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The Applied Science Program

The Department of Applied Science (http://www.wm.edu/as/appliedscience) is an interdisciplinary department that focuses on graduate education but also offers an increasingly rich lineup of undergraduate courses and programs.  The undergraduate courses are particularly suitable for physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, data science, neuroscience and biology. While Applied Science does currently not offer an undergraduate major, Applied Science faculty have mentored numerous self-designed majors with an Applied Science-centric curriculum. Also, minors in Applied Science are offered with a track in either Materials Science & Engineering or Computational Biology.  Applied Science cooperates with affiliated faculty from the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), as well as from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) and the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab).

Core faculty research interests include: Biomaterials, Nanomaterials & Scanning Probe Techniques; Nondestructive Evaluation, Robotics and Medical Imaging; Nanotechnology and Thin Films, Surface Science, Accelerator Science, Electronic and Magnetic Materials Science; Laser Spectroscopy; Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Neurophysiology and Cell Biology; Computational Neuroscience; Biophysical Chemistry & Structural Biology; Geospatial Analysis.

Programs and Course Descriptions

Programs

• Applied Science, Bioengineering Track, Minor
• Applied Science, Materials Science & Engineering Track, Minor

Courses

• APSC 100 - Big Ideas in Applied Science
• APSC 150 - First-Year Seminar
• APSC 201 - Introduction to Materials Science & Engineering
• APSC 210 - Predictability
• APSC 251 - Introduction to Engineering Design
• APSC 301 - Mechanics of Materials
• APSC 304 - Energy and Thermodynamics
• APSC 311 - Molecular Cell Biology: A Bioengineering & Data Science Approach
• APSC 327 - Introduction to Laser Biomedicine
• APSc 350 - Topics in Applied Science
• APSC 351 - Cellular Biophysics and Modeling
• APSC 371 - Matroids: The Value of Abstraction
• APSC 401 - Research in Applied Science
• APSC 402 - Research in Applied Science
• APSC 403 - Independent Study in Applied Science
• APSC 404 - Independent Study in Applied Science
• APSC 411 - Polymer Science I
• APSC 422 - Introduction to Materials Characterization
• APSC 427 - Biomedical Materials and Devices
• APSC 428 - Scanning Probe Nanoengineering: Visualization and Manipulation of Matter at Atomic Scales
• APSC 429 - Optical Microscopy: Fundamentals & Applications
• APSC 431 - Applied Cellular Neuroscience
• APSC 432 - Applied Systems Neuroscience
• APSC 440 - Respiratory Neurobiology
• APSC 450 - Computational Neuroscience
• APSC 453 - Science and Authority
• APSC 455 - Population Dynamics
• APSC 457 - Computational Materials Design
• APSC 460 - Topics in Applied Science
• APSC 471 - Capstone Engineering Design Senior Project
• APSC 472 - Capstone Engineering Design Senior Project
• APSC 480 - Directed Research in Medical Chemistry and Structural Biology of Neuroimmune Peptides of Marine Origin
• APSC 485 - Senior Capstone
• APSC 490 - Studies in Applied Science
• APSC 495 - Honors
• APSC 496 - Honors
• APSC 498 - Internship

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