Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics -
Nanotechnology Track

Nanotechnology is being used in everything from electronics to medicine to industry
and Lock Haven University is on the cutting edge. In addition to the regular lectures and laboratories at LHU, you will learn core technical skills during an intense summer semester at the Nanofabrication Center at Penn State University. New, ever more diverse, applications
of this technology create a strong demand for professionals with these skills. Students have done internships at Hershey Medical School and Cabot Microelectronics in Chicago among others.

Facilities

LHU boasts some of the latest technology including laboratories in modern physics, optics, and electronics. We have numerous computers with access to the internet, advanced programming tools, and interfacing hardware and software for laboratory use.

Faculty

All physics faculty hold their doctorate degrees. Your classes and labs will be taught by these professors, not graduate assistants.

Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education - Physics

This major prepares you to teach physics to students in grades 7-12. Lock Haven’s nationally accredited science education program equips prospective teachers with the
skills and knowledge to succeed in middle and high school classrooms. Along with your extensive coursework in physics, you will study science teaching methods and classroom management. You will have a variety of experiences in schools including a semester of student teaching during your senior year in both a middle school and a high school setting.

Lock Haven’s dual advisor program is unique and provides you with advisement from both an
education faculty member and a physics professor. Our Physics-Secondary Education graduates have been very successful in obtaining employment in the schools upon degree completion.

Our Faculty

The quality of your education depends on the quality of the faculty. At LHU, you will be taught by professors who are dedicated to your success, not graduate assistants. All tenure-track faculty in the Geology and Physics Department have their doctoral degrees and have worked in their fields, bringing real-world experience into your classroom. Your professors will always be available to help you understand the coursework and answer your questions.

Anura Goonewardene, Ph.D., Department Chair
223 Ulmer Hall  (570) 484-2079  agoonewa@lhup.edu
Professor of Physics
Director of Nanotechnology
Experimental Surface, Physics/Solid State Physics

Michael Cullin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Science Education
Understanding the nature of science and scientific inquiry, specifically scientific models
& modeling

Loretta Dickson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geology
Igneous Petrology, Mineralogy, Crystallography, Structural Geology,
Volcanology, Gemstones

Md. Khalequzzaman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology
Hydrology, Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry Coastal Oceanography, GIS

John D. Reid, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
Experimental Particle Physics, High Energy & Heavy Ion Physics

Indrajith Senevirathne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Surface Physics, Structure, Thermodynamical and Kinetic Stability of Nano Particles, Plasmonics of Nano Structures

Marian Tzolov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Photovoltaics, Organic and Molecular Electronics, Solid State Spectroscopy

James Wheeler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
Relativistic Astrophysics of Hot Dense Systems

Thomas Wynn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geology
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Paleontology and GIS