International Conference on Physics Teaching in Engineering Education

10 - 12 September 2009 in Wroclaw, Poland

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The conference scope: Impact of laboratories and hands-on teaching on the learning of physics. ICT, multimedia, applets in physics teaching. Simulation and modelling in physics teaching. Virtual labs in physics teaching. The role of mathematics in physics education. Appropriate content of physics education for engineers. Multi-disciplinary approach in physics teaching. Interface with industry. Physics education research. The Bologna process and the role of physics in engineering education. Related topics. Program Committee Jonte Bernhard - chair (Linköping University, Sweden) Steffen Bohrmann (University of Applied Sciences Mannheim, Germany) Jitka Brüstlová (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic) Soňa Halusková (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia) Christian Kautz (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany) Erik Lagendijk (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands) Greet Langie (Campus De Nayer, Lessius, Belgium) Walter Lauriks (University of Leuven, Belgium) Arjan Lock (Rijswijk University of Professional Technical Education, The Netherlands) Pál Pacher (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary) Pavel Pešat (Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic) Joäo Lemos Pinto (University of Aveiro, Portugal) Francesca Soramel (University of Udine, Italy) Stefan Stankowski (Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland) Wlodzimierz Salejda (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland)

Local Organizing Committee Jan Misiewicz (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) Ryszard Poprawski - Chair (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) Jan Szatkowski (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) Antoni Mitus (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) Andrzej Radosz (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) Maciej Mulak (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) Adam Sieradzki (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) Agnieszka Cizman (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) Agnieszka Debowska (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) Marcin Gluszak (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) E.Beata Radojewska - Secretary (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland) Location PTEE 2009 conference was held in the Institute of Physics, Wroclaw University of Technology, W.S.Wyspianskiego 27, PL-50 370 Wroclaw, Poland.

Participants The PTEE participants came from 20 countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, USA and Poland).

The registered (on-line) PTEE participants:

No. Name University City Country 1 Walter Lauriks Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Leuven Belgium 2 Fien Verelst Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst Sint-Katelijne-Waver Belgium 3 Greet Langie Associatie K.U.Leuven Sint-Katelijne-Waver Belgium 4 Stefan Nitsolov Technical University of Sofia Sofia Bulgaria 5 Jitka Brüstlová Brno University of Technology Brno Czech Republic 6 Pavel Dobis Brno University of Technology Brno Czech Republic 7 Pavel Pešat Technical University of Liberec Liberec Czech Republic 8 Tomas Vitu Czech Technical University in Prague Prague Czech Republic 9 Zuzana Malá CTU - Faculty of Transportation Sciences Prague Czech Republic

10 Ehab Abdel-Rahman The American University in Cairo Cairo Egypt 11 Adeyemi S. Adedoyin International British Institue Helipolise Egypt 12 Christian Kautz Hamburg University of Technology Hamburg Germany 13 Steffen Bohrmann University of Applied Sciences Mannheim Germany 14 Mahmoud Huleihil The Sami Shamoon College for Engineering BeerSheva Israel 15 Nobuo Mori Open University Saitama Japan 16 Anthony Shadrack Jomo Kenyatta University Nairobi Kenya 17 Maya Mitkova Gulf University for Science and Technology Kuwait Sity Kuwait

18 Igors Klemenoks Riga Technical University Riga Latvia 19 Juris Blums Riga Technical University Riga Latvia 20 Zivile Rutkuniene Kaunas University of Technology Kaunas Lithuania 21 Aurelija Novelskaite Vilnius University Vilnius Lithuania 22 Arjan Lock The Hague University of Applied Sciences Hague Netherlands 23 Erik de Graaff Delft University of Technology Delft Netherlands 24 Erik Lagendijk TU Delft Delft Netherlands 25 Coen Swarts The Hague University Rijswijk Netherlands 26 Anton Ellermeijer University of Amsterdam Amsterdam Netherlands 27 Mieczysław K. Naparty University of Technology and Life Sciences Bydgoszcz Poland 28 Piotr Duka Silesian University of Technology Katowice Poland 29 Andrzej Zięba AGH University of Science and Technology Kraków Poland 30 Wiesław Polak Lublin University of Technology Lublin Poland 31 Bogdan Żółtowski Technical University of Lodz Łódź Poland 32 Henryk Manikowski Poznan University of Technology Poznan Poland 33 Piotr Pierański Poznan University of Technology Poznan Poland 34 Pawel Reszel National Instruments Warsaw Poland 35 Wieslaw Borys Military University of Technology Warsaw Poland 36 Adam Sieradzki Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 37 Agnieszka Ciżman Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 38 Anna Hajdusianek Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 39 Andrzej Kolarz Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 40 Andrzej Radosz Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 41 Bogumiła Naglik Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 42 E.Beata Radojewska Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 43 Ewa Popko Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 44 Grzegorz Pawlik Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 45 Jacek Własak Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 46 Jan Szatkowski Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 47 Janusz M. Pawlikowski Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 48 Jarosław Komar Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 49 Karol Tarnowski Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 50 Kazimierz Sierański Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 51 Maciej Mulak Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 52 Marcin Głuszak Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 53 Mieczysław Pluta Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 54 Paweł Scharoch Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 55 Rafał Orlik Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 56 Ryszard Poprawski Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 57 Tomasz Marciniszyn Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 58 Włodzimierz Salejda Wrocław University of Technology Wrocław Poland 59 Joäo Pinto University of Aveiro Aveiro Portugal 60 Lucia Bilro University of Aveiro Aveiro Portugal 61 Silvia Correia University of Aveiro Aveiro Portugal 62 Konstantin D. Moiseev Russian Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg Russia 63 Elena Ferencova Comenius University Faculty of Medicine Bratislava Slovak Republic 64 Elena Kukurova Comenius University Faculty of Medicine Bratislava Slovak Republic 65 Eva Kralova Comenius University Faculty of Medicine Bratislava Slovak Republic 66 Sona Halusková Slovak University of Technology Bratislava Slovak Republic 67 Juraj Slabeycius Alexander Dubcek University in Trencin Puchov Slovak Republic 68 Peter Hockicko University of Zilina Zilina Slovak Republic 69 Anna Danihelová Technical University in Zvolen Zvolen Slovak Republic 70 Ľuboš Krišťák Technical University Zvolen Zvolen Slovak Republic

71 Miroslav Němec Technical University in Zvolen Zvolen Slovak Republic 72 Ake Ingerman Göteborg University Göteborg Sweden 73 Intikhab Ulfat Chalmers University Göteborg Sweden 74 Orjan Nilsson Jönköping University Jönköping Sweden 75 Christer Magnusson Jönköping University Jönköping Sweden 76 Gunnar Eckert Jönköping University Jönköping Sweden 77 Lars-Evert Eskilsson Jönköping University Jönköping Sweden 78 Jonte Bernhard Linköping University Norrköping Sweden 79 Stefan Stankowski Bern University Biel/Bienne Switzerland 80 Osman M. Ozkendir Mersin University Mersin Turkey 81 Berdan Ozkurt Mersin University Tarsus Turkey 82 Robert J. Beichner North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC United States

The conference was officially opened by Prof. T.Więckowski, Rector of the University.

People in the picture (from the right): Prof. R.Poprawski (Chairman of the Organizing Committee), Prof. Z.Olszak (Dean of the Faculty), Prof.T.Więckowski (Rector of the University), Prof. J.Misiewicz (Director of the Institute) and Assoc.Prof. E.B.Radojewska (Secretary of the Organizing Committee).

Sponsors presentation on the opening ceremony:

Invited lectures

Prof. Robert J. Beichner, NCSU, USA “SCALE-UP, a classroom environment to facilitate active, collaborative learning”

Prof. Anton Ellermeijer, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands “Technology enhanced physics education”

Prof. Erik de Graaff, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands “Non-technical skills as key competencies for future engineers. Looking for a balance between Physics, Mathematics and Social Sciences”

Prof. Ake Ingerman, Göteborg University, Sweden “Students' understanding of quantum scattering”

Prof. Piotr Pieranski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland “Physics in the garden”.

Conference contributions 5 invited lectures, 18 oral presentations, 30 posters, one discussion workshop.

PTEE ORAL PRESENTATIONS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

Thursday Students' understanding of quantum scattering (Invited Lecture)

Ake Ingerman.................................................................................................... [ptee 01] POF technology for pressure sensing and resin cure monitoring

Lucia Bilro, Joana M. Figueiredo, Catia A. Alves, Joao Lemos Pinto ......... [ptee 02] Orientation on profession and study

C.A. Swarts, A.J. Lock, A.M. Notenboom, M.C. Vloemans ......................... [ptee 03] Physics for engineers in 120 hours

Jacek Własak ..................................................................................................... [ptee 04] An introduction to numerical modelling in physics

Paweł Scharoch ................................................................................................. [ptee 05] Physical and non-physical quantities and units. The case study of candela.

Andrzej Zięba .................................................................................................... [ptee 06] How big and how old is the Universe or the most important number in the Nature

Andrzej Radosz ................................................................................................. [ptee 07] Remote Real Experiment

Sona Haluskova ................................................................................................. [ptee 08] Type II heterostructures in optoelectronic devices operating in mid-infared spectral

range Konstantin Moiseev........................................................................................... [ptee 09]

Teaching collisions: laboratory frame vs. Center-of-mass frame Stefan Nitsolov, Maya Mitkova........................................................................ [ptee 10]

Project Based Learning in Photonics Research A.J.Lock, J.H.R. Lambers ............................................................................... [ptee 11]

Spatial inhomogeneities identification in radially symmetric dielectric medium Stanislav Minarik, Vladimir Labas, Juraj Slabeycius................................... [ptee 12]

Development of an all fibre interrogator system Silvia Correia, Lucia Bilro, Rogério Nogueira, Joao Lemos Pinto............... [ptee 13]

Technology enhanced physics education (Invited Lecture) Anton Ellermeijer ............................................................................................. [ptee 14]

Friday SCALE-UP, a classroom environment to facilitate active, collaborative learning

(Invited Lecture) Robert J. Beichner ............................................................................................ [ptee 15]

Is the first law of motion the conclusion of the second one? Jacek Własak .................................................................................................... [ptee 16]

Investigating the model ‘learning of a complex concept’ – the process of learning in a course in electric circuits Jonte Bernhard, Anna-Karin Carstensen, Margarita Holmberg ................ [ptee 17]

An attempt to incorporate flexibility in physics laboratories: laboratory immersion Fien Verelst, Greet Langie, Johan Van Den Bosshe, Walter Lauriks, Paul Janssen, Mieke De Cock ......................................................................... [ptee 18]

Coach, a Versatile Learning Environment for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Ton Ellermeijer, Pavel Pesat .............................................................. [ptee LastMinute]

The impact of the Bologna Process upon the physics teaching

in the university of technology Janusz M. Pawlikowski - Bologna Expert ........................................................ [ptee 19]

Detecting and discussing errors - a specific didactical tool? Stefan Stankowski ............................................................................................ [ptee 20]

Graphical programming with LabVIEW - introduction and hands-on Jaakko Kerola, Paweł Reszel (NI sponsored lecture) ...................................... [ptee 21]

Physics in the garden (Invited Lecture) Piotr Pierański................................................................................................... [ptee 22]

Saturday Non-technical skills as key competencies for future engineers.

Looking for a balance between Physics, Mathematics and Social Sciences (Invited Lecture) Erik de Graaff ................................................................................................... [ptee 23]

PTEE POSTER SESSION PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

Thursday Posters Application of cholesteric liquid crystals in dydactic presentations of some thermal

phenomena Wiesław Borys ................................................................................................... [ptee 24]

On the electric capacity in multipurpose experiments - from theory to applications R. Poprawski, J. Komar, A. Kolarz, A. Ciżman, A. Sieradzki...................... [ptee 25]

Use of commercial sensors in physics courses Gunnar Eckert, Orjan Nilsson......................................................................... [ptee 26]

Photo-electric physics laboratory for electronics students Ewa Popko ......................................................................................................... [ptee 27]

Practical applications of Peltier moduli in student laboratories R. Poprawski, A. Ciżman, A. Kolarz , J. Komar, T. Marciniszyn, B. Naglik, A. Sieradzki ..................................................................................... [ptee 28]

Computer controlled experiments as a new approach to practical physics teaching Tomas Vitu, Danuse Novakova, Zuzana Mala ............................................... [ptee 29]

Designing the advanced level physics laboratory exercise - some comments Intikhab Ulfat .................................................................................................... [ptee 30]

The application of ‘MATHEMATICA’ programme in teaching technical physics - the development Piotr Duka.......................................................................................................... [ptee 31]

Heuristic methods combined with programming in teaching of semiconductor physics Marcin Gluszak, Kazimierz Sieranski, E.Beata Radojewska ....................... [ptee 32]

“TIPS” for innovation B.Busov, M.Bartlova, J.Brustlova ................................................................... [ptee 33]

Didactic software for polarized light transmittance calculations Karol Tarnowski, Wlodzimierz Salejda.......................................................... [ptee 34]

Comparison between theoretical and computed results obtained from the simulation program SYMFIZ Wiesław Polak ................................................................................................... [ptee 35]

Physics repetition for students enrolled to Poznan University of Technology Henryk Manikowski ......................................................................................... [ptee 36]

Open source programs as a platform for teaching selected issues in physics

Rafał Orlik, Grzegorz Pawlik .......................................................................... [ptee 37] Evaluation of specific charge of the electron

Zuzana Mala, Danuse Novakova, Tomas Vitu ............................................... [ptee 38] Lessons from scaling

Maciej Mulak, Mieczyslaw Pluta..................................................................... [ptee 39] Equivalent SI and British systems of units

Mahmoud Huleihil ............................................................................................ [ptee 40] Modes Vibration of bodies and musical instruments

Anna Danihelova ............................................................................................... [ptee 41] A way how the interest in studying physics and technology can be increased

Peter Hockicko, Gabriela Tarjányiová ........................................................... [ptee 42] The impact of the teaching movies on the level of the students’ knowledge

A.Bluma, I.Klincare, J.Blums ......................................................................... [ptee 43] Project teaching in non-physical university study programs

Eva Kralova, Elena Kukurova ........................................................................ [ptee 44] Acoustics experiments

Miroslav Němec, Ľuboš Krišťák ..................................................................... [ptee 45] Didactical significance of universal algorithm in the schemes

Elena Kukurova, Eva Kralova ........................................................................ [ptee 46] Analysis of 1st-year students’ performance (the subject “physics”), based on the results

of final examinations in secondary school Igors Klemenoks ............................................................................................... [ptee 47]

Preparation and analysis of questionnaire in teaching process Elena Ferencova, Elena Kukurova ................................................................. [ptee 48]

Do physical and technological sciences have a future in lithuania? Science teaching at secondary and at higher school, Pupils’/students’ involvement in science studies and gender differences. Aurelija Novelskaite, Zivile Rutkuniene ......................................................... [ptee 49]

Tutoring of physics students A.J.Lock, M.C.Vloemans.................................................................................. [ptee 50]

Perception Levels in Physics Education O. Murat Ozkendir, Mehmet Yuksel, Berdan Ozkurt ................................. [ptee 51]

Physics Education in Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Anthony Shadrack ............................................................................................ [ptee 52]

"Born to be an engineer" - An initiative of Wroclaw physicists to help young people in growing up with substantial knowledge of physics and technology Jan Szatkowski, Anna Hajdusianek, Agnieszka Cizman, E.Beata Radojewska ........................................................................................ [ptee 53]

Saturday discussion workshop Physics teaching: facts and visions. The discussion workshop. "PTEE 2009" Program Committee and Organizing Committee [ptee 54]

Plenary Session

Poster Session

Discussion workshop

Special events (On-board) grill party and an amazing evening cruise along the Odra River

Old Town walk

Conference Dinner

Conference Kitten (the Schroedinger’s cat)

Conference Proceedings printed version with CD-ROM Title:

published by: Instytut Fizyki Politechnika Wrocławska, 2009. ISBN 978-83-929400-0-5 Soft cover, 220 pages, 1 CD-ROM. Copies of CD-ROM are available for educational institutions.

Sponsors

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the conference sponsors:

European Physical Society, Polish Physical Society, Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Institute of Physics, Delft University of Technology and National Instruments.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee I would like to thank the sponsors.

Best regards, Beata Radojewska