Located just east of the main campus, Oakley Observatory is equipped for teaching, as well as conducting research in variable star photometry, searching for supernovae or searching for comets.
Our Labs and Research Sites
With our state-of-the-art labs, you'll get the sort of research experience undergrads at other schools can only dream of.
MiNDs Cleanroom
Starting as a first-year student, our MiNDs cleanroom will give you opportunities in the area of semiconductor and micro/nano technology through courses and hands-on experiments in fabrication, characterization and modeling of micro/nano devices and systems. There are numerous professors performing state of the art research with undergraduates within the cleanroom year round.
MINDS Cleanroom Research
A number of research projects both within the areas of micro/nanoscale technology and pedagogy are ongoing at the MiNDS cleanroom.
Other Research Facilities
Characterization Lab
Students utilize Scanning Electron Microscope with an integrated X-ray spectroscopy for material and device studies and X-ray diffraction for material analysis.
Device Modeling and Testing Lab
Students work on Semiconductor device design, modeling, and electrical testing tools.
Optical Communication Lab
Equipment in this lab allows students and faculty to study the quantum optics.
Non-Linear Lab
This lab provides the opportunity to work on cutting-edge optical materials and devices.
Inside our MiNDS Cleanroom
Smaller is better in the MiNDS cleanroom
Discover new possibilities with nanotechnology
Our Oakley Observatory is open for discovery
You'll get hands-on experience in our optics lab
Optical engineers have all the fun
Dr. Galen Duree
Dr. Duree, head of the Department of Physics, Optical Engineering, & NanoEngineering, joined the faculty of Rose-Hulman in 1999. His areas of expertise include photorefractive phenomena, nonlinear optics, laser physics, ultra-short pulse laser phenomena. He authored the book Optics for Dummies an "approachable introduction to optical science, methods, and applications."
Contact Us
Department of Physics, Optical Engineering, & NanoEngineering
Moench Hall CL106
5500 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47803
812-877-8309
duree@rose-hulman.edu