UAH's Department of Physics & Astronomy performs cutting-edge, internationally-recognized research that prepares students for scientific challenges in private industry, government labs, or academia.
Our Physics department features a complete range of opportunities to engage in world-class physics from the theoretical to the experimental, including astrophysics, space physics, optics, biophysics, engineering, and medicine. Physics also plays a vital role in the education of other science and engineering students and promotes the understanding and appreciation of physics through its general study courses.
The image on the left shows the galaxy group NGC 4839 falling into the Coma Galaxy cluster. The Chandra X-ray Observatory image on the right is a close up view of the NGC 4839 galaxy group and the extraordinary 1.5 million light-year long tail of gas being stripped behind it. This was studied by Dr. Stephen Walker and postdoctoral researchers Dr. Mohammad Mirakhor and Dr. James Runge.
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Program Spotlight
Optical Science & Engineering
The program spans great diversity as it moves from the fundamental physics of light and its interaction with matter to the design and development of new optical systems for a wide variety of applications such as optical computing & communications, and space-based telescopes.
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Optics Building, Room 201C
301 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, AL 35899
256.824.2482
phchair@uah.edu
