Physics Research at UMKC

The Department of Physcis has a considerable collection of research facilities and computers that are used for research in different areas. In particular, a Raman spectrometer is used to study properties of materials under ultra-high pressure using diamond anvil cells; a low temperature photoluminescence system is used for probing electronic properties of different semiconductors; a state-of-the-art X-ray photoemission spectrometer capable of mapping out surface chemical composition on a micron scale; a scanning probe microscope system can image a surface with atomic resolution; and several low temperature cryostats are capable of reaching a temperature of about 1 K.

There is a computer laboratory in the department that gives students access to various types of personal computers, workstations, and a capus VAX station. The University computer center provides a cluster of top-line DEC alpha workstations for large scale computations.
The department also houses a research machine shop and a student machine shop.

Student Machine Shop



			The Department of Physcis has a considerable collection of research facilities and computers that are used for research in different areas. In particular, a Raman spectrometer is used to study properties of materials under ultra-high pressure using diamond anvil cells; a low temperature photoluminescence system is used for probing electronic properties of different semiconductors; a state-of-the-art X-ray photoemission spectrometer capable of mapping out surface chemical composition on a micron scale; a scanning probe microscope system can image a surface with atomic resolution; and several low temperature cryostats are capable of reaching a temperature of about 1 K.
			There is a computer laboratory in the department that gives students access to various types of personal computers, workstations, and a capus VAX station. The University computer center provides a cluster of top-line DEC alpha workstations for large scale computations. The department also houses a research machine shop and a student machine shop.
						Student Machine Shop