{"id":289,"date":"2014-01-31T11:12:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T16:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezhao.spacs.gmu.edu\/?page_id=289"},"modified":"2025-11-21T17:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:53:35","slug":"teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/index.php\/teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I will be teaching Quantum Mechanics I in Fall 2025, and Thermal Physics in Spring 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Free evolution of a wave packet:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-289-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-free.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-free.mp4\">https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-free.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Within a box:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-289-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-box.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-box.mp4\">https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-box.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>With a barrier:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-289-3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-bar.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-bar.mp4\">https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-bar.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Within a linear potential:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-289-4\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-lin.mp4?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-lin.mp4\">https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-lin.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Within a quadratic\/harmonic potential:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-289-5\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-harmonic.mp4?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-harmonic.mp4\">https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wp-harmonic.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Courses taught in the past:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physics 786: Quantum Field Theory<\/li>\n<li>Physics 785: Classical Electrodynamics II<\/li>\n<li>Physics 685, Classical Electrodynamics I<\/li>\n<li>Physics 784: Quantum Mechanics II<\/li>\n<li>Physics 684, Quantum Mechanics I<\/li>\n<li>Physics 590\/390, Introduction to Quantum Computing (now called Phys 334)<\/li>\n<li>Physics 308: Modern Physics with Applications<\/li>\n<li>Physics 307: Thermal Physics<\/li>\n<li>Physics 301: Analytical Methods of Physics<\/li>\n<li>Physics 263: University Physics III (lab)<\/li>\n<li>Physics 260, University Physics II (recitation)<\/li>\n<li>Physics 243, College Physics I (recitation)<\/li>\n<li>Physics 160, University Physics I (lecture and recitation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will be teaching Quantum Mechanics I in Fall 2025, and Thermal Physics in Spring 2026. Free evolution of a wave packet: Within a box: With a barrier: Within a linear potential: Within a quadratic\/harmonic potential: Courses taught in the past: Physics 786: Quantum Field Theory Physics 785: Classical Electrodynamics II Physics 685, Classical Electrodynamics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-289","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1747,"href":"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions\/1747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ezhao.physics.gmu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}