Quantum mechanics for engineering students

• Quantum mechanics is hard to teach:
  • abstract and counterintuitive
  • mathematics is too advanced
• Simulating the 2d time-dependent Schrödinger equation:
  • hands-on approach, "virtual" experiments
  • time evolution ↔ eigen values
  • make use of knowledge about waves ("ripple tank") → two-dimensional
• Available packages:
  • Physlet Quantum Physics (mainly 1d)
  • Visual Quantum Physics (lots of 2d animations, not interactive)
  • PhysBeans (computers are fast enough now!)