Physics and Engineering Department

Students building

The Physics and Engineering Department offers a wide variety of courses, serving students who seek the bachelor of science degree in physics, engineering, or integrated engineering, along with many other STEM disciplines.

Students build upon their studies of physics and engineering to develop careers in a diverse range of professions as well as to support their graduate work in physics, engineering, and related fields.

Department Info

  • Physics and Engineering Department
    Washington and Lee University
    204 W. Washington Street
    Lexington, Virginia 24450
    Physical Address: Howe Hall / Science Center

Dan Mazilu

Department Head

Tanya Bennett

Administrative Assistant

Feature Stories


Twelve W&L Students Awarded Gilman Scholarships to Study Abroad

The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards of up to $5,000 to U.S. undergraduate students who are Pell Grant recipients.

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Dan Mazilu to Present Nobel Prize Symposium Talk

The professor of physics will discuss this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner on Friday, Nov. 15.

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Son Nguyen to Present Nobel Prize Symposium Talk

The visiting assistant professor of physics will discuss this year’s Nobel Prize in physics on Thursday, Nov. 7.

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Tingting Li to Deliver Lecture as Part of the Class of 1963 Scholars in Residence Program

Li’s talk “Insights into Low-Carbon Solution in the Current Automotive Industry” will be held Oct. 25 in Science Addition 114.

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Spooky Action on Campus

W&L’s quantum computing program is among the first in the nation offered at a small liberal arts institution.

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George Bent sets up a scanner on the roof of a building in Florence.

Reconstructing the Past

Summer Research Scholars are spending their summer helping to bring one of the world’s oldest cities to life through modern technology.

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Mengying Liu

W&L Engineering Professor Publishes Paper in Science Advances

Mengying Liu collaborated with researchers from Texas A&M University on the peer-reviewed article.

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Flying High

Misha Lin ’25 is taking her dance education to the next level this summer with intensive aerial dance training, finishing with a two-week international festival in August.

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W&L’s Hamza Zia ’26 Receives Davis Projects for Peace Grant

Zia plans to continue his work with the PINK Center Project in his home country of Pakistan.

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W&L’s Demetri Patrinos ’25 Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Patrinos is one of three W&L students selected for the scholarship this spring.

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Total Eclipsing on the Colonnade

Hundreds of W&L students, faculty and staff came together to witness the astronomical event.

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W&L Student Performs at Havana Jazz Festival

A meeting with a Broadway legend allowed engineering major Zaria Daniels ’26 to take her vocal talents to Cuba.

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