Applied Physics
Field Description
Graduate study in the field offers the opportunity to achieve proficiency in physics, mathematics, and applied science. Applied physics is particularly suitable for students preparing for a scientific career in an area of applied science based on principles and techniques of physics.
A student may choose for specialization and thesis or dissertation research any subject compatible with an approach based on the application of principles of physics and mathematics. Current areas of advanced study and research include applied theoretical physics, biophysics, chemical physics, physics of fluids, nuclear and reactor physics, optics, laser physics, plasma physics, solid-state physics, nano-science, and space physics.
A student may choose for specialization and thesis or dissertation research any subject compatible with an approach based on the application of principles of physics and mathematics. Current areas of advanced study and research include applied theoretical physics, biophysics, chemical physics, physics of fluids, nuclear and reactor physics, optics, laser physics, plasma physics, solid-state physics, nano-science, and space physics.
The Ph.D. program in the graduate field of Applied Physics (AP) is a research-oriented doctoral program tailored to individual interests. It combines a core physics curriculum with research and study in one of several areas that deal either with the application of physics to a technical discipline or with the interface between physics and another area of science. After two semesters of graduate study, students in the Ph.D. program take a written qualifying examination covering the core subjects. This exam is in addition to those required by the Graduate School.
A professional program leading to the degree of Master of Engineering (Engineering Physics) offers students the opportunity to master advanced topics in physics and extend their skills in their chosen engineering specialties.
Contact Information
Website: http://www.aep.cornell.eduEmail: aep_info@cornell.edu
Phone: 607 255-0638
212 Clark Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Subject and Degrees
Applied Physics
- Applied Physics (Ph.D.) (Ithaca)
Engineering Physics
- Engineering Physics (M.Eng.) (Ithaca)
Concentrations by Subject
Applied Physics
- applied physics
Engineering Physics
- engineering physics
Faculty
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: x-ray optics and x-ray detectors for a wide variety of x-ray experiments in the physical sciences; x-ray microbeams with glass capillary optics; Energy Recovery Linac source of x-rays that surpass current generations of storage rings in producing high spectral brightness and the smallest x-ray nanobeams for research
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- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: x-ray diffraction; synchrotron radiation; charged density waves; thin film growth and surface processing
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: physics of nanoscale structures and devices; superconducting, magnetic, and semiconductor thin film materials; scanned probe studies of electronic systems; lithography
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: complex matter physics with focus on colloidal suspensions; biological tissues; fluid-membrane interfaces
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: nanofabrication; physics of ultrasmall devices and structures; biological nanostructures
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: prepares and studies new materials that potentially can address critical needs in energy generation, conversion or storage
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: microfluidics and nanofluidics as applied to optofluidics; biomolecular detection; biologicallly enabled robotics; nanomedicine; programmable matter; fluid and thermal dynamics; nanophotonics; nanofabrication; chemistry and biology
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: applied physics
- Campus: Ithaca - (Graduate School Professor)
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: understanding controlling spin in solid state physics
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: hybrid nanomaterials for energy, biomedical, transportation and packaging
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: biological physics; polymer and other soft condensed matter physics; x-ray and synchrotron radiation science; scientific instrumentation and technique development; development of novel x-ray detectors
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: plasma physics; fusion; gas discharges; high-energy-density plasmas
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: surface physics and chemistry
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: Nanostructured material, Biophysics, Condensed matter and Materials Physics, Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Renewable energy materials
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: high-energy density plasma physics
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: micro/nano-electromechanical systems; physical acoustics; ultrasonic engineering; biomedical MEMS; microfluidics; analog and digital circuit design; solid-state electronics; radioactive thin films for autonomous microsystems and nanofabrication
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Campus: Ithaca - (Graduate School Professor)
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: cellular and molecular biophysics; mechanisms of exocytosis and endocytosis in cell biology
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: nanophotonics; optical nanostructures for short and long interconnect distances
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: plasma physics theory; astrophysics
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics; Engineering Physics: engineering physics
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: the science and technology of nanostructures; novel fabrication techniques at the nanometer scale; scanned probe microscopy of nanostructures; assembly and measurement of chemical and biological nanostructures
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics; Engineering Physics: engineering physics
- Research Interests: Ultrafast laser spectroscopy and technology, Physical chemistry, Biophysics, Ultrafast dynamics in condensed matter, materials and nanostructures, Nonlinear optics
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: structure and properties of nanoscale materials; atomically-engineered materials for energy applications; atomic resolution electron spectroscopy and microscopy
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: biophysics; RNA folding; electrolstatics and DNA; protein conformational dynamics
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: lasers; fiberoptics; quantum electronics
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: nanoelectronics and magnetics
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: physics and chemistry of low-dimensional materials and to produce a variety of nano-materials targeted for energy applications
- Campus: Ithaca - (Graduate School Professor)
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: high-pressure phenomena; imperfections in crystals; creep
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: focuses on the use of nonlinear interactions between femto-second-duration laster pulses and biological materials
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: heteroepitaxial growth and characterization of oxide thin films; preparation of oxide superlattices and metastable phases by reactive molecular-beam epitaxy
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: computational studies of the dynamics of high energy density plasmas such as those produced in pulsed power experiments at Cornell (COBRA), which are capable of producing intense bursts of x-rays; theory and simulation of upper atmospheric, ionospheric, and magnetospheric process of Earth solar-terrestrial environment
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: computational biology; multidimensional data clustering and dynamic modeling of cell differentiation and proliferation
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Campus: Ithaca - (Graduate School Professor)
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: electron microscopy and spectroscopy
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: ultralow temperature processing of silicon; point defect and impurity diffusion in Si; rapid phase transformations
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: electronic and optoelectronic devices at small dimensions; nano- and quantum structures; three-dimensional integration
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: growth and properties of magnetic, dielectric, superconducting and optical think films; fabrication and characterization of thin film devices; properties of magnetic and superconducting ceramics; development and use of high throughput synthesis/evaluation experimental strategies
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: insect flight as a model system to study the role of aerodynamics on the evolution of flapping flight in nature
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: semiconductor nanocrystals, with applications to solar energy; spatio-temporal aspects of nonlinear optical waves; development of fiber lasers that generate ultrashort optical pulses, with applications to bioimaging
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: biomedical imaging; optical instrumentation; optical communications
- Campus: Ithaca
- Concentrations: Applied Physics: applied physics
- Research Interests: biomedical imaging and instrumentation