{"id":31,"date":"2013-05-24T21:42:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T21:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-10-09T14:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T14:05:50","slug":"enseignement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AIMS.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-298\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AIMS-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"aims\" class=\"wp-image-298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AIMS-300x265.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AIMS-768x678.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AIMS-1024x903.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AIMS-624x551.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"circular-image\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Lectures<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Discussion on planetary boundaries and climate change&#8221;<\/strong> (2023 to 2025) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Introductory lecture to a seminar cycle on environmental transition. The objective was to have a first discussion on general aspects of planetary boundaries with a special focus on Climate Change. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ETCC_IntroLectures.pdf\">the slides of the lecture<\/a>. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Metamaterials: waves in periodic media&#8221;<\/strong> (2022 to 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lectures (16hrs) about wave propagation in periodic media, with emphasis on acoustic waves. Given in the Master &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.master-waves.eu\/\"><em>WAVES<\/em><\/a>&#8221; (Erasmus Mundus) of Aix-Marseille University and Centrale M\u00e9dit\u00e9rran\u00e9e.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Key notions:<\/em> Bloch-Floquet formalism, Dispersion relations, Waveguide acoustics, Transfer matrix method.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Topological acoustics&#8221;<\/strong> (2020 and 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Courses given in the Master &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/iags.univ-lemans.fr\/fr\/nos-formations\/bac-3-a-bac-8\/master-acoustique.html\"><em>Wave Physics &amp; Acoustics<\/em><\/a>&#8221; of Le Mans University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2024: &#8220;Waves in periodic media: edge effects and topology&#8221;<\/strong> (4hrs), with more emphasis on topology and Berry phases.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WavePhys-TopoAc-2024.pdf\">the slides of the lectures<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2020: &#8220;Introduction to topological acoustics&#8221;<\/strong> (6hrs), with reminders about Bloch-Floquet theory.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access the slides of the lectures: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Topo_Lecture1.pdf\">Part I<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Topo_Lecture2.pdf\">Part II<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Topo_Lecture3.pdf\">Part III<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;What the hell is Quantum Mechanics?&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;(2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Introductory course (30hrs) in quantum mechanics at <a href=\"https:\/\/aims-senegal.org\/\">AIMS Senegal<\/a>. The course included tutorials and assignments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access the&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/What-the-hell-is-quantum-mechanics-plan.pdf\">lecture&nbsp;proposal<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(plan).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Key notions:<\/em> Wave particle duality, uncertainty principle, Schr\u00f6dinger equation, Harmonic oscillator, Tunnel effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Introduction to electrostatic and magnetostatic&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;(2010-2011 and 2011-2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lecture (30 hrs) given in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.u-psud.fr\/fr\/les_formations\/pcso.html\">PSCO<\/a> class of Orsay University Paris-Sud 11.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access the <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Cours-d\u00e9lectrostatique-PCSO.pdf\">lecture notes<\/a><\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;(French).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Key notions:&nbsp;<\/em>Electric charge, Electric field, Electrostatic potential, Magnetic field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Mathematics for physicists<\/strong>&#8221;&nbsp;(2010-2011 and 2011-2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tutorials (39hrs) in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magistere.u-psud.fr\">Magister<\/a> of&nbsp;Orsay University Paris-Sud 11.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Key notions:&nbsp;<\/em>Differential calculus, Complex analysis, Fourier transform, Distributions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Outreach events<br><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Public demonstration of a cloud chamber<\/strong> &#8211; Outreach event with 17 high school students and 2 high school teachers at the University of Nottingham (<em>Widening Participation Scheme<\/em> awarded, June 2017).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Organizer of a public conference<\/strong> on &#8220;<em>the role of fundamental science in society<\/em>&#8221; in ENS Paris with the association <a href=\"http:\/\/labyrinthe.info\">Labyrinthe<\/a> (23 June 2016). <a href=\"http:\/\/labyrinthe.info\/2016\/11\/21\/et-si-la-science-nexistait-plus\/\">Access its summary<\/a> (French).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Supervision of discovery internship<\/strong> of 2 high school students, (association Paris-Montagne, 2011).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Public talk<\/strong> &#8220;<em>the Unruh effect<\/em>&#8221; &#8211; Popular science conference on &#8220;<em>le rien<\/em>&#8221; in Coll\u00e8ge de France (Paris, June 2011).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oral exams in mathematics<\/strong> (&#8220;colles&#8221;) in first and second year of &#8220;Classe pr\u00e9paratoire&#8221;.<br>Sections: MPSI and MP* (2008-2009 and 2009-2010).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lectures &#8220;Discussion on planetary boundaries and climate change&#8221; (2023 to 2025) &#8220;Metamaterials: waves in periodic media&#8221; (2022 to 2025) &#8220;Topological acoustics&#8221; (2020 and 2024) &#8220;What the hell is Quantum Mechanics?&#8221;&nbsp;(2014) &#8220;Introduction to electrostatic and magnetostatic&#8221;&nbsp;(2010-2011 and 2011-2012) &#8220;Mathematics for physicists&#8221;&nbsp;(2010-2011 and 2011-2012) Outreach events<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3HWNU-v","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.antonincoutant.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}