• Complete the Applied Physics/Nanotechnology Track.
  
  
• Complete the A.A.S. degree in two years. After
  graduation, you can enter the workforce or continue
  for another two years to earn your B.S. degree in:

• Biology
• Biology/chemistry
• Computer Science
• Geology
• Engineering (3+2, 4+2 programs)
• Physics

• You can major in any of the above B.S. degree
  programs and also earn your A.A.S. degree with
  the additional coursework as follows. Two classes
  are required at LHU totaling five credits plus an 18-
  credit Summer Capstone Semester at Penn State
  University for most programs.
  
  
• You can minor in Nanotechnology if your major is in
  the sciences.

The Program

You will be studying at the state-of-the art $30 million Nanofabrication Center at Penn State for an intense 12-week summer semester which provides the core technical skills and knowledge. The difference in the tuition between Penn State and LHU is paid for by the Commonwealth for PA residents.

The interdisciplinary Nanotechnology faculty offer research projects for undergraduates in diverse research areas such as material synthesis, device fabrication, submicron imaging, and electrical and optical characterization. You will be trained to use our advanced equipment and critically analyze the experimental results. Some topics have included dye-sensitized solar cells, nanoparticle platforms for drug delivery systems, polymer light-emitting diodes, scanning probe studies of graphite surfaces, gold nanoparticles as sensors and DNA self-assembled monolayers.

Facilities

LHU has developed five Nanotechnology labs, where our students gain hands-on experience in fabrication techniques, device development and analytical tools including the scanning probe laboratory. You will learn to fabricate structures from the microscale to the nanoscale that can be visualized using our Optical, Fluorescent, Atomic Force, Scanning Tunneling, and Scanning Electron microscopes. Other equipment includes a sculptured thin film deposition system, a sputter coater, an evaporator, a sonicator, a furnace, a profilometer, a 4-point probe and DC/AC electrical characterization equipment.

Internships

Gaining hands-on experience in real-life situations is invaluable in future employment or entrance into graduate school. Some recent internships have include Hershey Medical Center, Plextronics, Inc., Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, and Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization.

Nanoscience Scholarship

A $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation has made it possible for LHU to offer sizable scholarships to incoming freshmen. For more information on these scholarships, contact the Office of Student Financial Services.

Facult y

All pre-engineering faculty have their doctoral degrees. Your classes and labs will be taught by these professors, not graduate assistants.

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.
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. , Department Chair
twynn@lhup.edu  (570) 484-2081
Assistant Professor of Geology
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Paleontology and GIS