Are you interested in an M.S. or Ph.D. in physics, health physics, or engineering and applied science?  We offer research
programs in experimental nuclear physics, applied nuclear physics, radiation science, accelerator applications, medical physics
and health physics.  Qualified applicants will be considered for teaching or research assistantships.  The department currently
has 11 faculty members and 20 graduate students.  ISU’s Accelerator Center houses 13 accelerators ranging from a 30 MeV
ultra short pulse electron linac to a 1.5 MeV tandem Van de Graaff.  Current research projects include Boron Neutron Capture
Therapy, applied photo-nuclear physics and fundamental nuclear physics using Compton scattering and photo-nuclear
reactions.  The department also has two environmental measurements laboratories and ongoing collaborations with MIT,
TUNL and Duke University, the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, the
State of Idaho and the Environmental Science and Research Foundation.  Located in the heart of the Rockies, ISU is within a
three-hour drive of Yellowstone, Sun Valley, Grand Teton National Park and some of the world’s most spectacular year-round
outdoor recreational opportunities.  Further information can be found at http://www.physics.isu.edu/.  Information and
application materials can be obtained from
            Professor John Knox
            Department Chair
            Department of Physics
            Idaho State University
            Campus Box 8106
            Pocatello, ID 83209-8106
            (Ph.: 208-236-2350).

Idaho State University is an AAE/EOE.

 The Department offers a Master of Science degree in Physics (with an optional Health Physics emphasis) and a Ph.D. in
Engineering and Applied Science. The latter affords physics students, who have already completed an M.S., the opportunity to
obtain a Ph.D. in an applied physics discipline. At present the TA stipend is $7150.60 (nine months) for M.S. candidates and
$9332.80 for Ph.D. candidates plus a waiver of tuition and fees. Teaching assistants are expected to teach lower division
laboratories and/or assist in the Tutor Room for 20 hours per week. Summer support is normally available ($2200 and $2800,
respectively). This makes the total packages approximately $18,300 and $21,100. In addition, a small number of out-of-state
tuition waivers ($6240) are available.
 
 
 

The department's research is concentrated in low energy applied nuclear physics: dosimetry, BNCT, low-level radionuclide
analysis, applications of LINACs, Photonuclear Research (primarily on the new 30 MeV LINAC ), Cryogenic Target
Development (in conjunction with DFELL and TUNL), and Ion Beam Analysis. The department operates two low level
environmental radiation laboratories and the Idaho Accelerator Center. The IAC is housed in three buildings: the newly
constructed home of the 30 MeV, 10ps, pulsed LINAC, the Small Accelerator Facility which houses a small LINAC and a
real time imaging and CAT scanner for 55 gallon drums, and the Particle Beam Lab which houses the IBA activities along with
much of the applied neutron physics research. Please see the indicated links and individual faculty home pages for more
information on these activities.
 

Applications for admission to the Graduate School are available on line or by writing to:

Office of Graduate Studies

Box 8075

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID 83209
 

Applications for a Teaching Assistantship are also available on line or by writing to:

Physics Department

Box 8106

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID 83209