http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ 2020-01-26T22:49:45-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2015-08-08T12:35:59-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:cfhome?rev=1439062559 Central Forces The Central Forces Paradigm presents, in sequence, a classical and quantum mechanical treatment of the problem of two bodies moving under the influence of a mutual central force. The course begins with identifying this central force problem and reformulating the two-body problem in terms of a reduced mass. The classical part of this course asks the students to consider planetary orbits, emphasizing the use of energy and angular momentum conservation and an analysis of the effect… text/html 2018-03-07T14:06:01-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:cfhome20?rev=1520460361 Central Forces The Central Forces Paradigm presents, in sequence, a classical and quantum mechanical treatment of the problem of two bodies moving under the influence of a mutual central force. The course begins with identifying this central force problem and reformulating the two-body problem in terms of a reduced mass. The classical part of this course asks the students to consider planetary orbits, emphasizing the use of energy and angular momentum conservation and an analysis of the effect… text/html 2018-03-14T09:25:32-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:cfhome20mike?rev=1521044732 Central Forces The Central Forces Paradigm presents, in sequence, a classical and quantum mechanical treatment of the problem of two bodies moving under the influence of a mutual central force. The course begins with identifying this central force problem and reformulating the two-body problem in terms of a reduced mass. The classical part of this course asks the students to consider planetary orbits, emphasizing the use of energy and angular momentum conservation and an analysis of the effect… text/html 2011-07-06T14:26:33-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:cfhomeold?rev=1309987593 Course Overview The Central Forces Paradigm presents, in parallel, a classical and quantum mechanical treatment of the problem of two bodies moving under the influence of a mutual central force. The course begins with identifying this central force problem and reformulating the two-body problem in terms of a reduced mass. The classical part of this course asks the students to consider planetary orbits, emphasizing the use of energy and angular momentum conservation and an analysis of the effec… text/html 2015-08-08T12:40:27-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:cmhome?rev=1439062827 Course Overview The Classical Mechanics Capstone is the students' first capstone experience at OSU. This is largely a lecture-based course that brings together understandings students have gained from the introductory physics courses and the paradigms about how to describe the motion of classical systems. The goals for this course include: text/html 2016-08-18T12:55:24-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:eehome?rev=1471550124 Energy & Entropy FIXME: Course site under construction. The Energy and Entropy Paradigm introduces both classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, with an information theory emphasis. This course is designed to follow the interlude course that presents a series of mathematical techniques necessary to solve numerous thermodynamics problems including work with partial derivatives, total differentials, exact and inexact differentials, and the cyclic chain rule. In the beginning of the… text/html 2018-08-08T12:33:05-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:eehome20?rev=1533756785 Course Overview The Energy and Entropy Paradigm introduces both classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, with an information theory emphasis. This course is designed to follow the interlude course that presents a series of mathematical techniques necessary to solve numerous thermodynamics problems including work with partial derivatives, total differentials, exact and inexact differentials, and the cyclic chain rule. In the beginning of the course, students will be introduced to t… text/html 2011-07-04T12:00:41-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:eehomedr?rev=1309806041 FIXME: Course site under construction. The Energy and Entropy Paradigm introduces both classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, with an information theory emphasis. This course is designed to follow the interlude course that presents a series of mathematical techniques necessary to solve numerous thermodynamics problems including work with partial derivatives, total differentials, exact and inexact differentials, and the cyclic chain rule. In the beginning of the course, students w… text/html 2015-08-08T12:41:23-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:emhome?rev=1439062883 Course Overview Topics included: Static electric and magnetic fields in matter, electrodynamics, Maxwell equations, electromagnetic waves, wave guides, dipole radiation. Sample Syllabus Fall 2007 Activities Included All activitiesAll small whiteboard questions (What are SWBQs?) text/html 2016-08-18T12:50:22-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:inhome?rev=1471549822 Interlude FIXME: Course site under construction. The “Math Interlude” is a one-week introduction to the mathematics involved in thermodynamics, that we teach prior to Energy and Entropy. The approach of this interlude is to use the Partial Derivative Machine to provide a physical system to which we can apply mathematical techniques such as total differentials and partial derivatives, and with which students can begin to understand fundamental concepts such as state variables. text/html 2013-07-10T21:27:12-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:inhomeold?rev=1373516832 FIXME: Course site under construction. The interlude is a week-long mini-course designed to introduce the mathematical techniques necessary for thermodynamic calculations. This course places emphasis on teaching proper notation and calculation of partial derivatives and total differentials. Symmetry of mixed partials is presented to the class to lay the groundwork for finding Maxwell's relations. Throughout teaching the necessary mathematics, important thermodynamic concepts such as state var… text/html 2017-04-21T14:50:00-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:mbhome?rev=1492811400 Math Bits [Add a description about what the Math Bits are] Math Bits by Course Ph 425 Quantum Fundamentals Ph 423 Energy and Entropy Ph 424 Oscillations and Waves Ph 427 Periodic Systems Ph 422 Vector Fields Ph 426 Central Forces text/html 2015-08-08T12:42:03-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:mmhome?rev=1439062923 Course Overview This course is intended to provide students with the basic mathematical tools needed for success in advanced upper division physics courses such as the E&M and the Quantum Mechanics capstones, and beginning graduate courses. The emphasis will be less on rigor (e.g. proofs of existence and convergence) and more on how to use the techniques of mathematics to solve physics problems. The goals of this capstone are to bring these ideas together into a useful mathematical “toolbox… text/html 2016-09-26T09:22:36-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:mvhome?rev=1474906956 Multivariable Calculus Course Overview Course Goals compute basic vector quantitiesgeometric understanding of vectorsvisualize curves and surfaces in spacerelate multiple representations of functions of several variablesevaluate partial derivativesset up optimization problems involving several variablesevaluate the gradient of a functiongeometric understanding of the gradientevaluate multiple integralsset up multiple integrals in standard coordinate systems Sample Sylla… text/html 2015-08-08T12:26:24-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:mvhomeold?rev=1439061984 Multivariable Calculus Course Overview Course Goals compute basic vector quantitiesgeometric understanding of vectorsvisualize curves and surfaces in spacerelate multiple representations of functions of several variablesevaluate partial derivativesset up optimization problems involving several variablesevaluate the gradient of a functiongeometric understanding of the gradientevaluate multiple integralsset up multiple integrals in standard coordinate systems Sample Sylla… text/html 2015-08-08T12:42:30-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:ophome?rev=1439062950 Course Overview Topics Included: Wave propagation, polarization, interference, diffraction, and selected topics in modern optics. (more...) Sample Syllabus Winter 2008 Activities Included All activitiesAll small whiteboard questions (What are SWBQs?) text/html 2015-08-08T12:31:52-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:oshome?rev=1439062312 Oscillations The Oscillations paradigm explores the dynamics of mechanical and electrical oscillations. We begin by studying the free, undamped motion of a real pendulum in one dimension to learn the principles of periodic motion, both harmonic and anharmonic. Study of the driven oscillator gives insight into the frequency response and resonance, and is the vehicle to introduce Fourier series. Damping is introduced, of course, to model real systems, and Fourier integrals are introduced near t… text/html 2015-08-08T12:36:32-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:pphome?rev=1439062592 Periodic Systems FIXME This page is under construction, to access the old page go to Periodic System(Old) In the Periodic Potentials Paradigm, ... (more...) Textbook: Quantum Mechanics: A Paradigms Approach----a textbook that follows the paradigms approach. The chapters that are relevant to the Periodic Systems course are: text/html 2012-09-12T10:54:38-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:pphomeold?rev=1347472478 Periodic Systems In the Periodic Potentials Paradigm, ... (more...) Textbook: Quantum Mechanics: A Paradigms Approach----a textbook that follows the paradigms approach. The chapters that are relevant to the Periodic Systems course are: 15. Periodic Potentials text/html 2015-08-08T12:32:33-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:prhome?rev=1439062353 Preface to the Paradigms 4, 5, and 6: Matrices and Operators The winter Preface is a week-long math primer in matrix methods needed for the Spins, Waves, and Central Forces paradigms. Students are assumed to have already had an introduction to linear algebra, but student who have not can still be successful. This course serves to review matrix algebra and frames the discussion of matrices in the context of vectors spaces and linear transformations. The course contains a sequence of two small g… text/html 2018-09-05T14:19:43-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:qfhome20?rev=1536182383 Course Overview The Energy and Entropy Paradigm introduces both classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, with an information theory emphasis. This course is designed to follow the interlude course that presents a series of mathematical techniques necessary to solve numerous thermodynamics problems including work with partial derivatives, total differentials, exact and inexact differentials, and the cyclic chain rule. In the beginning of the course, students will be introduced to t… text/html 2015-08-08T12:48:09-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:qmhome?rev=1439063289 Course Overview Topics Included: Wave mechanics, Schroedinger equation, operators, harmonic oscillator, identical particles, atomic fine structure, approximation methods and applications. Textbook: Quantum Mechanics: A Paradigms Approach----a textbook that follows the paradigms approach. The chapters that are relevant to the Quantum Capstone course are: text/html 2015-08-08T12:18:16-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:rfhome?rev=1439061496 Reference Frames Course Overview Individual observers describe physics using physical quantities defined with respect to their own reference frame, such as the relative velocity of an object (compared to that of the observer). Yet the physics itself is independent of the reference frame used to describe it. This key idea already had a substantial impact on Newtonian physics, but its most famous consequence is that it leads to Einstein's theory of special relativity. This course considers b… text/html 2015-08-08T12:43:13-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:smhome?rev=1439062993 Course Overview Topics Included: Entropy and quantum mechanics; canonical Gibbs probability; ideal gas; thermal radiation; Einstein and Debye lattices; grand canonical Gibbs probability; ideal Fermi and Bose gases; chemical reactions and phase transformations. Reading assignments are from Allen Wasserman's book. text/html 2015-08-08T12:33:38-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:sphome?rev=1439062418 Quantum Measurement and Spin This course is centered around the quantum mechanical two state system. This course is the first of the quantum paradigms and introduces students to quantum mechanics by leading off with the postulates of quantum mechanics. A central theme of this course is having students perform some simulated experiments with Stern-Gerlach devices and interpret their results. Students learn about quantum measurement, Dirac Notation, vector spaces, quantum mechanical operators, co… text/html 2012-01-27T17:32:16-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:sphomecam?rev=1327714336 Course Overview FIXME: Course Site Under Construction. The “Quantum Measurements and Spin” course is built upon the quantum mechanical two state system. The first of the Quantum Paradigms, this course introduces students to quantum mechanics by beginning with the postulates of quantum mechanics and how the postulates are used to gather information about quantum mechanical systems. The common spin-up and spin-down state vectors with x,y, and z-orientation will be derived, and the general s… text/html 2011-06-20T10:25:32-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:start?rev=1308590732 text/html 2016-07-18T14:32:30-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:syhome?rev=1468877550 Symmetries & Idealizations The Symmetries & Idealizations Paradigm is the first of the paradigms courses. It focuses on topics in electrostatics and magnetostatics with relevant math methods introduced in a "just-in-time" manner. Students are asked to solve complex problems involving electrostatic potential and electric fields using power-series expansions to approximate the behavior of these fields in various regions of space. Through a variety of pedagogical techniques, students learn about … text/html 2011-07-06T14:25:03-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:syhome1?rev=1309987503 Symmetries & Idealizations The Symmetries & Idealizations Paradigm is the first of the paradigms courses. It focuses on topics in electrostatics and magnetostatics with relevant math methods introduced in a "just-in-time" manner. Students are asked to solve complex problems involving electrostatic potential and electric fields using power-series expansions to approximate the behavior of these fields in various regions of space. Through a variety of pedagogical techniques, students learn about … text/html 2019-04-01T12:59:24-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:vchome?rev=1554148764 Vector Calculus Course Overview Course Goals geometric understanding of vectorsexpress vectors in standard coordinate systems and basesgeometric understanding of the gradientgeometric understanding of conservative vector fieldsevaluate line and surface integralsgeometric understanding of the curl and divergenceevaluate the curl and divergence of a vector fieldgeometric understanding of the Divergence Theorem and Stokes' Theorem“use what you know”vector differential Sample Syllabi Calenda… text/html 2015-08-08T12:30:35-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:vfhome?rev=1439062235 Static Vector Fields The Static Vector Field Paradigm continues the discussion of E&M from the Symmetries & Idealizations Paradigm, focusing on electric fields, magnetic fields, and the magnetic vector potential. This course uses a variety of pedagogical techniques (small group activities, computer visualization, kinesthetic activities, and lecture/discussion) to help students build a multifaceted understanding of these ideas. This course emphasizes extending the integral versions of Maxwell's… text/html 2018-03-20T07:11:28-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:vfhome20?rev=1521555088 Course Overview The Static Fields Paradigm uses the contexts of electrostatics and magnetostatics to teach a variety of fundamental physics principles. Course Goals These are the combined goals from the Symmetries and Vector Fields 3-week Paradigms text/html 2015-09-15T14:33:29-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:home:wvhome?rev=1442352809 One-Dimensional Waves In the Waves Paradigm, we study waves in one dimension, beginning with classical wave phenomena (waves on ropes, electrical circuits) and following with waves in quantum systems. We introduce the basic language to describe waves, and consider standing and traveling waves, wave packets and dispersion, and superposition. We explore energy transmission, reflection and transmission at sharp boundaries, and impedance. The course features an integrated laboratory where students…