1. Apply calculus techniques (derivative, integration) to analysis of physical problems.
2. Identify degrees of freedom of a rigid body.
3. Calculate moments of inertia for simple bodies.
4. Explain conditions for static equilibrium and the equation of motion for rotation of rigid body around a fixed axis.
5. Apply the equation of continuity and Bernoulli equation to simple problems in fluid mechanics.
6. Demonstrate the relationship between the microscopic and macroscopic variables in description of ideal gas.
7. Use the first law of thermodynamics in the analysis of thermodynamic processes.
8. Solve Schroedinger equation for 1D problems
9. Explain structure of semiconductors and the origin of energy bands
10. Explain electrical and magnetic properties of materials.

Lectures are delivered to student groups using electronic presentations, detailed derivations on the blackboard and demonstration experiments.

Assignments through e-learning platform

Student performed laboratory experiments

1. Rigid body as the system of particles. Statics of the rigid body. Moment of inertia of the rigid body
2. Rotation around the fixed axis (kinetic energy and angular momentum), Equation of motion for the rotation around fixed axis, General motion of the rigid body (motion of CM with rotation around an axis)
3. Fluid statics. Dynamics of the perfect fluid. Viscosity in fluids
4. Heat; Temperature; Thermal equilibrium. Thermal expansion of solids and fluids. Pressure and the mean kinetic energy of a gas particle; Equation of state. Degrees of freedom of the molecule; Thermal capacities of gases. Maxwell distribution of particle velocities, Equipartition of energy and Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
5. Equation of state of the ideal gas, Calorimetry; Thermal capacities, Phase transitions. Latent heats. Isothermal, isobaric, isochoric and adiabatic processes; PV diagrams.
6. Heat transport by convection, Heat transport by conduction; Fourier law; Heat flow in cylindrical and spherical symmetry, Heat transport by radiation; Black body; Stefan-Boltzmann law Work, heat and internal energy. First law of thermodynamics; Functions of state and of process. Thermal capacities at constant volume and at constant pressure; Mayer's relation
7. Carnot process; Efficiency of the heat engine; Second law of thermodynamics, Inverse Carnot process; Efficiency of the heat pump and the refrigerator, Entropy; Carnot process in the TS diagram
8. Midterm exam
9. Wave-particle duality; Quantum mechanics: postulates, epistemology, derivation and solutions of the Schrödinger equation
10. Properties and interpretation of wave function; Bound states and electron orbitals
11. Fermi–Dirac distribution and its applications; Fermi energy; Fermi temperature; Fermi surface; Electron state density function;
12. Free electron model; Kronig–Penney model; Bloch theorem; Brillouin zones; Metal conductivity
13. Quantum theory of semiconductors; Intrinsic semiconductors and heterogeneous structures; Effective mass of electrons and holes; Experimental measurements of the effective mass
14. Classical and quantum theory of polarization; Diamagnetism, paramagnetism and ferromagnetism
15. Final exam