Tarleton State University
Tarleton State University
Department of Engineering & Physics
www.tarleton.edu/engrphys
Engineering Physics
The Engineering Physics program at Tarleton State University is
one of only two ABET accredited programs in Texas and the largest.
The program is an interdisciplinary engineering program that
includes course work in electrical and computer engineering,
material science, and physics. The program was developed in
cooperation with industrial advisors to prepare graduates for
either immediate employment as an engineer at the BS level or for
graduate study in either physics or engineering. Past graduates
have found employment as systems, mechanical, and electrical
engineers at a wide variety of companies in Texas including
Lockheed, Vought Aircraft, Halliburton, and Lumina. Other graduates
have chosen to attend graduate school in Electrical Engineering,
Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Physics at MIT,
Stanford, Rice and other fine institutions. Tarleton has recently
setup a grid computing system and obtained a large microwave
anechoic chamber from Lockheed Martin providing additional
undergraduate research opportunities for engineering physics
students.
Physics
Tarleton has one of the best equipped and most active
undergraduate physics programs in the State of Texas with Tarleton
hosting or co-hosting three State meetings since 2003. The physics
program provides several different tracks that allow students to
tailor the degree to their interests including: 1) Nuclear Track -
for students interested in advanced study in nuclear engineering or
employment in the nuclear power industry; 2) Medical Physics - to
prepare students for advanced study in medicine, dentistry, or
medical physics; 3) Astronomy track; 4) Dual 8-12 Secondary
Math/Physics Teaching Certification; 5) Dual 8-12 Secondary
Chemistry/Physics Teaching Certification and 6) Classical Track -
for students wishing to obtain a second BS degree in Math, Computer
Science, or Chemistry. Tarleton's physics research facilities
provide students with the chance to be involved in state of the art
research that enhances the degree. Research facilities include one
of only 6 undergraduate tandem accelerator facilities in the U.S.,
largest undergraduate robotic telescope facility in the U.S., and a
state of the art JEOL electron microscope with 35 angstrom
resolution. These facilities give Tarleton students an advantage in
national competitions and admission into select graduate programs.
During the past few years, TSU students have obtained summer
research appointments to LIGO/CALTECH, CAMD, NASA, DoD Labs, and
other facilities while Tarleton physics graduates have gone on to
advanced study in medicine, physics, or engineering at Princeton,
Duke, UT, A&M, and other institutions.
Environmental Engineering & Hydrology
Environmental engineering originally developed as a graduate
specialization out of either mechanical or civil engineering while
hydrology/Water Resource Engineering also developed as a graduate
specialization in civil engineering. Water is a scare resource in
Texas and throughout the U.S. For the past thirty years, Tarleton
State University's Hydrology program has been the only
undergraduate program in Texas and one of only six in the country.
Tarleton's hydrology students have obtained paid summer internships
across the U.S. as well as China while program graduates have found
employment with government agencies including river authorities and
municipalities as well as with industrial partners.
Tarleton also offers one of only two ABET accredited undergraduate
environmental engineering programs in Texas and one of only six
undergraduate hydrology programs in the U.S. Environmental
engineers deal with a wide range of environmental issues including
radioactive waste, solid waste, waste water treatment, water
quality, and air pollution. A recent study commissioned by the
Deans of Texas Engineering Colleges projects that environmental
engineering will be among the fastest growing fields of employment
over the next quarter century.
Nuclear Engineering Courses
Engineering and physics students have access to both traditional
undergraduate nuclear engineering courses as well as the new
nuclear engineering certificate courses from Texas A&M's
Nuclear Engineering Department through Tarleton's association with
NPI and the Texas Electronic Coalition for Physics (TECP). These
courses can be used by engineering students to either fulfill the
three advanced technical electives in the engineering physics
degree or as additional course work to enhance the student's
engineering degree. Physics majors can use these courses to fulfill
part of the student's 26 hour support field or as part of the
Physics with Nuclear Track Option.
Tarleton State University
Tarleton State University is the 2nd oldest member of the Texas
A&M University System and is located in Stephenville, Texas
about 60 miles southwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex which
is both a major area for aerospace development and the largest
producer of semiconductor electronics in the U.S. Tarleton is also
30 miles southwest of Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant which
presently has two operating reactors and the proposed site of two
new ones.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Daniel K. Marble
Associate Professor/ Department Head
Department of Engineering & Physics
Tarleton State University
Box T-390
Stephenville, Texas 76402
(254) 968-9863
Fax (254) 968-9503
marble@tarleton.edu
http://www.tarleton.edu/engrphys
