Course Description

EE565: Modern Physics for Engineers

This course primarily emphasizes "quantum mechanics" and "statistical physics" for engineers. Quantum mechanics includes a history of quantum physics, Schrdinger equation, concept of wavepacket, and N-degrees of freedom. Statistical physics covers a motivation, concept of ensemble average, Boltzmann distribution, Bose-Einstein distribution, Fermi-Dirac distribution, and Non-Equilibrium statistics.