Why is it not cold everywhere in space, but sometimes very hot? How can it be that a ball that is thrown vertically upwards from a funnel of a moving train wagon ends up in the same funnel again? Students can find the answers to these questions physical engineering already after the first semester at the TH Lübeck. In a basic-oriented course of study, you will get to know applied physics and, as qualified engineers, at the end of your training you will be able to convert findings from physical research into useful processes and products in industry. The prospective engineer Lena in the Physical Technology (PT) course says about the wide range of offers at the TH Lübeck:
The course is incredibly diverse. From engineering to lasers, everything is there and you learn how everything is connected. And above all, you have a wow effect every week because you have learned something completely new.
What Newton’s First Law has to do with the Young Sheldon series
A well-known American series can be used to explain how students can understand the most fundamental physical laws. In the lecture Mechanics, Vibrations, Waves Professor Kai Seger Young Sheldon’s train experiment, for example, to teach Newton’s first law (principle of inertia). A train runs at a constant speed while a ball is shot up from a funnel mounted on a train compartment. What will happen? The ball lands back where it was kicked up. This is a playful way of proving that a body remains stationary or moves in a straight line at constant speed as long as no force is acting on it. PT student Nils says about one of his favorite modules “Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves”:
I found Mechanics, Vibrations and Waves (MSW) particularly exciting, where you could see the physical laws using many great experiments.