▁winning ▁the ▁Nobel ▁prize ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁W iem an ▁became ▁particularly ▁involved ▁with ▁efforts ▁at ▁impro ving ▁science ▁education ▁and ▁has ▁conducted ▁educational ▁research ▁on ▁science ▁instruction . ▁He ▁helped ▁write ▁Physics ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁to ▁provide ▁simulations ▁to ▁explain ▁his ▁work ▁in ▁creating ▁the ▁B ose - E in stein ▁Cond ens ate . ▁As ▁he ▁gave ▁public ▁lect ures , ▁some ▁incorpor ating ▁simulations , ▁he ▁noticed ▁that ▁" o ften ▁the ▁simulations ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁primary ▁thing ▁people ▁would ▁remember ▁from ▁my ▁talk . ▁Based ▁on ▁their ▁questions ▁and ▁comments , ▁it ▁appeared ▁that ▁they ▁consist ently ▁learned ▁the ▁physics ▁represented ▁in ▁the ▁simulations ." ▁He ▁then ▁used ▁money ▁from ▁a ▁grant ▁from ▁the ▁National ▁Science ▁Foundation ▁Dist ingu ished ▁Te aching ▁Sch ol ars ▁program , ▁the ▁K av li ▁Foundation , ▁and ▁a ▁portion ▁of ▁his ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁money ▁to ▁found ▁Ph ET ▁to ▁improve ▁the ▁way ▁that ▁physics ▁is ▁taught ▁and ▁learned . ▁The ▁Ph ET ▁simulations ▁differ ▁from ▁the ▁Physics ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁ones ▁because ▁users ▁can ▁interact ▁with ▁the ▁simulation ▁to ▁change ▁conditions ▁whereas ▁the ▁Physics ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁simulations ▁are ▁just ▁videos . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁W iem an ▁moved ▁to ▁V ancouver , ▁British ▁Columbia ▁while ▁retain ing ▁ 2 0 % ▁fac ulty ▁position ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Colorado ▁B ould er . ▁The ▁current ▁director ▁of ▁Ph ET ▁is ▁Dr . ▁K atherine ▁Per kins