PHY291 Proseminar in Experimental Physics
Thursdays, 10:15 - 12:00, UZH Y36K08 - Irchel Campus - only
2 ETCS points (60 h)
Language: English
Attendance: mandatory, at least 80%
Grading: pass/fail
General information
With a focus on the experimental aspect, we will cover Nobelprizes (NP) in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine where the corresponding Noble lecture shall be the starting point for the 15 minutes presentations.
The students pick one available NP suggested by the coaches. The slots will be assigned during the first proseminar.
The format attempts to simulate a conference environment in which you present your findings to a peer audience, which is composed of your fellow students.
Learning Outcome
After successful participation in the proseminar, the student will have learned:
1. to use the basic methods of literature retrieval
2. to condense the knowledge from scientific sources into a presentation
3. to obtain good presentation skills
4. details about the experimental aspects and methods of research
5. how to connect with and get support from their coach
6. to answer to questions/comments to their presentation
Additional information
The live-talks should take 15 minutes, additional 10 minutes are reserved for questions and discussion.
Evaluation criteria:
1. structure and organization of the talk
2. presentation of basic knowledge
3. presentation of advanced aspects
4. quality and relevance of presented formulae and figures
5. the clarity of the presentation
6. the ability to present the topic with excitement and enthusiasm
7. time keeping
8. the ability to trigger and answer questions and comments
9. use of scientific references and correct citation
10. the participation on your colleagues' presentations
Documents (sharepoint)
L1 - Introduction: link
Handout Literature Search for Physicists: link
Proseminar in Experimental Physics: Program
| pan# | date | speaker | topic | coach | |
| 20.02.2025 | Nordlander, Véron |
Introduction Slot assignment |
L1 - Introduction | ||
| 27.02.2025 | Véron | Literature research | Literature Search for Physicists | ||
| 06.03.2025 | Véron | Literature research with AI | |||
| 13.03.2025 | -- | Preparation week | |||
| 20.03.2025 | Szerencsits | Holography (Physics 1971) | Latychevskaia | ||
| 20.03.2025 | Dusek | CCD detectors (Physics 2009) | Kilminster | ||
| 20.03.2025 | Wille | High temperature superconductivity (Physics 1987) | Schilling | ||
| 27.03.2025 | Nauer | Graphene (Physics 2010) | Latychevskaia | ||
| 27.03.2025 | Meyer | Invention of maser and laser (Physics 1964) | Tzschaschel | ||
| 27.03.2025 | Maher | Scanning tunneling microscope (Physics 1986) | Natterer | ||
| 03.04.2025 | Etter | Optical Tweezers (Physics 2018) | Aegerter | ||
| 03.04.2025 | Ekinci | Higgs particle (Physics 2013) | Caminada | ||
| 03.04.2025 | Renda | Cosmic neutrinos (Physics 2002) | Baudis | ||
| 10.04.2025 | Gashi | Exoplanets (Physics 2019) | Adamek | ||
| 10.04.2025 | Zenklusen | Attosecond spectroscopy (Physics 2023) | Hengsberger | ||
| 10.04.2025 | Hellwig | Gravitational Waves (Physics 2017) | Soares-Santos | ||
| 17.04.2025 | Formica | Helium Superfluidity (Physics 1962) | Penning | ||
| 17.04.2025 | Richters | Neutrino Oscillations (Physics 2015) | Baudis | ||
| 08.05.2025 | Melnychuk | Hopfield Networks for Machine Learning (Physics 2024) | Aegerter | ||
| 08.05.2025 | Krolzig | Transistors (Physics 1956) | Hengsberger | ||
| 08.05.2025 | Lin | Discovery of W and Z bosons (Physics 1984) | Caminada | ||
| 15.05.2025 | Hassler | Computer assisted tomography (Medicine 1979) | Unkelbach | ||
| 15.05.2025 | Baredi | Giant Magnetoresistance (Physics 2007) | Natterer | ||
| 15.05.2025 | Hänggi | Cosmic Microwave Background (Physics 1978) | Penning | ||
| 22.05.2025 | All | Summary and Award |
Literature Coach
Anna Veron anna.veron@ub.uzh.ch
Contact
Johanna Nordlanderjohanna.nordlander@physik.uzh.ch