Aha-Erlebnisse aus der Experimentalphysik Teil 2

Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Gernot Pottlacher

Associate Professor Gernot Pottlacher, Dipl.-Ing., Dr., completed his habilitation in experimental physics in 1999 and teaches at the Institute of Experimental Physics, Petersgasse 16, A-8010 Graz.
In 1982, he completed his degree in Physics at Graz University of Technology; in 1985, he passed the teaching qualification examination in Physics and completed the associated teacher training at the University of Education, Graz. In 1987, he was awarded a Doctorate in Technical Sciences.
Since 1982, he has been involved in setting up demonstration experiments for the Experimental Physics 1 and 2 lectures held by Prof. Dr H. Jäger. Since 1999, he has been delivering, amongst other things, the lecture ‘Physics for Civil Engineers’. He heads the Thermal and Metal Physics working group at the Institute. His particular hobby is public experimental lectures. His Christmas lectures on a wide variety of topics have already become legendary; most recently, in December 2014, under the illustrative title “Flying Electrons”, which dealt with vacuum tubes and associated luminous phenomena.
He has demonstrated his commitment to communicating knowledge of experimental physics to the public since 2013. He has already reached a wide range of participants through the “AHA Experiences in Experimental Physics” and is now continuing this commitment with the second edition of the AHA Experiences.