Research Opportunities

Research station at the South Pole Opportunities exist for students to actively participate in the department's research activities. These include

upper-atmospheric research from ground-based sites all over the world, including the South Pole (pictured at right);
sounding rocket studies of atmospheric composition and hypervelocity shock waves;
high-temperature superconductivity;
space-systems engineering;
and astrophysics.

Physical Sciences research labs include the Space Physics Research Lab, Atmospheric Physics Research Lab, the Computational Atmospheric Dynamics Research Lab, and Lab for Advanced Instrumentation Research.

Co-op and Internship Opportunities

Many Space Physics and Engineering Physics students expand their education through co-ops and internships, which often lead to job offers. Students have received offers from companies such as:

United Space Alliance
Computational Physics
NRL
NASA
Boeing Aerospace
Lockheed-Martin
Space Camp