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The Engineering Physics Department operates laboratories
to support graduate instruction and research. The instructional
laboratories complement courses of study in Engineering Physics,
Optical Observables, Nuclear Radiation Detection and Instrumentation,
Nuclear and Environmental Engineering, Space Weather, Optics,
Lasers and Optical Diagnostics. Equipment is continually updated
to remain abreast of the state-of-the-art in engineering
physics, optical engineering,  space weather, and nuclear engineering.
Research laboratories support faculty and student research at
the M.S. and Ph.D. levels in laser spectroscopy, nonlinear optics,
solid state physics, Mossbauer spectrometry, nuclear radiation
detection, nuclear effects, space weather, and environmental
engineering.
The Air Force Institute of Technology recently added a new, 29,914 gross square foot, $8.1M, engineering research laboratory (Bldg 644) to the main campus. The single story building overlooks AFIT Park and is connected to the southeast corner of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management (Bldg 640). The facility is dedicated to experimental research in aeronautical engineering, applied physics, electrical engineering and environmental science and houses four research suites:
- Aerospace Research Facilities
- Applied Physics Laboratories
- Environmental Science Suite
- Microelectronics Clean Room
The building features a clean room suite, enabling the fabrication of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), and micro- and opto-electronic devices and integrated systems.  The clean room also supports basic research on advanced electronic and photonic materials. A set of nine laboratories designed for laser physics research will support the development of novel laser devices and research in nonlinear optics, spectroscopy, photonics, solid state physics, semiconductor materials and chemical physics. The aerodynamics labs provide space for low speed wind tunnels, satellite technology experiments, and vibrational dynamics studies. Finally, a suite of three environmental science labs will provide for research in remediation technologies, environmental sampling, remote sensing and microbiology.
The Electronic Devices and Materials (Microelectronics) Laboratory
contains an array of integrated circuit fabrication equipment
and state-of-the-art diagnostic instrumentation. The fabrication
facilities encompass complete photolithography, mask printing,
thermal oxidation, dopant diffusion, and metalization capabilities.
The diagnostic facilities include a sub-micron probe station
and a scanning electron microscope. |
