www.afit.edu

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Air Force Institute of Technology Department of
Engineering Physics Wright-Patterson AFB
(Dayton), Ohio
www.afit.edu
AFIT is the Air Forces graduate school in
applied sciences and engineering - defense
focused education - highly interdisciplinary
programs - military and civilian student
body Department of Engineering Physics - MS and
PhD - Applied Physics, Electro-Optics,
Nuclear Engineering, and Materials - 70 grad
students,19 faculty - 33 labs, 2 research
centers Degree requirements - MS program 18
months 48 hours including thesis - PhD
program 36 months 36 hours post MS
dissertation - Typical student has 4 yrs
experience between MS and PhD Research
for the modern battlefield - Directed Energy -
Nuclear Weapons Effects - Space
Surveillance Co-located with major Air Force
laboratories
Defense focused, inter-disciplinary doctoral
programs