Syllabus [W:P] : Primary Learning Outcomes [W:P] : Schedule [W:P]
Announcements
| Date | Events | Topics
(presented on dates shown) |
who presents what |
| 2007: Aug 22 - Aug 24 | Organizational meeting |
Assignment of topics for next classes |
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| 2007: Aug 27 - Aug 31 | 10 minute presentations |
Mechanics I |
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preliminary topic |
submission |
all |
| kinematics | DB | ||
| conservation of energy | MS | ||
| conservation of momentum | JS | ||
| uniform circular motion | BR | ||
| Newton's laws | JR | ||
| Statics | TE | ||
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2007: Sept 03 - Sept 07 |
10 minute presentations |
Mechanics II |
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Torque and Equilibrium | DB | |
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vibrations |
JS | ||
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gravity |
BR | ||
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non-uniform circular motion |
MS | ||
| simple harmonic oscillation | JR | ||
| rigid body rotational motion | TE | ||
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2007: Sept 17 - Sept 21 |
10 minute presentations |
Waves |
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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 | |
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linear expansion | JR | |
| ideal gas | DB | ||
| internal energy | JS | ||
| entropy | BR | ||
| adiabatic ideal gas | TE | ||
| Carnot Cycle and heat engines | MS | ||
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2007: Oct 01 - Oct 05 |
10 minute presentations |
Electrostatics |
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| Formal Progress | Update 01 | all | |
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Coulomb's law | TE | |
| Electric dipole | MS | ||
| Gauss's Law | BR | ||
| Electrostatic Potential | JS | ||
| Capacitance and energy density | DB | ||
| Resistance and current | JR | ||
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2007: Oct 08 - Oct 11 |
10 minute presentations |
Magnetism |
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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 | ||
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2007: Oct 15 - Oct 19 |
10 minute presentations |
Optics |
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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 | ||
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2007: Oct 22 - Oct 26 |
10 minute presentations |
Misc. Physics Topics I (Student Selected) |
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| all | |||
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Formal Progress |
Update 04 |
all | |
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2007: Oct 29 - Nov 02 |
10 minute presentations |
Misc. Physics Topics II (Student Selected) |
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| all | |||
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Formal Paper |
Rough Draft Due |
all | |
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2007: Nov 05 - Nov 09 |
10 minute presentations |
Misc Physics Topics III (Student Selected) |
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| all | |||
| Formal Topic | Papers Due | all | |
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2007: Nov 12 - Nov 16 |
20 minute presentations |
2x |
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2007: Nov 14 - Nov 18 |
20 minute presentations |
2x | |
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2007: Nov 26 - Nov 30 |
20 minute presentations |
2x | |
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2007: Dec 01 - Dec 03 |
20 minute presentations |
we meet this week only if needed | |