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UCO Engineering Physics Program
Presentation to Intro to EngineeringSpring 2008
Evan Lemley, Prof. of Engineering and Physics
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UCO EP - Outline
Physics/Applied Physics/Engineering EP – def. EP – Tech. Areas. EP – General Curriculum EP – UCO Curriculum - flowchart EP – Employment EP - Grad. School EP – Money EP Research Conclusions Questions
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Engineering Physics
Def: An interdisciplinary engineering discipline where students gain thorough grounding in applied physics and engineering science so they are able to pursue a chosen technical area.
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Engineering Physics
Technical Areas: Optics & optoelectronics, nanotech. engr.,
microfluidics, solid state devices, control theory, biophotonics.
Newer engineering (sometimes new emerging engineering disciplines) – cutting edge.
MS or PhD degree preparation in specific engineering discipline.
Interdisciplinary – BIO 2010 – efforts to make undergrad. courses interdisciplinary.
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EP Curriculum Prep.
HS Physics (or Intro to Physics) HS Chem. HS Pre-calc. or Coll. Algebra and Trig. in
college.
Optional but good Drafting/CAD Participation in technical competitions
Future City Robotics
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EP Curriculum - general
Physics (4-8 courses): Mechanics, Waves, Thermodynamics, Electricity,
Magnetism, Circuits, Modern Physics, Optics, Solid State Physics, Photonics, Laser Physics. Quantum Mechanics.
Engineering Science (6-8 courses): Rigid Body Mechanics, Electrical Science,
Strength of Materials, Fluid Mechanics, Signals and Systems, Analog/Digital Electronics.
Math (6 – 8 courses): Calculus, Differential Equations, Mathematical
Physics or Engr., Matrix Algebra
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EP Curriculum - general
Engineering and Computers (3-5 courses): Drawing and 3Dim. Modeling, Programming,
Numerical Methods, Data Acquisition, Simulation Chem (1-3 courses):
Gen. Chem I & Gen. Chem II Engineering Specialty (3-5 courses):
Mechanical, Electrical, Nuclear, Optical, Applied Physics, .........
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Employment
Local/Regional Aerospace Industry
Boeing, Northrup Grumman, Tinker, FAA Energy Industry
OGE, Chesapeake, Devon, Alchem Communications Industry National
DOE Labs, NSWC
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Grad. School – Engineering and Physics
OU Elec. Engr, Mech. Engr, Biomedical Engr,
Aerospace Engr., Physics, Applied Math, Engr. Phys.
OSU Physics, Elec. Engr, Mech. Engr
Vanderbilt Nano Engr.
Kent State Liquid Crystal Institute
Others: U of Ark., UT-Dallas, U of Colo.
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Money
Employment Wide Variation in OKC area with no experience (last 6 years)
$50K - $65K With MS in EP
$60K - $75K Engineering and Physics Grad. School
No tuition Stipends – wide variation: $15K - $37K. Research or Teaching
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Engineering Physics Research Areas
Laser Tweezers (Jassemnejad) Photothermal Laser Cancer Treatment
(Chen) Cochlear implants and related hearing
research (Bingabr) Non-linear dynamics (Wilson) Relativity and Quantum Mechanics (Wilson) Microfluidics (Lemley) Digital Imaging (Jiang) Rotating Fluids (Martin) Biomedical Fluid Flows (Seong)
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Conclusions
EP is rigorous engineering degree. Prep. for many careers (lots of options) Employment in various engineering fields Grad. school in trad. engr. disciplines and in
physics and in crossover interdisciplinary fields.
Salaries and job security are good.
Hard work goes a long way.
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Questions
Evan Lemley, Ph.D. 221L Howell Hall [email protected] http://evan.lemley.org
Advisement (required for all Engineering majors at UCO) Starts last week of March (Dr. Baha will
announce)