Thursday, November 10, 2005

An ode to Fick's Law

Got the grades from Electrobio mid-term on monday.

31 out of 37 students got a problem wrong. So we will get points for that if we submit it by today. Submitted the answer, got it correct [+5 marks :)]

5/37 got a question on Fick's law wrong. So, anybody who submits a haiku on Fick's law gets extra points. Wasn't expecting a lot of response to this offer, but what do I know... Prof got 7 haikus (if that is correct plural).

The best of them in my opinion is one by Robert (a grad student, of course.) So without further ado, as I have a lot to do, here's the winning entry (IMO):


Ode to Fick's 1st Law of Diffusion
by Rob Kirkton

Diffusivity ~
the particle migration
down concentration



Looks like engineers are getting poetic... And forgetting basic physics.

Location: BME 233 (Imaging) classroom

The prof asks somebody about Newton's second law. And in class full of BME undergrads, grads and Med-Physics people, not a single person can tell it. Shame on us... Looks like this theory is correct.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

gas diffusion rate
is affected by pressure
unless it gets ficked

Amey said...

Thanks b1-66er... thats a good one... Any more haikus (plz tell me if this is correct plural) are welcome...