![]() This is a great text, but there is too much material for a one semester course. In the version of the course at Amherst, we use Taylor’s Classical Mechanics. This is a popular course where students learn about Lagrangians, drag, orbital motion, and oscillations. Many physics students take intermediate mechanics. Series on Concepts in Intermediate Mechanics Igor Procedures for analyzing Brownian motion:ĬalcDfromTrackResults, ProcessTrackResults, GetRidofBlanks In this tutorial, we will walk you through how to track fluorescent particles in water to determine their diffusion coefficient. A quick and easy method is to use the MTrack2 Plug-in available in the free software program ImageJ. In all of these cases, you need to track an object in a video, which can get quite complicated. Or perhaps you are watching the motion of a projectile to determine air resistance and lift. Perhaps you are tracking the motion of fly larva or zebrafish as they execute a complicated behavior. Perhaps you are watching the motion of a particle in a fluid to determine the properties of the fluid, such as viscosity, flow, or elasticity. There are all sorts of reasons you might want to track an object in a video. The tutorial will ask you to watch a series of ezLectures on IGOR Pro, which are listed here. To learn how to use this tool, open the tutorial and complete the tasks laid out for you. If you would like more information, please contact me.īeing able to manipulate and graph data in a powerful data analysis tool like IGOR is a must when doing research. If you are an instructor, feel free to use any of these lectures in your courses. ![]() Typically, these lectures supplement the material taught in class, and are therefore designed to stand alone. Optics Rules to Live By document on best practices for optical alignmentĮzLectures are online lectures located on YouTube that students can watch independently. Talks and Demonstrations: AAPT summer meeting 2017 Talks and Demonstrations: Beyond First Year Labs Conference 2015, AAPT summer meeting 2015, ALPhA Immersion 2016īiophysical concept: optics and optical alignmentīiophysical quantities: magnification and resolution limitsĮquipment: lenses, mirrors, irises, optomechanical components, optical breadboard Carter, “Biophysical Measurements of Cells, Microtubules, and DNA with an Atomic Force Microscope.” American Journal of Physics, 84:301 (2016). Using an AFM to Image Cells, Microtubules, and DNAīiophysical concept: basic polymer physics and models of DNA (freely jointed chain, worm-like chain), membrane dynamicsīiophysical quantities: persistence length, contour length, radius of gyration, membrane tension, stretching force Resources: Brownian Motion Simulator in IGORģ. Talks and Demonstrations: Beyond First Year Labs Conference 2012, AAPT summer meeting 2014, Gordon Research Conference 2014 Carter, “Improving the quantification of Brownian motion.” American Journal of Physics, 81:485 (2013). Measuring the Brownian Motion of Particles in Water Carter, “Case study on how to develop 3D labs with theoretical, experimental, and computational goals.” Proceedings of BFY. (2018). That is they have 3 different types of goals: theoretical, computational, and experimental. Read this publication about creating laboratory courses with plug and play experiments that are also 3D. These requirements ensure that the laboratories are rich enough to meet multiple experimental, computational, and theoretical goals. The laboratories we propose introduce a biophysical concept, measure a biophysical quantity, and require students to use equipment relevant to modern research laboratories. These experiments must meet many different theoretical, computational, and experimental goals, which allow instructors to tailor the experiment to their needs. ![]() Here we develop experiments that can be “plugged” into many different courses and “played” on a single day or over several weeks. Interdisciplinary training is becoming more important as diverse fields intersect and researchers investigate the boundaries between disciplines. S2022 – Amritha Anup ’21, Amira Reyad ’21 S2018 – Ashwin Balaji ’19, Angelika Hirsch ’19 Molecular and Cellular Biophysics (capstone course for majors).Dynamics (intermediate mechanics for majors).Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics.Maker Optics (general lab course for science majors).Waves (waves, acoustics and optics for majors) į2022 – Melanie Huq ’25, Lillia Hammond ’25, Andrew Glassford ’26, Olivia DeVol ’25,.Maxwellian Synthesis (intro electricity and magnetism for majors).Introductory Physics II – E&M (with calculus for nonmajors).Introductory Physics I – Mechanics (with calculus for non-majors).Electronics (general lab course for non-majors). ![]()
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