PhET Progress Report

Sam Reid

4-4-2006

o Wave Interference

-Started this new project.

-The big features are all there, lots of remaining little things.

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/dev/waveinterference/0.05/

o PhetLauncher

-Wrote initial feasibility test.

-Tested on mac & pc.

o Semiconductors

-Removed 3-dopant case from semiconductors:

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/dev/semiconductors/0.04/

?Awaiting verification before posting on main site.

o Conductivity

-Bugfixes

-Fixed photon image

-Fixed battery image

-Added flashlight to all panels.

-Relabeled battery control

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/dev/conductivity/1.00/

!Posted on main site

o QWI

-Posted "ripple view"

-Added wavefunction display options to the high-intensity panel.

-Removed "phase view" from photons

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/dev/schrodinger/0.51/

?Anything left here?

o Quantum-Tunneling

-Helped Malley uncover performance problem.

-Helped Malley reduce boundary effects.

o Tabs

-small bugfixes

o Bound States

-prepared Schmidt-Lee algorithm (optimized Numerov & Shooting) for

Malley, discussed integration

Upcoming work:

1. Wave Interference

2. Phet Launcher? What priority?

2. Anything left for semiconductors?

3. Anything left for conductivity?

4. Anything left for QWI?