To make those physics classes enjoyable
FOR TEACHERS: Using the MATLAB software
NUCLEAR PHYSICS and quantum mechanics took on new dimensions for a group of workshop participants from all over Tamil Nadu, who used MATLAB software to study various practical aspects of physics.
K. Subramanian, vice-president, Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT), Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, said that the programme was part of a three-day event organised at the Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science.
It was a fitting programme to mark the conclusion of the `World Year of Physics 2005', organised to commemorate the centenary of three path-breaking papers published by the noted physicist Albert Einstein.
These papers were on the Special Theory of Relativity, photoelectric effect and Brownian motion.
Through the workshop, teachers became familiar with the features and applications of MATLAB software and discovered several effective ways to teach quantum physics in the classroom.
K. Srinivasa Rao, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Ramanujam Professor, Srinivasa Ramanujam Centre, SASTRA Deemed University, Kumbakonam, said that classical physics had reigned supreme until quantum physics had emerged in modern times to deal old theories a fatal blow and lead to fundamental work that produced a number of technological developments.
In a special lecture on modern physics, Prof. Rao said that the quantum theory (postulated in 1900) had evolved over the years in both conceptual and application domains.
Quantum computing was now a frontline area of information technology.
Among the subjects covered at the workshop were blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect, wave function, `Uncertainty Principle', `Particle in a Box', harmonic oscillator, hydrogen atom, Eigen values, `Schrodinger Equation', digital signal processing (DSP), communication, video and image processing.
In the afternoons, the participants used the MATLAB software at the computer centre of the college to do practical work on blackbody radiation, wave properties, photoelectric effect, X-rays, `Uncertainty Principle', `Particle in a Box', quantum mechanics, solid state physics, nuclear physics and molecular physics.
Swamy Visweshandaji Maharaj, Secretary, International Human Resource Development Centre (IHRDC), distributed certificates to those who had attended the workshop.
Participants had come from the following universities and colleges in Tamil Nadu:
Bharathiar University, Avinashilingam Deemed University, SRM Deemed University, Chennai, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Shri Nehru Maha Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, NGM College, Pollachi, Sri GVG Visalakshi College for Women, Udumalpet, Karpagam Arts and Science College, P. K. R. Arts College for Women, Gobichettipalayam, Islamiah College, Vaniambadi, Madras Christian College, Chennai, Jamal Mohamed College, Thiruchirapalli, Saraswathi Narayanan College, Madurai, Fatima College for Women, Madurai, Vivekananda College, Thiruvedagam and Women's Christian College, Chennai.
A.A. MICHAEL RAJ
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