PRINCIPLES OF COMPUTER MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS APPLIED TO BIOTECHNOLOGY 6

Module PHYSICS APPLIED TO BIOTECHNOLOGY

The course has the stated objective of providing adequate knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical laws that regulate the processes typically used in biomedicine e biotechnology , as well as skills in applying knowledge and the ability to understand basic scientific language.

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding:

Develop the ability to frame and understand the physical phenomena underlying physics and know how to recognise, use and apply them in real situations

Making judgments:

The student must be able to frame a problem and independently develop solutions

Communication skills:

The student will acquire the necessary communication skills and expressive appropriateness in the use of technical scientific language

Learning skills:

The course aims, as an objective, to provide the student with the necessary knowledge and theoretical methodologies to be able to face, study and understand the functioning underlying the various methodologies and situations with which she will have to deal in her professional work

Frontal lessons

The activity is carried out with the active involvement of the students, with continuous exercises in the classroom.
 
Should the circumstances require online or blended teaching, appropriate
modifications to what is hereby stated may be introduced, in order to
achieve the main objectives of the course.

Information for students with disabilities and/or DSA.

As a guarantee of equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures, based on their specific needs and on teaching objectives of the discipline. It is also possible to ask the departmental contacts of CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or DSAs)

Algebraic calculus, basic trigonometry, geometry (calculation of areas and volumes of the main elementary geometric figures, Pythagorean theorem, relationships between angles in triangles, parallel and perpendicular lines and relative angles, etc.), ability to manipulate data (equivalences, change unit of measurement, scientific notation of numbers such as 6.022 × 10^23, 1.6 × 10^(-19), etc), Cartesian coordinates.

INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS

  Description of a physical phenomenon. Units of measurement and dimensional equations. Quantifying a quantity. The concept of error. International System (SI) units of measurement: time, mass, length. The prefixes. Derived units. Dimensional equations. Scalar and vector quantities. Representation of vectors in components with respect to a reference system. Basic operations with vectors.

MECHANICS

  The concept of strength. Forces and motion. Decomposition of forces. Newton's laws. Vector nature of forces. Weight of a body. Some particular forces: friction, reaction force to a weight. Action and reaction. The concept of balance.

  One-dimensional motion. Definition of displacement, average velocity, instantaneous velocity. Average and instant acceleration. Rectilinear motion with constant acceleration. Gravitation. Gravitational potential energy. Newton's force is conservative. The concept of work and energy. Elastic force and work of the elastic force (spring). .

Notes on rotational motion.

FLUIDS

  Definition of fluid. Density and specific gravity. Pressure. How the pressure of a fluid at rest varies in a gravitational field. Pascal's principle. Archimedes principle. Stevino's law. Continuity equation. Bernoulli's theorem. Viscosity and flow of viscous fluids. Laminar motion. Hints of turbulent motion. Surface tension. Capillarity.

HEAT AND NOTES ON THERMODYNAMICS

Definition of temperature. Triple point of water. Thermometer and calibration. Thermal expansion. Heat and temperature. Heat capacity and specific heat. Phase transitions. Latent heat. Example on latent heat. Thermodynamic state (equilibrium). Heat transmission: conduction, convection and radiation. First law of thermodynamics. Reversible and irreversible transformations. Second law of thermodynamics. Reversible and irreversible processes. Entropy. Third law of thermodynamics. Entropy variation in irreversible processes.

NOTES ON ELECTROMAGNETISM

Electric and magnetic phenomena, electric charges, structure of the atom, methods of charging bodies, electric field, electric potential, electric current, electric resistance, effects and risks of electric current on humans, magnetic materials, sources of magnetic fields, effect of a magnetic field on moving charges, magnetic fields produced by currents, electromagnetic waves.

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The topics listed will be covered in program order

D. Scannicchio, E. Giroletti "Elementi di Fisica Biomedica" Ed. EdiSES

F. Borsa, A. Lascialfari ''Principi di Fisica per indirizzo biomedico e farmaceutico'' Ed. EdiSES

A. Giambattista, B. Richardson, R. Richardson "Fisica generale" Ed. Graw Hill

End of course tests

Multiple choice tests and problems to complete

Passing the written exam gives access to the oral exam. You can also choose to confirm the grade of the paper.

Voting follows the following scheme:

Unsuitable

Knowledge and understanding of the topic: Important deficiencies. Significant inaccuracies

Analysis and synthesis skills: Irrelevant. Frequent generalizations. Inability to synthesize

Use of references: Completely inappropriate

18-20

Knowledge and understanding of the topic: At threshold level. Obvious imperfections

Analysis and synthesis skills: Just sufficient skills

Use of references: As appropriate

21-23

Knowledge and understanding of the topic: Routine knowledge Analysis and synthesis skills: Able to correctly analyze and summarize. Argue logically and coherently

Using references: Use standard references

24-26

Knowledge and understanding of the topic: Good knowledge

Analysis and synthesis skills: Has good analysis and synthesis skills. The arguments are expressed coherently

Using references: Use standard references

27-29

Knowledge and understanding of the topic: More than good knowledge

Analysis and synthesis skills: Has considerable analysis and synthesis skills

Use of references: He explored the topics in depth

30-30L

Knowledge and understanding of the topic: Excellent knowledge

Analysis and synthesis skills: Has considerable analysis and synthesis skills.

Using references: Important insights.

​Exams may take place online, depending on circumstances.

Minimum knowledge required to pass the exam:

• Even before the formulas, the student must know the various definitions and understand the physical meaning of things; he/she must also be able to connect the topics and highlight any parallels (examples: various forms of Newton's second law, electric field vs magnetic field, etc.). Don't learn things by heart but know how to explain them.
• Know how to recognize (and manipulate) scalar and vector quantities. Know how to switch from one unit of measurement to another.
• Knowing how to graphically represent phenomena (examples: motion of bodies, construction of images with mirrors and lenses, state transformations, ...)
• understand the basic physics of the main techniques analyzed during the course