The Department of Physical Sciences is home to several degree programs: Bachelor of Science in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics; Bachelor of Science in Space Physics; Master of Science in Engineering Physics; and Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Physics.
The programs offer a unique balance of engineering and physics curriculum, so students can focus on the scientific challenges and planning associated with mission design and space exploration, along with engineering fundamentals.
These programs prepare students to make positive scientific and technological contributions to our increasingly complex society. This highly research-oriented department has one of the oldest and largest Engineering Physics programs in the nation. Students are involved in all the research, which includes grants funded by NASA, the National Security Agency (NSA), and other agencies.
Submissions from 1999
Thermal Plasmaspheric Morphology: Effect of Geomagnetic and Solar Activity, Mark Anthony Reynolds, G. Ganguli, J.A. Fedder, J. Lemaire, R.R. Meier, and D.J. Melendez-Alvira
WIYN Open Cluster Study. II. UBVRI CCD Photometry of the Open Cluster NGC 188, Ata Sarajedini, Ted von Hippel, Vera Kozhurina-Platais, and Pierre Demarque
Observations and Interpretation of Gravity Wave Induced Fluctuations in the O I (557.7 nm) Airglow, G. Schubert, R. L. Walterscheid, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D., and C. A. Tepley
(Teff,log g,[Fe/H]) Classification of Low-Resolution Stellar Spectra using Artificial Neural Networks, Shawn Snider, Yuan Qu, Carlos Allende Prieto, Ted von Hippel, Timothy C. Beers, Christopher Sneden, David L. Lambert, and Silvia Rossi
Submissions from 1998
Semi-Automated Extraction of Digital Objective Prism Spectra, Coryn A.L. Bailer-Jones, Ted von Hippel, and Mike Irwin
Steps Toward Determination of the Size and Structure of the Broad-Line Region in Active Galactic Nuclei. XII. Ground-Based Monitoring of 3C 390.3, M. Dietrich, Terry D. Oswalt, B. M. Peterson, P. Albrecht, M. Altmann, and et al.
Detection of Intergalactic Red-Giant-Branch Stars in the Virgo Cluster, Henry C. Ferguson, Ted von Hippel, and Nial R. Tanvir
A Search for Optical Afterglow from GRB 970828, P. J. Groot, T. J. Galama, J. van Paradijs, C. Kouveliotou, R. A. M. J. Wijers, J. Bloom, N. Tanvir, R. Vanderspek, J. Greiner, A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. Gorosabel, T. von Hippel, M. Lehnert, K. Kuijken, H. Hoekstra, N. Metcalfe, C. Howk, C. Conselice, J. Telting, R. G. M. Rutten, J. Rhoads, A. Cole, D. J. Pisano, R. Naber, and R. Schwarz
Full-wave Modeling of Small-scale Gravity Waves using Airborne Lidar and Observations of the Hawaiian Airglow (ALOHA-93) O(¹S) Images and Coincident Na Wind/temperature Lidar Measurements, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D., Michael J. Taylor, Chester S. Gardner, and Christian R. Gibbons
Contribution of White Dwarfs to Cluster Masses, Ted von Hippel
Maintenance of Circulation Anomalies during the 1988 Drought and 1993 Floods over the United States, Alan Z. Liu, Mingfang Ting, and Hailan Wang
Inversion of Plasmaspheric EUV Remote Sensing Data from the STP 72-1 Satellite, R.R. Meier, A.C. Nicholas, J.M. Picone, D.J. Melendez-Alvira, G. Ganguli, Mark Anthony Reynolds, and E.C. Roelof
Ion Bernstein Waves Driven by Two Transverse Flow Layers, Mark Anthony Reynolds and G. Ganguli
A Model for Calculating Acoustic Gravity Wave Energy and Momentum Flux in the Mesosphere from OH Airglow, Gary R. Swenson and Alan Z. Liu
Contribution of White Dwarfs to Cluster Masses, Ted von Hippel
WIYN Open Cluster Study. I. Deep Photometry of NGC188, Ted von Hippel and Ata Sarajedini
White Dwarf Cosmochronometry. I. Monte Carlo Simulations of Proper-Motion ̶ and Magnitude-Limited Samples Using Schmidt’s 1/Vmax Estimator, Matt A. Wood and Terry D. Oswalt
Submissions from 1997
Physical Parameterization of Stellar Spectra: The Neural Network Approach, Coryn A.L. Bailer-Jones, Ted von Hippel, Mike Irwin, and Gerard Gilmore
GDR in Superdeformed Nuclei, F. Camera, A. Bracco, A. Atac, R. Bark, I. G. Bearden, J. J. Gaardhoje, B. Herskind, M. Kmiecik, S. Leoni, M. Mattiuzzi, A. Maj, and G. Turri
Numerical Simulations of Gravity Waves Imaged over Arecibo during the 10-day January 1993 Campaign, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D., R. L. Walterscheid, Michael J. Taylor, William Ward, G. Schubert, Qihou Zhou, Francisco Garcia, Michael C. Kelly, and G. G. Shepherd
Velocity–Space Drag and Diffusion in a Model, Two-Dimensional Plasma, Mark Anthony Reynolds, B.D. Fried, and G.J. Morales
Effect of Diurnal Convection on Trapped Thermal Plasma in the Outer Plasmasphere, Mark Anthony Reynolds, G. Ganguli, J.A. Fedder, and D.J. Melendez-Alvira
WIYN Data Distribution and Archiving, Rob Seaman and Ted von Hippel
Automated Classification of Stellar Spectra. II: Two-Dimensional Classification with Neural Networks and Principal Components Analysis, Ted von Hippel, Coryn A.L. Bailer-Jones, and Mike Irwin
Stellar Populations and the White Dwarf Mass Function: Connections To Supernova Ia Luminosities, Ted von Hippel, G. D. Bothum, and R. A. Schommer
Submissions from 1996
The Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Stellar Classification, Coryn A. L. Jones, Mike Irwin, and Ted von Hippel
High-Frequency Fluctuations of a Modulated, Helical Electron Beam, Mark Anthony Reynolds
Experimental Results of Neutron Fluence Outside an Iron Shield in the Forward Direction, M. M.C. Torres, A. J. Elwyn, D. Fein, E. James, K. Johns, W. Davis, D. P. Ciampa, and E. Mierkiewicz
Main Sequence Masses and Radii from Gravitational Redshifts, Ted von Hippel
The Metallicity Dependence of the Stellar Luminosity and Initial Mass Functions: HST Observations of Open and Globular Clusters, Ted von Hippel, Gerard Gilmore, Nial R. Tanvir, David Robinson, and Derek H.P. Jones
Submissions from 1995
A Chemical-dynamical Model of Wave-driven Sodium Fluctuations, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D. and John M.C. Plane
New Sources for the Hot Oxygen Geocorona: Solar Cycle, Seasonal, Latitudinal, and Diurnal Variations, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D., P. G. Richards, and D. G. Torr
Experiences of WFPC-2 Photometry and PSF Modelling, Nial Tanvir, David Robinson, and Ted von Hippel
An Independent Calibration of Stellar Ages: HST Observations of White Dwarfs at V=25, Ted von Hippel, Gerard Gilmore, and D.H.P. Jones
Submissions from 1994
Wave-modified Mean Exothermic Heating in the Mesopause Region, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D. and R. L. Walterscheid
Automated classification of stellar spectra - I. Initial results with artificial neural networks, Ted von Hippel, L.J. Storrie-Lombardi, M.C. Storrie-Lombardi, and M.J. Irwin
Automated Classification of Stellar Spectra: Where Are We Now?, Ted von Hippel, L.J. Storrie-Lombardi, M.C. Storrie-Lombardi, and M.J. Irwin
New Sources for the Hot Oxygen Geocorona, P. G. Richards, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D., and D. G. Torr
Comparison of Theories for Gravity Wave Induced Fluctuations in Airglow Emissions, R. L. Walterscheid, G. Schubert, and Michael P. Hickey Ph.D.
Submissions from 1993
Gravity Wave-Driven Fluctuations in the O2 Atmospheric (0-1) Nightglow from an Extended, Dissipative Emission Region, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D., G. Schubert, and R. L. Walterscheid
Submissions from 1992
Seasonal and Latitudinal Variations of Gravity Wave-driven Fluctuations in OH Nightglow, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D., R. L. Walterscheid, and G. Schubert
Galactic Structure from Faint Stromgren Photometry: The Catalog of Observations, Ted A. von Hippel
Submissions from 1991
Gravity Wave-Driven Fluctuations in OH Nightglow from an Extended, Dissipative Emission Region, G. Schubert, R. L. Walterscheid, and Michael P. Hickey Ph.D.
Submissions from 1990
The Luminosities of Bright H N Regions in Ngc 628 and Its O Star Formation Rate, Ted von Hippel and Greg Bothun
Submissions from 1988
Effects of Eddy Viscosity and Thermal Conduction and Coriolis Force in the Dynamics of Gravity Wave Driven Fluctuations in the OH Nightglow, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D.
Wavelength Dependence of Eddy Dissipation and Coriolis Force in the Dynamics of Gravity Wave Driven Fluctuations in the OH Nightglow, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D.
A Working Catalogue of Herbig Haro Objects, Ted von Hippel, S.J. Bell Burnell, and P.M. Williams
Submissions from 1986
Periods of EO and FV Comae Berenices and the Functional Forms of Their O-C Diagrams, Mark Anthony Reynolds
Submissions from 1979
Ca II H and K and Hydrogen-Line Variations in V471 Tauri (=BD + 16°516), Terry D. Oswalt
