All courses are held in the $10.2 million Lied Science and Mathematics Building (completed in 1999). It provides
- three physics labs that feature state-of-the-art equipment for teaching physics and conducting research
- a machine shop available for student use
- access to the Physics Study Room for physics majors
- wireless access to the campus network
The physics department has several research instruments available for student use including
- Amptek X-123 x-ray spectrometer
- Amptek Eclipse IV 45kV/50μA x-ray generator
- Amptek XRF-FP quantitative analysis software (x-ray fluorescence)
- Cenco 1 meter curved crystal spectrometer
- Newport RP Reliance 4’x6’ optics bench with accessories
- Newport 2’x2’ table top optics bench
- Kodak Motion Corder Analyzer SR-Ultra (high-speed digital video – 10000 fps)
We have many advanced lab teaching instruments including
- photoelectric effect apparatus
- e/m apparatus
- Franck-Hertz Experiment apparatus
- nuclear counting instrumentation
- gamma-ray spectrometry instrumentation
- IR-visible spectrophotometer system
- magnetic levitation apparatus
- electron tubes
- Celestron C-8 telescopes
- 18” Starmaster Newtonian telescope
Students have access to many departmental computers running Windows, OSX, and Linux.
Physics students may also make use of the many instruments housed in the biology and chemistry departments including a scanning electron microscope, a 90-MHz FT-NMR spectrometer, a uv-vis spectrometer, and more.