Quantum Theory

Date: 01/14/2026
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Credit: 1 Hour

COURSE INTRODUCTION & OUTLINE:

The Quantum Mechanics View
 
• Without Quantum Mechanics, we could never have designed and built:
– Semiconductor Devices
• Computers, Cell Phones, etc.
– Lasers
• CD/DVD players, bar-code scanners, surgical applications 
– MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Technology
– Nuclear Reactors
– Atomic Clocks (e.g., GPS Navigation)
 
• Physicists didn’t embrace quantum mechanics because it was gnarly, novel, or weird
– it’s simply that the #$!&@ thing worked so well
 



Course Number:  LWP011426
Field of Study: Electrical
Level: Basic
Presenter:
Ronald Finger
Prerequisites: 
None