Approximate Course Schedule
1. Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics (2 week)
Diffusion, Brownian motion
2. Special Theory of Relativity (2 weeks)
Length contraction, time-dilation, E=mc2 and positron emission tomography
3. Electricity and Magnetism (3 weeks)
Review of classical electricity and mechanism
4. Optics (2 weeks)
Reflection, refraction, scattering, diffraction, Huygens-Fresnel Principle,
and structure of the eye
5. Microscopy (3 weeks)
Bright field microscopy and applications to histology (H&E imaging)
Phase contrast microscopy and live cell observation
Fluorescence microscopy and antibody detection
6. Quantum mechanics, nuclear magnetic resonance, and magnetic resonance
imaging (3 weeks)
Wave-particle duality, Schrödinger equation, and atomic structure
Absorption emission spectroscopy of molecules, x-ray imaging, and computed
tomography (CT)
Spin and nuclear magnetic resonance
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)