Atomic Manipulation @ Bath

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  • Pizza+Posters+Staff+Students

    Today was the third running of the (somewhat) annual event "Pizza+Posters+Staff+Students". I had managed to get 12 members of staff to produce posters and present their work. The Head of the Department bought pizzas and we had a great turnout...

  • Twin Paradox*

    Here I wish to play a bit with the "Twin Paradox" of Special Relativity. [*note, it ain't a paradox]. For this you'll need to be happy with (1) time-dilation, (2) length-contraction, (3) Lorentz velocity transforms and (4) straight lines. I...

  • My approach and philosophy to teaching

    I had to write a small piece on my approach and philosophy to teaching here it is: Engaged learning through impediment free and active teaching Peter A. Sloan FHEA PhD MChemPhys I have taught at Bath for just over 5...

  • Gender biased coursework?

    Is my 2nd year coursework sexist? See here and here and here for the background, 2014 analysis and the 2014+2015 analysis. As part of a drive to remove the gender imbalance in the sciences the Department of Physics at Bath...

  • Automated coursework analysis (part 2)

    In two previous blog posts (here and here) I outlined the rationale behind and presented an analysis of the first year's worth of data for my "Automated and anonymous coursework". Here I will add in the second year's worth of...

  • What effect did my new coursework have on exam outcome?

    Abstract: Those that handed-in the coursework had a higher mark in my bit of the exam (76%)  than those that did not do the coursework (57%). This uplift was true for all students no matter what their overall all grade for...

  • Atomic Rose

    An inner circle of six silicon atoms and an outer circle of 12 silicon atoms forming a lovely "Atomic Rose". Image taken by scanning tunnelling microscope at Bath by Duncan Lock.