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SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1AMN555QUANTUM MECHANICS FOR ENGINEERS3+0+037,512.05.2025

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Master's Degree
Department / Program ADVANCED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course • Providing fundamental knowledge to understand the wave properties of the matters.
• Understanding of Schrödinger equation structure and application of Schrödinger equation to quantum nanostructures
• Calculation of finding probability, expectation value, the most probability value
• Using the matrix algebra in quantum mechanics
Course Content Quantum physics is a cornerstone of modern physics and deals with physical phenomena on microscopic scales. The topics of the course are wave-particle duality, uncertainty principle, postulates of quantum mechanics, Dirac representation, Schrödinger wave equation, harmonic oscillator, hydrogen atom, solution of Schrödinger equation in nanostructures with different confinement potentials, matrix algebra in quantum physics.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Prof.Dr. Murat Durandurdu murat.durandurdu@agu.edu.tr
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Quantum Mechanics by Amit Goswami,2nd edition (McGraw Hill, 1997).
Introductory Quantum Mechanics by Richard L. Liboff, 3rd edition (Addison Wesley Longman, 1997);

Course Category
Mathematics and Basic Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
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ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Ev Ödevi 10 4 40
Soru Çözümü 14 2 28
Yüz Yüze Ders 14 4 56
Final Sınavı 1 6 6
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4,5 130

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Ascertain properties of matter waves, wave-particle duality, uncertainty principle in atomic level
2 Establish Schrödinger equation of quantum nanostructures in different geometries
3 Solve Schrödinger equation of quantum nanostructures and determine their electronic structures
4 Calculate finding probability of a particle in a quantum system
5 Interpret some properties of materials at microscopic level.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 An Introduction to the Schröndinger Equation
2 The Motion of Wave Packet
3 The Solution of the Schröndinger Equation in One-Dimension
4 The Dirac Representation of Quantum Mechanical States
5 The One-Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator
6 Equation of Motion and Classical Correspondence
7 Angular Momentum
8 Motion in Central Potential
9 The Hydrogen Atom
10 Electrons in the Electromagnetic Field
11 Spin and Matrices
12 Matrix Mechanics: Two State-Systems
13 The addition of Angular Momenta
14 Approximation Methods for Stationary States

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
All 5 3 4 5 2 3 1 2 5
C1 5 4 5 5 1 4 1 2 1
C2 5 3 1 5 4 1 1 1 3
C3 5 3 3 1 5 5 1 4 3
C4 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 3
C5 5 2 1 1 2 1 1 5 3

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

  
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