A Message From the Department Chair: 

"Our principal goal is for students to compete successfully for professional positions at attractive salaries or to be accepted into highly selective graduate programs. Our brand of competitiveness is not aggressive: instead, it is self-assured. It is born of a sense of cooperation between professors and students, and between students themselves. In our cooperative environment, we motivate students to develop teamwork and social skills and become increasingly self-aware and communicative. While scientific and technical competence is the bedrock of our students' competitiveness, they also develop distinctive traits of caring and collaboration which are becoming increasingly important in a world striving for meaning, harmony, and peace." 
--David Ferruzza, Chair of Physics and Engineering 

Department Mission: 

Programs in the Department of Physics and Engineering are designed to convey an appreciation and understanding of physical and natural systems and to prepare students for professional careers in science and technical fields. Analysis, problem solving, and hands-on experience are emphasized at all instructional levels. Students majoring in the department commonly go on to graduate school or to careers in physics, engineering, or education. 

News (Visit the News Archive): 

• Internship / Job Update (updated, 2/01/2000)
• Kati Young and John Gardner have joined the board of the Lancaster Chapter of Industrial Engineers
• Recent Graduates Return to Visit Engineering Seminar
• Get-together with 3-2 Engineering Students at PSU 
• Homecoming 1998