Department of Physics, NationalDong-HwaUniversity
History:
The undergraduate program was established in 1997, the master program was set up in 2001 and the Ph.D program was set up in 2003. At the present time, there are 13 faculty members (7 experimentalists and 6 theoreticians), one technician, two administrative assistants, about 200 undergraduate and 50 graduate students in the Department. In accord with the short and long term planning of the Department, the establishment of Ph.D. program and faculty recruiting are both currently carrying out. By joint or part-time appointments and other means, the Department also has close contacts with the Institute of Physics of Academia Sinica, and the NationalCenter for Theoretical Science.
Main Fields of Research:
The most active research fields in the Department include Biophysics, Computational Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Optoelectronic Physics and Theoretical Physics. The detailed of these research areas are following:
1.Biophysics:
Protein Folding, Protein Structure, Single Molecular Detection, Mechanism of Metalloprotein Catalysis, Free Radical Biophysics.
2.Computational Physics:
Nonlinear Dynamics in Semiconductors, Fluids, and Medicine, Monte Carlo Simulation of Lattice Protein Models, Complex Networks, Computational Material Science, Computational Plasma Physics.
3.Condensed Matter Physics:
Surface Studies Using Spectroscopic And Microscopic Techniques, Nanostructures, Magnetism, Superconductivity, Low-Dimensional Materials, Thermoelectric Materials, Thermal and Electrical Properties of Solids, Electronic Structure of Novel Materials And Point Defect.
4.Optoelectronic Physics:
Laser Spectroscopy, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Quantum Control, Metrology, Quantum Optics, Semiconductor Devices and Physics, Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics.
5.Theoretical Physics:
Particle Physics, Cosmology, Many-body Theory.
The courses offered for both undergraduate and graduate programs are closely related to those expertises mentioned above.
Educational Purposes:
The main educational purpose of the Department is to develop the spirit of science exploration. At the undergraduate level, the educational goal is to teach students the basic principles of physics, and to inspire students the ability of independent research. At the graduate level, the educational goal is to provide a rigid program to prepare students for advanced study in physics or other careers.
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