2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog & Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Department of Engineering Physics
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Engineering Physics
Department Chair: Dr. Tom Dvorske, Associate Professor and Vice Provost of Academic Affairs
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Degree Programs
Engineering Physics
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The Department of Engineering Physics offers students an applied and theoretical foundation in broad science concepts and applications. Through the department’s Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics students can focus on diverse applications and research areas within the fields of physics, making them highly desirable candidates for a range of fields from semiconductors to finance, medicine, and many more.
Bachelor of Science, Engineering Physics
See Program Description for full curriculum and additional details.
Florida Common Prerequisites
Students who started as freshmen at Florida Poly (native students) must complete general education requirements and the following courses to enter the degree program as a junior:
Transfer students must meet general education requirements and satisfy the following Florida State Common Prerequisites to enter the degree program as a junior:
CHM2045/2045L
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or CHM X040
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or CHM X045/X045L
& MAC 2311
& MAC 2312
& MAC 2313
& PHY 2048/2048L and PHY 2049/2049L
Academic Learning Compact
Florida Polytechnic University’s Academic Learning Compact describes what students, who follow the major’s study plan, will know and be able to do. These are listed as core student learning outcomes.
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Program:
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Engineering Physics
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Purpose of the Program:
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The Engineering Physics Bachelor of Science degree program at Florida Polytechnic University is designed to prepare aspiring students to be knowledgeable in conceptual understanding of Physics and critical thinking encompassed with problem solving skills. The acquisition of the above skills are paramount values for Poly Physics Majors to get ready for high paying industrial jobs or graduate school in advanced physics, engineering, or related disciplines.
The program in Engineering Physics focuses on the use of Physics in the analysis and evaluation of engineering problems and scientific applications. Engineering Physics offers a unique program in which students acquire the in-depth understanding of concepts based on defined physics principles and theoretical derivations, while also practicing its real world applications.
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Graduates of the program will demonstrate the following:
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Graduates of the Engineering Physics program will demonstrate the following:
- an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
- an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
- an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
- an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
- an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
- an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
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Core Learning Outcomes:
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Student Learning Outcomes
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The Outcomes Involve These Skills:
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Upon completion of the Engineering Physics Degree in the College of Engineering, students will possess:
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Content
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Critical Thinking
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Communication
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an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
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an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
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an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
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an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
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an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
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an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
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an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
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EMA 4014 - Nanoelectronic Materials
Credits: 3
Course Description: The course aims to give students a broad understanding of fundamentals, fabrication technologies and applications of nanoscale structures and devices. The course will cover electrical, magnetic and optical properties of nanostructured materials and devices. Materials include silicon and “beyond-silicon materials” for future electronics. Nano-devices includes resonant-tunneling devices, single-electron transfer devices and spintronic devices.
Prerequisites: PHY 3101 Introduction to Modern Physics , PHY 4602 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics , PHZ 3442 Semiconductor Physics
Primary Term(s) Offered: Spring Rotation Year Annually
EMA 4614 - Production of Electronic Materials
Credits: 3
Course Description: The course provides students with an up-to-date review of modern semiconductor chip fabrication. Topics include modern techniques for growth and characterization of crystalline silicon and semiconductor alloys, their characterization, processes for materials doping, such as diffusion and implantation, thin film deposition and wire bonding, wet and dry etching. Fabrication of electronic devices through photo-lithography and X-ray lithography techniques will be discussed. Students will be introduced to software for the design of multi-layer, lithography masks and mask alignment.
Prerequisites: EGN 3365 - Structure and Properties of Materials and PHZ 3442 - Semiconductor Physics
EML 3100 - Thermodynamics
Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the properties and processes of thermodynamics. Topics include the first and second laws of thermodynamics; entropy; Carnot Cycle and Brayton Cycle.
Prerequisites: CHM 2045 - Chemistry 1 PHY 2048 - Physics 1 MAC 2312 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2
IDS 4204 - Advanced Topics in Energy & Sustainability
Credits: 3
Course Description: Contemporary topics in Energy and Sustainability. Seminars and lectures from industry, academia, government and other stakeholders. Students are required to work on individual or team assignments, research projects and present their work in the format of mini seminars.
Prerequisites: Approval from the course instructor
PHY 2048 - Physics 1
Credits: 3
Course Description: This is the first of a two-semester sequence of physics for technology and engineering. The course covers Newtonian mechanics and includes motion, vectors, Newton’s laws, work and conservation of energy, systems of particles, collisions, equilibrium, oscillations, thermodynamics and waves.
Prerequisites: High-school Physics and (PHY 2020 or the equivalent) and MAC 2311 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1
Co-requisite or Prerequisite: MAC 2312 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2
Co-requisite: PHY 2048L - Physics 1 Laboratory
PHY 2048L - Physics 1 Laboratory
Credits: 1
Course Description: This laboratory experience for PHY 2048 Physics with provides practical applications of Newtonian mechanics.
Prerequisites: None
Co-requisite: PHY 2048 - Physics 1
PHY 2049 - Physics 2
Credits: 3
Course Description: The second of a two-semester sequence of physics for scientists and engineers. Content includes Coulomb’s law, electric fields and potentials, capacitance, currents and circuits, Ampere’s law, Faraday’s law, inductance, Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic waves, ray optics, interference and diffraction.
Prerequisites: PHY 2048 - Physics 1 and MAC 2312 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2
Co-requisite: PHY 2049L - Physics 2 Laboratory
PHY 2049L - Physics 2 Laboratory
Credits: 1
Course Description: This laboratory experience for with MAC 2312 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2 illustrates the practical applications of Coulomb’s law, electric fields and potentials, capacitance, currents and circuits, Ampere’s law, Faraday’s law, inductance, Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic waves, ray optics, interference and diffraction.
Prerequisites: None
Co-requisite: PHY 2049 - Physics 2
PHY 3101 - Introduction to Modern Physics
Credits: 3
Course Description: This is an introductory modern physics course designed primarily for students majoring in the sciences and engineering or mathematics. Topics include the special theory of relativity, wave properties of matter, the Schrodinger wave equation, atomic structure, molecular bonding, the electrical and magnetic properties of solids, semiconductors, the atomic nucleus and nuclear interactions.
Prerequisites: PHY 2049 - Physics 2 and MAC 2312 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 2
Co-requisite: MAC 2313 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 3 and PHY 3101L - Modern Physics Laboratory or PHY 3840L Experimental Techniques in Engineering Physics
PHY 3101L - Modern Physics Laboratory
Credits: 2
Course Description: This course studies experiments that explore radiation and the atomic nature of matter including the photoelectric effect, atomic emission and absorption spectroscopy, the Franck-Hertz experiment, electron spin resonance and nuclear radiation.
Prerequisites: None
Co-requisite: PHY 3101 - Introduction to Modern Physics
PHY 3840L - Experimental Techniques in Engineering Physics
Credits: 2
Course Description: Hands-on experience in instrumentation and automation of research apparatus for research and industry. The students will build computer-automatized, scientific equipment to prove concepts of modern physics.
Prerequisites: COP 2271 Introduction to Computation and Programming PHY 2049 Physics 2 PHY 2049L Physics 2 Laboratory
Co-requisite: PHY 3101 Introduction to Modern Physics
Primary Term(s) Offered: Rotation Year
PHY 4134 - Widely Applied Physics I
Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is part 1 of a 2 course sequence (4134, 4135) for the engineering physics degree. It aims to give a broad view of how physics is applied to engineering problems, building on the students’ physics background. It aims to make students develop an attitude of discovery/innovation/creativity. As such, the course will be more descriptive than the standard upper-level courses, with more emphasis on engineering applications and less emphasis on mathematical techniques. Topics may partially be selected in order to reflect the capstone projects of the course participants.
Prerequisites: PHY 3101 Introduction to Modern Physics CHM 2045 Chemistry 1 CHM 2045L Chemistry 1 Laboratory
Primary Term(s) Offered: Rotation Year
PHY 4135 - Widely Applied Physics II
Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is part 2 of a 2 course sequence (4134, 4135) for the engineering physics degree. It aims to give a broad view of how physics is applied to engineering problems, building on the students’ physics background. It aims to make students develop an attitude of discovery/innovation/creativity. As such, the course will be more descriptive than the standard upper-level courses, with more emphasis on engineering applications and less emphasis on mathematical techniques. Topics may partially be selected in order to reflect the capstone projects of the course participants.
Prerequisites: PHY 3101 Introduction to Modern Physics PHY 4134 Widely Applied Physics I CHM 2045 Chemistry 1 CHM 2045L Chemistry 1 Laboratory
Co-requisite: EML 4951C Engineering Design Senior Capstone 2
Primary Term(s) Offered: Rotation Year
PHY 4221 - Introduction to Classical Mechanics
Credits: 3
Course Description: An introduction to classical mechanics. Topics include, Newton’s laws, particle dynamics, central forces, oscillatory motion, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, system and rigid body dynamics.
Prerequisites: PHY 2049 - Physics 2 and MAC 2313 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 3
PHY 4320 - Introduction to Electromagnetism
Credits: 3
Course Description:
The theory of electromagnetic fields and waves is developed from basic principles. Vector calculus, coulomb’s law, Gauss’s law, electrostatic potential, dielectrics, solutions to Laplace’s and Poisson’s equations, magnetic induction, vector potential, magnetic materials, Maxwell’s equations and propagation of waves in space and various media are discussed.
Prerequisites: PHY 2049 - Physics 2 and MAC 2313 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 3 and MAP 2302 - Differential Equations
PHY 4424 - Geometrical and Physical Optics
Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will provide students with a deep understanding of optics and imaging for engineering applications. Topics include geometrical optics (ray-tracing, aberrations, lenses, radiometry and photometry), wave optics (polarization, interference, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction), image formation and holography.
Prerequisites: PHY 4320 Introduction to Electromagnetism
Primary Term(s) Offered: Rotation Year
PHY 4602 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Credits: 3
Course Description:
This course introduces the modern theory of quantum mechanics. It considers both wave and matrix mechanics, as well as their inter-relation in the modern theory. The subject is developed by studying applications to particle systems, simple harmonic oscillators and the hydrogen atom.
Prerequisites: PHY 3101 - Introduction to Modern Physics and MAC 2313 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 3 and MAP 2302 - Differential Equations
PHY 4910 - Engineering Physics Capstone 1
Credits: 3
Course Description: Projects in experimental, theoretical or computational Physics conducted in collaboration with Physics faculty. This course requires an oral and written research report by the student.
Prerequisites: PHY 2049 - Physics 2 and PHY 2049L - Physics 2 Laboratory and PHY 3101 - Introduction to Modern Physics and PHY 3101L - Modern Physics Laboratory
PHY 4911 - Engineering Physics Capstone 2
Credits: 3
Course Description:
The primary purpose of this course is to provide students with an opportunity for firsthand, supervised research in Physics. Projects may involve inquiry, design, investigation, scholarship, discovery or application in Physics.
Prerequisites: PHY 4910 - Undergraduate Research 1
PHY 4930 - Special Topics in Physics
Credits: 3
Course Description: Special sessions exploring the current issues in Physics. Topics may vary and are selected on the basis of what is new or currently relevant in the field.
Prerequisites: PHY 2048 - Physics 1 and PHY 2048L - Physics 1 Laboratory
PHZ 3361 - Radiation Detection and Measurement
Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the interaction of radiation with matter, radiation detectors, Gamma Spectroscopy, Pulse Processing, Counting Statistics and Radiation Shielding.
Prerequisites: PHY 2049 - Physics 2 and PHY 2049L - Physics 2 Laboratory and PHY 3101 - Introduction to Modern Physics
PHZ 4151C - Computational Physics with Lab
Credits: 3
Course Description: The topics cover in this course include computer applications in Physics, Numerical Modeling and Simulations of Physics Processes using Linear Algebra and Differential Equations and Monte Carlo Methods.
Prerequisites: PHY 2049 - Physics 2 and PHY 2049L - Physics 2 Laboratory and PHY 3101 - Introduction to Modern Physics
PHZ 4444 - Solid State Physics
Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students of to the structural, electronic, optical, and magnetic properties of materials.
Prerequisites: PHY 2049 - Physics 2 and PHY 2049L - Physics 2 Laboratory and EGN 3365 Structure and Properties of Materials
Primary Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring Rotation Year
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