Physics 390:Fall 2016

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Date Events Topics

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who presents what
August 16
Organizational meeting

Assignment of topics for next classes

 
August 23
10 minute presentations 01

Mechanics I

 

 

1. preliminary topic

submission

  ALL
  kinematics CD
conservation of energy DH
conservation of momentum HW
uniform circular motion
Newton's laws
Statics BL
August 30
President's Convocation


September 06

10 minute presentations 02

Mechanics II

 

2. Revised prelim topic Torque and Equilibrium ALL

 

vibrations BL

gravity

CD

non-uniform circular motion

DH

simple harmonic oscillation

HW
rigid body rotational motio
n

September 13

10 minute presentations 03

Waves

 
 

3. Revised prelim topic

submission   ALL
  traveling pulses BL
standing waves CD
transverse waves on strings HW
sound DH
TEM waves
longitudinal waves
September 20
 10 minute presentations 04
Thermodynamics  
  4. Formal Topics Submission for approval    ALL

 

linear expansion BL
ideal gas CD
internal energy DH
entropy HW
adiabatic ideal gas
Carnot Cycle and heat engines

September 27

10 minute presentations 05

Electrostatics

 
  5. Formal Progress Update 01    ALL

 

Coulomb's law HW
Electric dipole DH
Gauss's Law BL
Electrostatic Potential CD
Capacitance and energy density
Resistance and current

October 04

10 minute presentations 06

Magnetism

 
 

6. Formal Progress

Update 02    ALL
  Ampere's law HW
TEM waves
CD
Solenoid BL
magnetization DH
Inductance and energy density
Displacement current

October 11

 10 minute presentations 07

Optics

 
 

7. Formal Progress

Update 03    ALL
  Snell's Law HW
images formed with thin lenses BL
images formed with spherical mirrors CD
dispersion and prisms DH
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



8. Formal Progress Update 04






October 25
 10 minute presentations 09

Misc. Physics Topics II
(Student Selected)
ALL
CD:HW:BL:DH


9. Formal Progress Update 05




November 01
10 minute presentations 10
Misc. Physics Topics III
(Student Selected)
ALL
BL:DH:HW:CD

Formal Paper Rough Draft Due








November 8

25 minute presentations 01
Formal Papers Due (all)

1-2x BL:CD
November 22
25 minute presentations 02
1-2x DH:HW

November 29

25 minute presentations 03

1-2x