Taking a scientific approach to science and engineering education. The Nobel Lecture by Carl Wieman
03.05.2024
Held in English, the University of Padua hosts the Nobel Lecture by Carl Wieman on Friday, 10 May (10.30 a.m.) in the Aula Magna of Palazzo del Bo. The 2001 Nobel laureate in physics was awarded the illustrious prize with Eric A. Cornell and Wolfgang Ketterle, “for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates”.
Institutional greetings from Marina De Rossi, delegate for Teacher Education and delegate for Innovative Teaching, and Flavio Seno, director of the "Galileo Galilei" Department of Physics and Astronomy, opened the meeting.
For almost 20 years, Wieman has promoted initiatives for the innovation of university teaching in STEM disciplines, including the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia. With work published in high-impact journals and summarized in his book “Improving How Universities Teach Science" (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2017), Prof Wieman arrives in Padua to share his findings.
The Nobel Lecture at the University of Padua by the professor of Physics and Education at Stanford University discusses his scientific approach to education in the fields of science and engineering with an introduction by Marta Carli, researcher at the Department of Physics and Astronomy "Galileo Galilei. People in the audience have the opportunity to dialogue with Carl Wieman and Marta Carli in a Q&A session at the end of the conference.
The Nobel Lecture on 10 May at Palazzo Bo is open to the public but registration is required.
Live streaming of the event is available on the University’s dedicated YouTube channel.
On Thursday 9 May at 3 pm, Carl Wieman offers a seminar on “How to learn to think like a good physicist and how to teach it” for faculty members of the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Padua in the Aula Rostagni of the same department via Paolotti 9 in Padua.
