Applied & Engineering Physics

M.Eng. Handbook 2012-2013

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T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s

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Overview 3

MEng Requirements & Policies 4-5

Graduate Field Faculty 6

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O V E R V I E W

The one-year master's program offers advanced study and training in Engineering Physics. It provides valuable graduate training and research and design project experience sought after by industry, government, and R&D organizations. The goal is to prepare students for cutting-edge industrial and research positions. It combines an interdisciplinary curriculum with a research or design project focused on applying physics to scientific and technological problems. The curriculum is tailored to fit the needs of individual students, and the project offers an opportunity for independent research under the supervision of leading scientists and engineers.

School of Applied and Engineering Physics

Cornell University 271 Clark Hall Ithaca, NY 14853-2501 Phone: 607 255-5198 Fax: 607 255-7658

Email: AEP_info@cornell.edu

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M.ENG. REQUIREMENTS AND POLICIES IN ENGINEERING PHYSICS

Special Committee

Each M.Eng. candidate in the Graduate Field of Applied Physics will be assigned an advisor. This person will oversee your academic progress. You may change your advisors to fit your academic and research interests. To change an advisor, you must go to the Special Committee Selection and Change form, available online at www.gradschool.cornell.edu/forms.

You must complete the Special Committee Selection and Change form in the first semester.

Curriculum

Students combine a research or design project with electives selected from a variety of applied physics related graduate fields. Thirty credit hours are required, which includes six to twelve credits for the design project. Courses include a core curriculum of applied quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and applied mathematics in addition to electives in areas of applied physics, computer science, engineering, or biotechnology. The flexibility of the curriculum allows students, in consultation with their advisor, to select a program of study to meet their individual interests and educational goals.

Outline of the MEng-EP Program Requirements

The primary objective of the one-year masters level study in engineering physics is to provide an opportunity for advanced study at the professional level; students who earn the MEng (EP) degree often move into development or research appointments in industrial or governmental institutions. The program may also serve as a preparation for more advanced graduate study in applied physics, or as exploratory study for the student interested in starting graduate work but not ready to make a commitment to a specific field. It provides an opportunity to satisfy prerequisite course work in certain new areas of graduate study which involve a combination of engineering or applied physics with another professional nontechnical discipline. It can also serve as a stepping stone to further work in medicine or biomedical science.

The degree requirements permit considerable flexibility in the course program, which is planned by the student in consultation with the program representative. The following academic components are required.

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1. An informal study project (AEP 7510) (6 to 12 credits),

experimental or analytical, which requires individual effort and is completed with a formal report. It is usually completed by the end of the second semester but permission to continue through the summer may be obtained. The study project is chosen in consultation with the MEng coordinator and is carried out under the personal direction of an appropriate member of the engineering or science faculty.

2. A fourth year or graduate level course in

electromagnetism, applications of quantum mechanics or its equivalent upon approval of the representative of the program is recommended for students considering further graduate study. (Such a course need not be repeated if it has been completed during the undergraduate program.)

3. Registration for AEP 7530 (1 credit); Seminar on Current

Topics in Applied Physics. This course is offered in the Fall term only.

4. Registration for AEP 7540 (1 credit); Seminar on Current

Topics in Applied Physics. This course is offered in the Spring term only.

5. Elective advanced courses (4000 level or above) in the

area of Engineering, applied or basic science, including a minimum of six credit hours in at least one graduate level course sequence.

6. A total of thirty credit hours, with no grade below C-,

beyond the Bachelor's degree.

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GRADUATE FIELD OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Name Dept. Office Phone#

BROCK, Joel D. AEP 201 Clark 5-9006 , 5-0819 BUHRMAN, Robert A. AEP 211 Clark 5-3732, 5-7500 COHEN, Itai Physics 508 Clark 5-0815, 5-8853 CRAIGHEAD, Harold G. AEP 205 Clark 5-8707, 5-2329, 5-6286 DiSALVO, Francis J. CCB 102 Baker Lab 5-7238 ERICKSON, David MAE 240 Upson 5-4861 FENNIE, Craig AEP 224 Clark 5-6498 FUCHS, Greg AEP 217 Clark 5-5634 GAETA, Alexander AEP/DIR 270B Clark 5-9983, 5-0657 GIANNELIS, Emmanuel MSE 326 Bard 5-9680 GRUNER, Sol Physics 162 Clark 5-3441 HAMMER, David A. ECE 327 Rhodes 5-3916, 5-4127 HINES, Melissa CCB B-48 Baker Lab 5-3040 HOUCK, James R. Astronomy 220 Space Sciences 5-4807 KELLEY, Michael C. ECE 5151 Upson 5-7425 KUSSE, Bruce R. AEP,DUS 206 Clark 5-6252, 5-4889 LAL, Amit ECE 118 Phillips 5-9374 LINDAU, Manfred AEP/MENG 272 Clark 5-5264 LIPSON, Michal ECE 428 Phillips 5-7877 LOVELACE, Richard AEP 227 Clark 5-3968, 5-6915 MC EUEN, Paul L. Physics 510 Clark 5-5193 MULLER, David AEP 274 Clark 5-4065 PARK, Jiwoong CCB 297 Physical Sci 4-3339 POLLACK, Lois AEP 254 Clark 5-8695 POLLOCK, Clifford R. ECE 213 Phillips 5-5032, 5-0630 RALPH, Dan Physics 538 Clark 5-9644 ROBINSON, Richard MSE 214 Bard 5-7750 SCHAFFER, Chris BME B57 Weill 5-8102, 342-7737 SCHLOM, Darrell MSE 230 Bard 5-6504 SEYLER, Charles E. ECE 322 Rhodes 5-4967 SHALLOWAY, David MBG 265 Biotech 4-4896 THOMPSON, Michael O. MSE 328 Bard 5-4714, 5-9155 TIWARI, Sandip ECE 401 Phillips 4-6254 VAN DOVER, Robert MSE 327 Bard 5-3228 WANG, Jane Physics 517 Clark 5-5354 WISE, Frank W. AEP 252 Clark 5-9956, 5-1184 XU, Chris AEP/DGS 276 Clark 5-1460 ZIPFEL, Warren Biomed. B41 Weill 5-0663

List of Possible Technical Sequences. (Fall/Spring)

This is a list of suggestions, it is not complete. The goal is to gain a specialization in an applied field. One course must be in the fall, the other in the spring

1. Solid State Physics (AEP 4500)/Applied Solid State Physics (AEP 5500) 2. Nanocharacterization (AEP6610)/Nanofabrication (MSE 5490) 3. Nanocharacterization (AEP6610)/Applied Solid State Physics (AEP 5500) 4. Nanocharacterization (AEP6610)/Electronic Properties of Materials (MSE

6050) 5. Thin Film Materials Science (MSE 5430)/ Nanofabrication (MSE 5490) 6. MEMS (ECE 4320)/Nanofabrication (MSE 5490) 7. MEMS (ECE 4320)/ Applied Solid State Physics (AEP 5500) 8. Lasers and Optoelectronics (ECE 4300)/Fiber and Integrated Optics (ECE

4370) 9. Lasers and Optoelectronics (ECE 4300)/Quantum & Nonlinear Optics

(AEP4400) 10. Quantum Optics (ECE 5310)/ Fiber and Integrated Optics (ECE 4370) 11. Biophysical Methods (AEP 4700)/Physics of Life (AEP 5520) 12. Biophysical Methods (AEP 4700)/Biophys. Meth. Advanced Lab (AEP 5710)

Computational Engineering Physics (AEP 4380) is also a good Spring class to accompany many of these fall options.