Lopez del Puerto, M. (2012, June), Applications of Modern Physics: A Sophomore-level Physics Course and Laboratory for Electrical Engineering Students  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--20958

\bibitem{asee_peer_20958}
  Lopez del Puerto, M. (2012, June), \emph{Applications of Modern Physics: A Sophomore-level Physics Course and Laboratory for Electrical Engineering Students}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--20958

Marie Lopez del Puerto.  "Applications of Modern Physics: A Sophomore-level Physics Course and Laboratory for Electrical Engineering Students".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/20958 Internet.  03 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_20958}
  Marie Lopez del Puerto.
  "Applications of Modern Physics: A Sophomore-level Physics Course and Laboratory for Electrical Engineering Students".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/20958 Internet.  03 Dec, 2024

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AB  -         Applications of Modern Physics: a sophomore-level physics         course and laboratory for electrical engineering studentsThe transition from lower-level to upper-level physics courses is difficult for manystudents as the course material becomes more abstract, and the mathematics moresophisticated. In this paper, we describe the development of a sophomore-levelApplications of Modern Physics course that bridges the lower-level and upper-levelcurriculum for electrical engineering and physics students. The course starts from theatom and quantum mechanics, building up to nano-scale systems, and finally solids anddevices. Applications, such as lasers, quantum dots, diodes, and superconductors, areinterwoven throughout.The laboratory for the course is closely tied to the class and illustrates complex conceptssuch as quantized energy levels and probabilities in classical and quantum physics. Itfollows the theme of “particles in a box.” Laboratories, which are under development,consist of tutorials using simulations, computational modeling using Matlab, and brief,illustrative experiments. Our primary goal in this course is not to develop strongexperimental skills, as this is addressed in several other courses in the curriculum, butrather to use experiments to engage students with the material as they test the validity ofthe computational models they develop. The laboratories will feature the interplaybetween modeling and experiment that is central to the advancement of scientificknowledge, and they will give students the theoretical background, mathematical andcomputational skills they need. Course development will be guided by established best-practices in Physics Education Research.Our goals in presenting this paper are to receive feedback from the engineering educationcommunity on the design and development of this course, and to inform the engineeringeducation community of this effort, as we hope elements of this course can be adapted foruse at other institutions.
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