Departmental Highlights
The University of Tennessee Physics Department strives to balance quality
education with outstanding research. Our faculty members take on the complexities
of the neutrino, the properties of nanostructures, and the mysteries of
the Big Bang. Our courses range from How Things Work and Introductory
Astronomy to Advanced Quantum Mechanics and Experimental Particle Physics.
All students have the opportunity to use a wide range of technology and
Web-based options while learning about the physical world. We also sponsor
an extensive public service program of astronomy observations and presentations
for local school systems, including the Teachers
Resource Distribution Center.
Fast Physics Facts:
- Approximately 40 faculty members, 60 research and adjunct faculty,
60 research staff and associates, 90 graduate students, 80 undergraduate
students with either a major or minor in physics or engineering physics,
and 20 support staff members
- A dynamic undergraduate physics program with four tracks: academic,
applied, general, and engineering physics concentrations
- A flexible graduate program with three options for a master's degree
and a progressive Ph.D. curriculum
- Small classes for both undergraduate and graduate students
- Summer research fellowships
for undergraduates
- Four strong research areas (atomic physics, condensed matter physics,
high energy physics, and nuclear physics balanced between theory and
experiment
- National Academy of Sciences Member: Professor Ward Plummer
- Three UT/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distinguished Scientists and
the University's Lincoln Chair of Excellence
- 10 Joint Faculty with dual appointments between UT physics and Oak
Ridge National Laboratory
- 21 Fellows of the American Physical Society
- Three of the 1,000 Most-Cited Physicists (1981-June 1997)
- Modern teaching and research laboratories, physics tutorial center,
and online courses
- More than $9 million in research grants for FY05
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