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Students and faculty members engage in collaborative research projects both during the academic year and over the summer. Examples of faculty research topics with students include the areas of: astrophysics, atomic, molecular, and optical physics, condensed matter physics, energy technology, high-energy and nuclear physics, quantum physics and 3D X-radiography.

Our laboratory spaces are equipped for hands-on learning and cutting-edge research in computational, experimental, observational and theoretical physics. We offer students opportunities to work with state-of-the-art computation and lab instrumentation throughout the curriculum, and especially when doing research.

Our 3/2 dual-degree and pre-engineering programs offer students the opportunity to pursue engineering after Ë®¹ûÅÉ. The program also provides opportunities for application-based independent studies and research in such fields as automotive, structural and aeronautical engineering, nuclear and renewable energy technology, non-destructive imaging of art and artifacts, and the physics of archery.

Ë®¹ûÅÉ's Society of Physics Students (SPS) is very active and engaged, planning outreach and other events both on and off campus. The group has won numerous Outstanding Chapter Awards and multiple Ë®¹ûÅÉ students have served on the SPS National Council.

Since the founding of the college, the study of science has been a part of the Ë®¹ûÅÉ College curriculum. Prof. Henry Louis Smith, a native of Greensboro, N.C., accepted a position as professor of physics in 1887 and subsequently performed one of the first X-Ray experiments in the United States here on campus.

Ë®¹ûÅÉ physics majors have pursued graduate study in fields such as physics, engineering, medical physics, medicine, business, statistics, law, economics, philosophy, among others. Students have been employed in a wide variety of positions including teachers, engineers, radiologists, computer programmers, technical salespeople, patent lawyers, and even an astronaut.