Numerical simulation projects in micromagnetics with Jupyter
We report a case study where an existing materials science course was modified to include numerical simulation projects on the micromagnetic behavior of materials. The Ubermag micromagnetic simulation software package is used in order to solve problems computationally. The simulation software is controlled through the Python code in Jupyter notebooks. Our experience is that the self-paced problem-solving nature of the project work can facilitate a better in-depth exploration of the course contents. We discuss which aspects of the Ubermag and the project Jupyter ecosystem have been beneficial for the students' learning experience and which could be transferred to similar teaching activities in other subject areas.
Authors
- Martin Lang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7104-7867)
- Axel Hoffmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1808-2767)
- Tzu-Hsiang Lo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3747-2979)
- Samuel Holt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3323-8958)
- Robin Klause (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9878-041X)
- Swapneel Amit Pathak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3840-955X)
- Martin Lonsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8955-3095)
- Hans Fangohr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5494-7193)
- Marijan Beg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6670-3994)
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (DE)
- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (DE)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Physics
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0149038
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.01
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Office of Science
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Division of Materials Research