I am a physicist who recieved his PhD degree from Middle East Technical University in 2004. I have created this web site (my “virtual” teaching assistant) to assists my students in various physics courses. It includes power point lecture notes, solutions of the selected problems, online quizzes and animation lab where students can conduct simulated experiments. View my full cv.
2020/21 Fall Semester
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“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
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Gravity: We might have been getting it wrong this whole time
(From phys.org) Symmetry has been one of the guiding principles in physicists’ search for fundamental laws of nature. What does it mean that laws of nature have symmetry? It means that laws look the same before and after an operation, similar to a mirror reflection, the same but right is now left in the reflection. […]
In surprise breakthrough, scientists create quantum states in everyday electronics
(From phys.org) After decades of miniaturization, the electronic components we’ve relied on for computers and modern technologies are now starting to reach fundamental limits. Faced with this challenge, engineers and scientists around the world are turning toward a radically new paradigm: quantum information technologies. Quantum technology, which harnesses the strange rules that govern particles at […]
An artificial intelligence algorithm can learn the laws of quantum mechanics
(From techxplore.com) Artificial intelligence can be used to predict molecular wave functions and the electronic properties of molecules. This innovative AI method developed by a team of researchers at the University of Warwick, the Technical University of Berlin and the University of Luxembourg, could be used to speed-up the design of drug molecules or new […]
Beyond Einstein: Physicists solve mystery surrounding photon momentum
(From phys.org) Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect: in its most intuitive form, a single atom is irradiated with light. According to Einstein, light consists of particles (photons) that transfer only quantised energy to the electron of the atom. If the photon’s energy is sufficient, it knocks the electrons out […]
SwarmTouch: A tactile interaction strategy for human-swarm communication
(From phys.org) Researchers at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) in Russia have recently introduced a new strategy to enhance interactions between humans and robotic swarms, called SwarmTouch. This strategy, presented in a paper pre-published on arXiv, allows a human operator to communicate with a swarm of nano-quadrotor drones and guide their formation, […]
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