Physics of life
PHYS-468
PHYS-468 Course Introduction
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General
Exercises
- Lectures: Tuesdays from 13:15 - 15:00 in GC D0 386
- Exercises: Tuesdays from 15:15 - 17:00 in GC D0 386, given by lukas.vandenheuvel@epfl.ch
- First Lecture: Tuesday, February 18, 2024.
- Holidays: No lecture and exercise on Tuesday, April 22, 2024 (Easter holidays)
- Last Lecture: Tuesday, May 27, 2024
- Last Exercise: Tuesday, May 27, 2024
- Lectures:
Henning Stahlberg, Email: henning.stahlberg@epfl.ch and
Amanda Lewis, Email: amanda.lewis@epfl.ch - Exercises: Lukas van den Heuvel, Email: lukas.vandenheuvel@epfl.ch
- Both are from the lab LBEM, IPHYS, SB, EPFL. https://lbem.ch
Exercises
- New exercises are uploaded weekly to the Moodle before the lecture (Monday)
- The topic is based on the lecture of the given week
- We discuss the exercises in the following week
- You have one week to fulfil the assignment (due: Tuesday before 13:00h). Any exercise solutions submitted after this time are not accepted.
- Prepare your solutions as PDF with a file name as: PHYS-468-Exercise-<number>-<lastname>.pdf
- Hand them in through the assignment on Moodle.
- We will not correct or grade your exercises, but discuss solutions during class
- We will check your answers if you fail the exam (lower than 4.0). If 2/3 of the solutions are correct, then your final grade will be improved by 0.5
- The exercises will be similar to the exam questions, they will prepare you throughout the semester.
- Do not copy & paste from others or from other sources!