Announcements
| Date | Events | Topics
(presented on dates shown) |
who presents what | |
| August 16 |
Organizational meeting |
Assignment of topics for next classes |
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| August 23 |
10 minute presentations 01 |
Mechanics I |
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1. preliminary topic |
submission |
ALL | |
| kinematics | CD |
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| conservation of energy | DH |
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| conservation of momentum | HW |
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| uniform circular motion | ||||
| Newton's laws | ||||
| Statics | BL |
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| August 30 |
President's Convocation |
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September 06 |
10 minute
presentations 02 |
Mechanics II |
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| 2. Revised prelim topic | Torque and Equilibrium | ALL | ||
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vibrations | BL |
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gravity |
CD |
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non-uniform circular motion |
DH |
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simple harmonic oscillation |
HW |
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| rigid body rotational motio | ||||
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September 13 |
10 minute
presentations 03 |
Waves |
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3. Revised prelim topic |
submission | ALL
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| traveling pulses | BL |
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| standing waves | CD |
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| transverse waves on strings | HW |
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| sound | DH |
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| TEM waves | ||||
| longitudinal waves | ||||
| September 20 |
10 minute presentations 04 |
Thermodynamics | ||
| 4. Formal Topics | Submission for approval | ALL | ||
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linear expansion | BL |
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| ideal gas | CD |
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| internal energy | DH |
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| entropy | HW |
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| adiabatic ideal gas | ||||
| Carnot Cycle and heat engines | ||||
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September 27 |
10 minute
presentations 05 |
Electrostatics |
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| 5. Formal Progress | Update 01 | ALL | ||
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Coulomb's law | HW |
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| Electric dipole | DH |
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| Gauss's Law | BL |
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| Electrostatic Potential | CD |
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| Capacitance and energy density | ||||
| Resistance and current | ||||
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October 04 |
10 minute
presentations 06 |
Magnetism |
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6. Formal Progress |
Update 02 | ALL | ||
| Ampere's law | HW |
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| TEM waves |
CD |
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| Solenoid | BL |
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| magnetization | DH |
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| Inductance and energy density | ||||
| Displacement current | ||||
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October 11 |
10
minute presentations 07 |
Optics |
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7. Formal Progress |
Update 03 | ALL | ||
| Snell's Law | HW |
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| images formed with thin lenses | BL |
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| images formed with spherical mirrors | CD |
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| dispersion and prisms | DH |
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| polarization and Brewster's angle | ||||
| interference of light waves | ||||
| October
18 |
10 minute presentations 08 | Misc.
Physics Topics I (Student Selected) |
ALL DH:HW:CD:BL |
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| 8. Formal Progress | Update 04 | |||
| October
25 |
10
minute presentations 09 |
Misc.
Physics Topics II (Student Selected) |
ALL CD:HW:BL:DH |
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| 9. Formal Progress | Update 05 | |||
| November
01 |
10
minute presentations 10 |
Misc.
Physics Topics III (Student Selected) |
ALL BL:DH:HW:CD |
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| Formal Paper | Rough Draft Due | |||
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November 8 |
25 minute presentations 01 |
1-2x | BL:CD |
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| November 22 |
25 minute presentations 02 |
1-2x | DH:HW |
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November 29 |
25 minute presentations 03 |
1-2x | ||