areas
Experimental Programs
- Satellite Systems
- Sounding Rockets
- Ground-based remote sensing experiments
- Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
Theoretical Areas
- Space Systems Engineering
- Upper Atmospheric Physics
- Space Physics
- Plasma Physics
- Magnetospheric Physics
Research Labs
- Space Physics Research Lab
- Atmospheric Physics Research Lab
- Computational Atmospheric Dynamics Lab
- Spacecraft Engineering Research Lab
- Laboratory for Advanced Instrumentation Research
