In the Physics program, students gain extensive experience in research, critical thinking and essential communication, and technical skills.  This will prepare them for successful careers in industry, academic and other institutions, and organizations.  Hands-on use of our sophisticated equipment provides excellent training and gives our graduates a significant advantage in the job market.  Recent research activities have been geared towards applied material science, studies of the structural, magnetic, transport and optical properties of thin-film, single crystal and bulk materials, the structural and physical characteristics of biological membranes and membrane proteins and problems in computational, mathematical and theoretical physics.