Engineering the Unknown
The Ph.D. in Engineering Physics offers exciting opportunities to build upon the research being carried out in the Department of Physical Sciences, including remote sensing and the design and implementation of electro-optical and radar systems.
This program provides advanced education and research opportunities for exceptional students like you — providing a research environment which fosters collaboration, creative thinking and publishing of findings in nationally recognized journals.
You’ll work with state-of-the-art optical instruments, laser systems for atmospheric sounding, a laboratory plasma chamber, a space simulation chamber, a supercomputer for modeling calculations and the largest university research telescope in the southeastern United States. Students are involved in a wide variety of research projects, most of which are funded by grants from NASA, the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense (DOD) and other agencies.
Program Details
Offered at the Daytona Beach Campus
Housed in the Department of Physical Sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences, the Ph.D. in Engineering Physics provides advanced education and research opportunities to exceptional students.
Students will work in campus laboratories such as the Atmospheric Physics Research Lab, Control Design Lab, 1-meter Ritchey-Chretien Reflecting Telescope, Space Physics Research Lab and Laboratory for Exosphere and Near-Space Environment Studies (LENSES).
Research emphasizes the measurement, theory and modeling of the near-space, space-neutral and plasma environment; studies of the sun and stellar activity; orbital stability and dynamics; engineering spacecraft instrumentation and remote sensing measurements; and the design and implementation of electro-optical and radar systems.
Areas of Research include:
- Aeronomy/Upper-Atmospheric Physics
- Dynamics and Control of Aerospace Systems
- Remote Sensing
- Space Physics
- Space Robotics/Autonomous Systems
- Space Weather
- Spacecraft Instrumentation
- Spacecraft Power and Thermal Control
- Spacecraft Systems Engineering
The department houses more than 20 faculty members. Assistantships and fellowships are available to well-qualified students.
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Methods of Study
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