West Science Center
The Departments of Biology, Chemistry and Physics are located in the West
Science Center, which was completed in 1976. The ground floor of the building
was remodeled in 1999 and the Physics department moved from Law Hall in
June 1999.
In this building, in addition to offices and classrooms, the
Department of Physics has a nuclear physics laboratory, a machine shop,
an advanced physics laboratory with space for optics and holography work,
and student/faculty research laboratories.
West Science Physics space
West Science 002 - Classroom for most introductory courses
West Science 004 - Storage for lecture demonstration items
West Science 010 - Classroom for small advanced courses
West Science 005 - Laboratory for introductory courses
West Science 003 - Storage for laboratory equipment
West Science 001 - Shop
West Science 007 - Laboratory space for advanced courses
West Science 012 - Research room for faculty and student projects
West Science 024 - Nuclear research laboratory
West Science 014, 019, 021, 023 - Faculty offices
Scientific Equipment
In addition to standard laboratory equipment the Department of Physics
has access to:
- Several telescopes, including a ten-inch Meade computer controlled
telescope, for use in the Astronomy courses.
- Data acquisition boards and software for computerized data acquisition
and control.
- A DSP (digital signal processing) board for fast data analysis.
- A high-vacuum deposition system.
- Hydriding equipment.
- X-ray, gamma-ray, visible, and NMR spectrometers.
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