N. Crossette, M. Vignal, and B. Wilcox, PERC 2020 Proceedings, 98-103.
As a first step in a larger study of student reasoning in upper-division thermal physics, we conducted thinkaloud interviews with 8 physics graduate students to probe their…
M. Vignal, C. Manogue, D. Roundy, and E. Gire, PERC 2017 Proceedings, 404-407.
One commonly and persistently difficult topic in thermodynamics is the relationship between the different thermodynamic potentials obtained through Legendre transformations. The…
M. Vignal, R. Siegel, P. Emigh, and E. Gire, PERC 2018 Proceedings.
Thermodynamic potentials (or free energies) are different energies that can describe the same system using different sets of independent variables. While the flexibility to consider…