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B. Folkers (Bart)

PhD Candidate in Quantum Education
TNW-NEM-ICE
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b.folkers@utwente.nl
+31534899381
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In 2015 I started as a student in Applied Physics at the University of Twente. My bachelor was completed with a thesis in the Integrated and Correlated Electron systems (ICE) group: “Measuring fractional magnetic-flux quanta states in superconducting π-loops.” The thesis focused on the magnetic behaviour of micrometer sized superinducing structures. 

After my bachelor I followed a master in Applied Physics and a master in Science Education, also at the University of Twente. Already starting in my bachelor, I began to work as a high school teacher part-time next to my masters. During my Applied Physics graduation project, I studied the magnetic properties of LaMnO3 thin films, using a Scanning SQUID Microscope. For my Science Education project, I performed a design study on the implementation of the educational goals of quantum education in secondary school. With the completion of my masters I also obtained a teaching qualification for secondary education. 

In my final year of study, I also worked as an teacher educator intern in physics at the University of Twente. During my work there I taught students of the teacher training program in the didactics of physics. I also supervised several students in groups during peer tutoring and on a personal level. 

Physics and Education remain one of my passions. In 2022 I started with a PhD research regarding Quantum Education. My focus is on the didactics of quantum physics and the use of demonstration materials (experiments, simulations, games). Related topics are entanglement, superposition, quantum information, quantum computing, sensing and measurement. Currently I develop haptic demonstration materials for quantum entanglement and studying its impact on student thinking and reflection.

Next to this research I still work as a physics teacher at a secondary school in Enschede. I teach various domains within physics to students between the ages of 14 and 18. 

I enjoy talking and working with other teachers and physicists on education, experimentation, physics and the research surrounding it. Feel free to contact me!

Expertise

  • Material Science

    • Ferromagnetism
    • Patterning

  • Social Sciences

    • Teachers
    • Physics
    • Technology

  • Physics

    • Quantum Physics
    • Microscopy
    • Critical Current

Organisations

Quantum (Technology) Education

Publications

2024

Imaging the suppression of ferromagnetism in LaMnO3 by metallic overlayers (2024)Physical Review Materials , 8(5). Article 054408. Folkers, B., Jansen, T., Roskamp, T. J., Reith, P., Timmermans, A., Jannis, D., Gauquelin, N., Verbeeck, J., Hilgenkamp, H. & Rosário, C. M. M.https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.054408Towards a Quantum Technology PCK for Teachers (2024)Journal of physics: Conference series, 2750(1). Article 012045. Verbraeken, L., Andreotti, E., Frans, R., Bondani, M., Folkers, B., Jurčić, L., Malgieri, M., Pallotta, F. & Pol, H.https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2750/1/012045

2023

Imaging selective magnetic patterning of Ti/LaMnO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures using scanning SQUID microscopy (2023)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 16th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity, EUCAS 2023. Roskamp, T. J., Folkers, B., Jansen, T., Gauquelin, N., Rosário, C. & Hilgenkamp, H.Controlling ferromagnetism in LaMnO3/SrTiO3 thin films using Ti oxygen scavenging layers (2023)[Contribution to conference › Poster] QuMat 2023 Pillar Meeting. Roskamp, T. J., Jansen, T., Folkers, B., Marques do Rosário, C. M. & Hilgenkamp, H.Controlling ferromagnetism in LaMnO3/SrTiO3 thin films using Ti oxygen scavenging layers (2023)[Contribution to conference › Poster] NEM Clusterday 2023. Roskamp, T. J., Jansen, T., Folkers, B., Marques do Rosário, C. M. & Hilgenkamp, H.Seeing Quantum Physics in the Classroom: Navigating the Landscape of Demonstration Material (2023)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] GIREP-EPEC Conference 2023. Folkers, B., Brinkman, A. & Stadermann, K.

2022

Quantum Technology PCK for Teachers (2022)In GIREP 2022: Book of abstracts (pp. 26-27). Andreotti, E., Verbraeken, L., Frans, R., Bondani, M., Folkers, B., Jurčić, L., Malgieri, M., Pallotta, F. & Pol, H. J.“QuantumPhysics is difficult because my teacher says so.” (2022)[Contribution to conference › Poster] GIREP Conference 2022. Pol, H. J., Folkers, B. & Stadermann, H. K. E.https://indico.cern.ch/event/1092708/book-of-abstracts.pdf

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