After You Graduate
Visit the Department
Graduates of the Department of Physics and PreEngineering have numerous options available to them for
employment or advanced study
Come and visit the Department of Physics and PreEngineering, take a tour of the department and the University,
talk to the students and faculty.
Employment: Depending on the degree option chosen
and your area of concentration you will be able to consider
physics careers in private industry, government, military,
education, or national laboratories. Recent graduates
have been hired by the Delaware Department of Transportation, Bell Atlantic, Eli Lilly, Sunroc Corporation, Pennsylvania Power and light, Army Research Labs to name a
few.
Graduate Study: Graduates from the Department of
Physics and Pre-Engineering have been very successful in
gaining admission to prestigious graduate schools. Recent graduates of the department are pursuing Ph.D. degrees in either physics, electrical engineering, biomedical
engineering, mechanical engineering or aeronautical engineering at Perdue University, University of Michigan, The
University of Virginia, University of Missouri-Columbia,
Virginia Tech, University of California-San Diego, University of Connecticut, Rutgers University, Mayo Clinic and
many others.
Past graduates have obtained advanced degrees
in physics or engineering from universities such as Yale
University, Duke University, The University of Virginia,
Georgia Tech, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Clemson
University, University of Delaware, University of Connecticut, University of North Carolina, SUNY Stony Brook,
Temple University, Rutgers University, and the University
of Pittsburgh.
Application Materials
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Undergraduate Admissions.
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Delaware State University
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
1200 North DuPont Hwy
Dover, DE 19901-2277
Phone: (302) 857-6351
(800) 845-2544 (toll free)
E-mail: admissions @desu.edu
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Delaware State University
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
1200 North DuPont Hwy
Dover, DE 19901-2277
Phone: (302) 857-6351
(800) 845-2544 (toll free)
E-mail: admissions @desu.edu
Delaware State University
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
1200 North DuPont Hwy
Dover, DE 19901-2277
Phone: (302) 857-6351
(800) 845-2544 (toll free)
E-mail: admissions @desu.edu
Delaware State University
URL: http://www.desu.edu
Delaware State University does not discriminate on the basis of race,
color, national origin, sex, age or handicap in the administration of
any of its educational programs and activities or with respect to
admission and employment.
Physics and Pre-Engineering
at Delaware State University
The Department of Physics and Pre-Engineering offers programs in physics and pre-engineering.
Physics programs
Physics: This program prepares you for careers or graduate
study in the various fields of physics.
Physics Education: This option prepares and certifies you to
teach physics at the high-school level.
Engineering Physics: This option is based on core physics
engineering courses plus physics electives within 3 tracks:
 Electrical Engineering
 Bioengineering
 Optical Engineering
Pre-Engineering programs
The Pre-Engineering Program at Delaware State University
offers students the opportunity to complete the first two years
of an engineering curriculum and then transfer to other institutions to complete an engineering degree. Most engineering
colleges require two years of pre-engineering preparation for
admission to the engineering program. This is not an automatic transfer.
What we offer you
Nurturing Environment: Small class size and one-on-one interaction with faculty in and out of the classroom. The faculty members and upper-level students in the department want you to
achieve your academic goals and are genuinely interested in your
future.
Modern Facilities and Resources: The department is located in
the Mishoe Science Center Complex and contain several modern
educational and research laboratories that are available to engage undergraduate students in experimental investigations.
Instruments used for educational and research training include,
ultrasound spectroscopy, Fourier-transform spectrometers, 1.5K
to 300K variable temperature and 0 to 9 Tesla magnetic field
cryogenic systems, luminescence spectroscopy, a wide variety of
lasers and electronic instrumentation for data acquisition and
analysis. Modern computer resources are available in the department through a high speed backbone and include access to a
computational cluster consisting of one hundred 64-bit Opteron
processors connected via a high-speed low-latency network, as
well as access to the national research and higher education
consortium Internet2 via a 45 Mbps gateway through the University of Delaware.
The Pre-Engineering Program offers three tracks:
 Civil Engineering
 Electrical Engineering
 Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering
Experienced Faculty: You will work with professors who are
distinguished scholars and researchers as well as dedicated
teachers. All of the faculty members in the department hold
Ph.D. degrees from major universities.
Professors
Patrick F. Gleeson, Ph.D.
University of Delaware; Low Temperature Physics
Gabriel D. Gwanmesia, Ph.D.
SUNY at Stony Brook; Geophysics, Mineral Physics
Ehsan M. Helmy, Ph.D.
University of California Los Angeles; Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Al-Sameen T. Khan, Ph.D.
University of Delaware; Semiconductor Materials and Devices
Noureddine Melikechi, D.Phil.
University of Sussex, England; Optical Physics, Laser Spectroscopy, Biophotonics
Arthur E. Purdy, Ph.D.
University of Delaware; Solid State Physics
Essaid Zerrad, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut Storrs; Theoretical Atomic Physics
Research Associate Professor
Aristides Marcano, Ph.D.
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia; Non-linear Optics, Laser Spectroscopy
Assistant Professors
Research and Internships: All students in the department are
engaged in research through independent-study courses as well
as upper-level research training courses. Research and internship opportunities are available for students in the Center for
Research and Education in Optics Sciences and its Applications
and the Applied Optics Center which are both housed in the department. Additional opportunities exist to engage in research
with faculty members in the department who have been awarded
research grants from NASA, the National Science Foundation,
the Department of Defense, and other agencies and conduct
research in the areas of computational physics, optics, photonics,
geophysics, and semiconductors.
Chandran Sabanayagam, Ph.D.
Boston University, Biophysics
Gour Pati, Ph.D.
Indian Institute of Technology, India; Atomic & Molecular Optics
Renu Tripathi, Ph.D.
Indian Institute of Technology, India; Non-linear Optic, Optical Coherence Tomography
Scholarships: Delaware State University provide an array of
scholarships to incoming students based on various eligibility
factors such as academic achievement, financial need, group
affiliation to name a few. Additional information can be found
at: www.desu.edu/future_students_scholarships.php
Help after Graduation: Faculty members believe their responsibility to you does not end with graduation and often try
to stay in contact with you and offer guidance and/or encouragement as you transition to graduate school or industry.