Physics & Engineering Department

Designing and Building Your Future

Taylor’s ABET-accredited Physics and Engineering department provides a number of opportunities for professional growth and development. Our students have conducted graduate-level research for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the Air Force as undergraduates; participated in projects like the Central American water well drilling ministry (with the Earth & Environmental Science department); taken part in prestigious summer internships at major labs such as Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Argonne National Lab, Fermi Lab, and the Mayo Clinic; and been hired by world-renowned companies like CERN and RT Logic.

Wherever God is calling you after graduation—the industry, healthcare, education, mission field—our outstanding faculty will mentor you and help you prepare for your career.

Taylors engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET

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Tools of the Trade

At Taylor, students majoring in Engineering or Physics have access to a wide array of Euler Science Complex’s state-of-the-art equipment and analysis and design software. In addition to using the tools for rigorous classes, students can visit the machine shop, wood shop, and electronics lab to complete research and projects on virtual reality, 3D printing for habitable structures on Mars, solar cars, satellites, nano-satellites, and muscle biopsy.

Check out some of the Physics and Engineering equipment and software packages that our majors learn to use:

Equipment

Solar power conversion lab bench
CO2 cutter and engraver
3D printer
Fully equipped machine shop and wood shop
Single-photon detection apparatus
Well-equipped electronics lab with oscilloscopes, function generators, multimeters, and power supplies

Software

Mechanical CAD
- 3D solid modeling—SolidWorks Premiere
- 2D—Draftsight (AutoCAD clone)
Electrical CAD
- PCB design—Cadsoft Eagle
- Circuit simulation—Orcad PSpice, LTSpice
Math Tools
Lab Automation Tools
- MATLAB—Data Acquisition Toolbox & Instrument Control Toolbox
- LabView
System Modeling
- MATLAB/Simulink w/ Simscape, SimElectronics, SinPowerSystems, Control System Toolbox
Embedded Systems Development

Various tools, including tool chain for:

Atmel micros such as the ATmega family
Microchip PIC processors
Cypress PSoC processors
ATmega based Arduino platform
Programming environments
- Varies, but includes MS Visual Studio, Eclipse, Python, Dev C++.

Practicum

Engineering students are required to complete a practicum to earn a BS in Engineering degree. Our students are prepared to complete their practicums at a variety of high-profile companies, including:

NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
Cadence Design Systems
GE Aviation
Aptiv
New Eagle

Degree Options

Engineering

Physics

Physics Science Education

Physics and Mathematics Education

Department News

Solving Problems, Shaping Futures: Students’ Ingenuity for the Next Generation

Apr 06, 2023

Computer Science major Isaac Wickham ‘24 and Engineering major David Mitchell ’24 developed Pocket Dorm, a fun interactive tool for incoming students to plan their residence hall room set-up.

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