IREAP conducts research through the Departments of Physics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mathematics, and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology. Applicants interested in doing graduate studies through IREAP should apply for graduate admissions through one of the respective departments. It is a good idea to contact an IREAP faculty member in whose research you are interested before submitting your application to the graduate school.

The responsibility for admitting applicants to graduate programs rests with the Dean of the Graduate School. Academic department and program offices review admissions applications and credentials and make admissions recommendations to the Graduate Dean. General information for admissions to the graduate school can be found in the current Graduate School Catalog.

Fellowships

Fellowships have been established for applicants to the graduate school (M.S. or Ph.D. program) with interest in basic and applied research being conducted at IREAP. These fellowships are open to students in the participating graduate programs in the Departments of Physics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Materials Science and Engineering, and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology. The various IREAP research programs in which fellows are encouraged to participate include the following:

• microwave effects in electronics
• theory of plasma stability and transport
• theory of chaotic dynamics in general dissipative nonlinear systems
• measurement of high temperature plasma properties
• charged particle beam acceleration and transport
• generation of high power microwaves for application to particle acceleration, plasma heating, and advanced radar and countermeasure systems
• fabrication of microstructures with ion beams
• multifrequency microwave sintering of ceramics
• ion beam lithography for producing integrated circuits with dense packing of components
• ultrahigh power, short pulse lasers for studies of intense field phenomena in atoms, molecules and plasmas
• materials processing with plasmas and microwaves
• nanoscience and technology

Fellows will enjoy the unique opportunity of participating in state-of-the-art research in the Institute in collaboration with leading scientists. Fellows will undertake research in a specialty area of his or her own choosing. Maximum benefit from an interdisciplinary research program is gained through active participation in its research and educational projects. It is in this spirit that fellows are asked to select an IREAP research project by the end of their first academic year at Maryland.

IREAP fellowships are designed to supplement financial awards already made to incoming students. Fellowship awards are initially for two years with the possibility of yearly renewal for an additional three years.

Students are considered for fellowships by faculty nomination.