Graduate program: Optical Engineering
The Physics and Optical Engineering Department offers a terminal
master's degree in Optical Engineering which prepares students for
jobs in industry. A bachelor of science in science or engineering
is required for admission to this program. The program of study
includes five core courses in Optical Engineering, four elective
courses, a thesis project, and an oral thesis defense. The thesis
project will, as far as possible, address a "real-world" problem
that would be of mutual interest to an industrial sponsor, the
student and the student's advisory committee chairperson. Normally,
it takes a student five quarters to complete the requirements for
the M.S. (Optical Engineering) degree.
The Physics and Optical Engineering Department also offers an
undergraduate area minor in Optical Engineering and a B.S. (OE)
degree. The M.S. (Optical Engineering) program complements the
undergraduate program.
Department of Optical
Engineering Website
Master of Science in Optical Engineering
requirements
36 credit hours of course-work
12 credit hours of thesis-work
3 credit hours of graduate seminar
Required Courses
OE 570 Special Topics in Optics
OE 580 Lens Design and Aberrations
OE 592 Fourier Optics & Applications
OE 594 Guided-Wave Optics
PLUS (unless already taken)
OE 520 Principles of Optics*
OE 585 Electro Optics and Applications
OE 595 Optical Metrology
*(unless have already taken two of OE 480, OE 450, and OE
295)
Elective Courses (at least three)
OE 405/406 Semiconductor Devices and Fabrication
OE 450 Laser Systems and Applications
OE 493/593 Fundamentals Of Optical Fiber Communications
OE 570 Special Topics in Optics
PH 405/505 Semiconductor Materials and Applications
PH 437/ECE 480 Introduction to Image Processing
PH 440 X-rays and Crystalline Materials
PH 537/ECE 582 Advanced Image Processing
PH 540 Computer Physics
BE 550 Research Methods in Biomechanics
BE 560 Tissue-Biomaterial Interactions
ECE 430 Microcontroller-Based Systems
ECE 580 Digital Signal Processing
EM 503 Advanced Vibration Analysis
MA 431 Calculus of Vibrations
MA 433 Numerical Analysis
MA 434 Topics in Numerical Analysis
ME 422 Finite Elements for Engineering Applications
ME 435 Robotics Engineering
ME 470 Engineering System Design
ME 520 Computer-Aided Design & Manufacturing (CAD/CAM)
| Optical Engineering Faculty: Robert M. Bunch,
Ph.D., University of Kansas; Richard P. Ditteon, Ph.D., University
of California, Los Angeles; Galen C. Duree Jr., Ph.D., University
of Arkansas; Sergio C. Granieri, Ph.D., University of La Plata
(Argentina); Charles Joenathan, Ph.D., Indian Institute of
Technology (India); Elaine M. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon
University; Renat Letfullin, Ph.D., Saratova State University
(Russia); Michael F. McInerney, Ph.D., University of Kent
(England); Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley, Ph.D., University of Kentucky;
Michael J. Moloney, Ph.D., University of Maryland; Azad Siahmakoun,
Ph.D., University of Arkansas; Maarij M. Syed, Ph.D., University of
Notre Dame; Jerome F. Wagner, Ph.D., Ohio University; Arthur B.
Western, Ph.D., Montana State University. |