Published Oct. 17, 2024, 8:19 a.m.
Seminar Giuseppe Pucci - Three years of Projects in Experimental Physics at the University of Calabria
October 23, 2024 16:30 - Physical Seminar Series Announcement!
Joint seminar with Francesco Greco, Gian Marco Rizzo and Davide
Meringolo. The Department of Physics at the University of Calabria has
recently introduced Projects in Experimental Physics within existing
courses at both the bachelor and master levels. This teaching
experimentation is a low-cost adaptation to the Italian university
system of a class started in 1975 by Yves Couder and his colleagues at
Université Paris Diderot. Groups of students design, build, and use a
tabletop experimental setup, trying to answer questions issued by
interesting physical phenomena. The instructors may not have any
experience with the proposed topics and accompany the students in
developing their projects. I will describe this method, report what we
learned from this teaching experience, and discuss students’ feedback
and how the method could be further implemented and improved. My talk
will be followed by two talks by students presenting their projects:
F. Greco and G. M. Rizzo (bachelor) on “A point-mass approach to the
motion of rigid bodies down an inclined plane” and D. Meringolo
(master) on “On the analogy between spinning disks and merging black
holes.”
Venue: Seminar Room, Physics Department, building 31 C, 4th floor
More info at the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jNcPBTyzAvYQp3FrKxRIz3SLKnRZJGNh/view?usp=drivesdk
After the seminar a light refreshment will be served to favor discussions