Facilities
The facilities in the Physics Department are overseen by the Facilities Committee comprising Sergei Urazhdin (Chair), Connie Roth, Justin Burton, and Lowell Ramsey. If you are interested in using them, please contact the assigned Facility Director listed with each facility or one of the committee members.
Experimental
A suite of research facilities for material and device preparation and deposition, nanofabrication, characterization and measurements are available free of charge to all researchers affiliated with the Physics Department. If you are not affiliated with the Department and wish to access the facilities, please contact Sergei Urazhdin (Chair, Facilities Committee).
Machine Shop
The Physics Machine Shop provide machining services and modifies commercial and custom-built research equipment to specification. We assist in the engineering, design and construction of complex custom apparatus.
Electronics Shop
The Physics Electronics shop provides repair services and assists in the design and construction of custom devices.
IT, Technical Support
The Technical Team provides comprehensive technical support and services in a variety of areas, including desktop support, file and data storage, website hosting, email, wireless networking, multimedia and teaching lab support. The Windows, Macintosh and RedHat or Ubuntu operating systems are all supported in the desktop environment.
Astronomy
The Physics Department houses three major astronomical facilities: A custom-designed planetarium featuring a Zeiss Skymaster projector, a 24" Ritchey-Crietien DFM Casegrain optical telescope, and a 25 ft diameter dish radio telescope.