Engineering College

Course Title:
Quantum Mechanics Physics
1st level compulsory course in programs of:
Engineering ECE 171- ECE 111

Prof. Dr. Ahmed A Ebrahim

Head of Physics Department – Assiut University

First semester 2023/2024

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Schedule of Classes
◼ Class Time: Saturday 9.00 – 11.00, Class Place: Room D
❑ 07/10 General Information + Introduction
❑ 14/10 Foundations of QM: Black Body, Photoelectric effect, Compton eff.
❑ 21/10 The Schrödinger eqn. in 1D, Time-Independent and Time-dependent
Schrödinger eq. in one dimension.
❑ 28/10 The infinite square well potential, Step potential.
❑ 04/11 The Harmonic Oscillator
❑ 11/11 Quiz(1) + Problem solving
❑ 18/11 The expectation value
❑ 25/11 Operators
❑ 02/12 Quantum mechanics in three dimensions + Mid Term
❑ 09/12 The hydrogen atom
❑ 16/12 The hydrogen atom contd. + Transitions between stationary states
❑ 23/12 The angular momentum, spin + Quiz(2)

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Grading
◼ The attendance and assignment home work will be considered.
◼ Coursework (40%) :
❑ One quiz before the mid term exam and the other after the
mid term exam (time is given), (10%).
❑ Questions types: mcq – short answers and derivations – problems – complete – true or
false with corrections etc..
❑ Activities (30%) : Homework assignments.
◼ Mid Term Exam (20%):
❑ In the middle of the semester (time is given).
❑ Questions types: same as quiz + long answers and derivations.
◼ Final Exam (40%):
❑ At the end of semester (time will be given).
❑ Questions types: same as quiz + long answers and derivations.

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Rules
◼ Assignment home work will be accepted under the following:
❑ At the beginning of the next lecture.
❑ From only students who attended the previous lecture.
◼ Quiz and Oral:
❑ No quizzes nor oral will be repeated at all.
◼ Mid Term Exam:
❑ Mid Term exam can be repeated in a very critical cases for
the absence students if they give a formal excuse letter for
the absence reason and if I accept this excuse.
❑ The excuse letter should be presented within one week from
the date of Mid Term Exam.
❑ The new examination date will be given before final exams.
❑ The new exam will cover more content than the original one.
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Lectures
◼ Lectures will be a mix of PPT slides and White board.
◼ The important of having class:
❑ You should come to class because there’s a lot that I’ll say
that won’t be in the Power Point files.
And which will be on the quizzes and exams
◼ Understanding the ideas of each lecture requires the
knowledge of the previous lectures.

If you keep up, you

won’t end up looking
like this the night before
the quizzes and exams

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Course Materials
◼ Lecture notes (PPT slides)
◼ Course required text books:
❑ R.A. Serway, J.W. Jewett, (2011), Physics for Scientists and
Engineers with Modern Physics, Cengage, 8th edition.
❑ Sol Griffiths D. J. Introduction to quantum mechanics
Solutions
❑ Office hours:
❑ Saturday : 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm
The course will cover wide range of subjects and branches of
Physics. Some subjects will be given in details and others will
be covered on more details in later courses.
Supplementary reading is required in the text books.

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