Physics 390:Fall 2007

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Date Events Topics

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who presents what
2007: Aug 22 - Aug 24 Organizational meeting

Assignment of topics for next classes

 
2007: Aug 27 - Aug 31 10 minute presentations

Mechanics I

 

 

preliminary topic

submission

all
  kinematics DB
conservation of energy MS
conservation of momentum JS
uniform circular motion BR
Newton's laws JR
Statics TE

2007: Sept 03 - Sept 07

10 minute presentations

Mechanics II

 

 

Torque and Equilibrium DB

vibrations

JS

gravity

BR

non-uniform circular motion

MS
simple harmonic oscillation JR
rigid body rotational motion TE

2007: Sept 17 - Sept 21

10 minute presentations

Waves

 
 

Revised prelim topic

submission all
  traveling pulses TE
standing waves BR
transverse waves on strings JR
sound MS
TEM waves JS
longitudinal waves DB
2007: Sept 24-Sept 28 10 minute presentations Thermodynamics  
  Formal Topics Submission for approval all

 

linear expansion JR
ideal gas DB
internal energy JS
entropy BR
adiabatic ideal gas TE
Carnot Cycle and heat engines MS

2007: Oct 01 - Oct 05

10 minute presentations

Electrostatics

 
  Formal Progress Update 01 all

 

Coulomb's law TE
Electric dipole MS
Gauss's Law BR
Electrostatic Potential JS
Capacitance and energy density DB
Resistance and current JR

2007: Oct 08 - Oct 11

10 minute presentations

Magnetism

 
 

Formal Progress

Update 02 all
  Ampere's law TE
Law of Biot-Savert DB
Solenoid MS
magnetization JS
Inductance and energy density JR
Displacement current BR

2007: Oct 15 - Oct 19

10 minute presentations

Optics

 
 

Formal Progress

Update 03 all
  Snell's Law JR
images formed with thin lenses DB
images formed with spherical mirrors BR
dispersion and prisms MS
polarization and Brewster's angle JS
interference of light waves TE

2007: Oct 22 - Oct 26

10 minute presentations

Misc. Physics Topics I

(Student Selected)

 
  all
 

Formal Progress

Update 04

all

2007: Oct 29 - Nov  02

10 minute presentations

Misc. Physics Topics II

(Student Selected)

 
  all
 

Formal Paper

Rough Draft Due

all

2007: Nov 05 - Nov 09

10 minute presentations

Misc Physics Topics III

(Student Selected)

 
  all
  Formal Topic Papers Due all
   

 

 

2007: Nov 12 - Nov 16

20 minute presentations

2x

 

2007: Nov 14 - Nov 18

20 minute presentations

2x  

2007: Nov 26 - Nov 30

20 minute presentations

2x  

2007: Dec 01 - Dec 03

20 minute presentations

we meet this week only if needed