Applied & Interdisciplinary Physics Courses and Certifications

Keith Rucker - VintageMachinery.org

Surface Plates - Granite vs Cast Iron

Explore the history, flatness, temperature behavior, and practical trade-offs of granite versus cast iron surface plates.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

A Future with Quantum Biology

A talk on how quantum phenomena at the biomolecular scale may shape the emerging field of quantum biology.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

The Physics of Timekeeping - From Ancient Markers to Atomic Clocks

Trace timekeeping from ancient solstice markers to atomic clocks through the physics that makes time measurable.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL;  IIT Kharagpur

Experimental Physics - II

Learn to conduct and analyze undergraduate physics experiments involving optics, interference, diffraction, polarization, and early quantum phenomena.

• YouTube
• 1 day 13 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

For the Love of Physics

Numerically Solving the Schrodinger Equation in Scilab - Harmonic Oscillator and Infinite Square Well

Use finite differences to build a Scilab program that solves the time-independent Schrödinger equation for quantum potential models.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Keith Rucker - VintageMachinery.org

Understanding and Using a Taper Micrometer to Measure Angles and Tapers

Learn how to use a taper micrometer to measure angles and tapers.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Dot Physics

Calculate the Three-Body Problem Just Like the San-Ti

A short computational walkthrough shows how to calculate the motion of three bodies, connecting the problem to the physics of *The Three-Body Problem*.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

FDTD: Materials and Boundary Conditions - MEEP: FDTD in Action

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A practical demonstration of how materials and boundary conditions are handled in FDTD simulations using MEEP.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

Measurement and Navigation in War - Lecture 5

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From celestial observations and chronometers to radio and satellites, the lecture traces how precise navigation developed—and how the same methods can guide weapons.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Refractive Index Diagnostics: Spatial Heterodyning and Two-Color Interferometry - Lecture 8

Spatial heterodyning and two-color interferometry are used to diagnose refractive index in plasma.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Nuclear Diagnostics - Lecture 19

A guest lecture on nuclear diagnostics at OMEGA, NIF, and Z.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hackaday

Remoticon 2021 - Jay Bowles Dips into the Plasmaverse

A demo-driven introduction to high-voltage physics, showing how electrostatic forces create levitation, bend flames, generate ionic wind, and power a corona motor.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Let's Code Physics

Projectiles 2 - Computational Simulation of Projectile Motion

Build a computational simulation to demonstrate projectile motion.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Let's Code Physics

Potential from Boundary Conditions - Computational Electromagnetism

Apply finite differences to Poisson’s equation to calculate electric potential from boundary conditions.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

For the Love of Physics

Simulating Charged Particle Motion in Electric and Magnetic Fields Using SCILAB

Simulate how a charged particle traces straight-line, helical, or cycloidal paths in combined electric and magnetic fields using Scilab.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video