Syllabus [W:P] : Primary Learning Outcomes [W:P] : Schedule [W:P]
Announcements
| Date | Events | Topics
(presented on dates shown) |
who presents what |
| 2009: Aug 22 - Aug 24 | Organizational meeting |
Assignment of topics for next classes |
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| 2009: Aug 27 - Aug 31 | 6 minute presentations |
Mechanics I |
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preliminary topic |
submission |
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| kinematics | TJ,CR | ||
| conservation of energy | |||
| conservation of momentum | KB | ||
| uniform circular motion | |||
| Newton's laws | DJ | ||
| Statics | MB | ||
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2009: Sept 03 - Sept 07 |
6 minute presentations |
Mechanics II |
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Torque and Equilibrium | KB | |
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vibrations |
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gravity |
DJ | ||
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non-uniform circular motion |
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| simple harmonic oscillation | TJ | ||
| rigid body rotational motion | CR | ||
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2009: Sept 17 - Sept 21 |
6 minute presentations |
Waves |
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Revised prelim topic |
submission | ||
| traveling pulses | CR | ||
| standing waves | KB | ||
| transverse waves on strings | |||
| sound | DJ | ||
| TEM waves | |||
| longitudinal waves | TJ | ||
| 2009: Sept 24-Sept 28 | 6 minute presentations | Thermodynamics | |
| Formal Topics | Submission for approval | ||
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linear expansion | ||
| ideal gas | TJ | ||
| internal energy | CR | ||
| entropy | KB | ||
| adiabatic ideal gas | |||
| Carnot Cycle and heat engines | DJ | ||
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2009: Oct 01 - Oct 05 |
6 minute presentations |
Electrostatics |
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| Formal Progress | Update 01 | ||
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Coulomb's law | CR | |
| Electric dipole | |||
| Gauss's Law | KB | ||
| Electrostatic Potential | DJ | ||
| Capacitance and energy density | |||
| Resistance and current | TJ | ||
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2009: Oct 08 - Oct 11 |
6 minute presentations |
Magnetism |
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Formal Progress |
Update 02 | ||
| Ampere's law | TJ | ||
| Law of Biot-Savert | |||
| Solenoid | CR | ||
| magnetization | KB | ||
| Inductance and energy density | |||
| Displacement current | DJ | ||
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2009: Oct 15 - Oct 19 |
6 minute presentations |
Optics |
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Formal Progress |
Update 03 | ||
| Snell's Law | |||
| images formed with thin lenses | DJ | ||
| images formed with spherical mirrors | |||
| dispersion and prisms | TJ | ||
| polarization and Brewster's angle | CR | ||
| interference of light waves | KB | ||
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2009: Oct 22 - Oct 26 |
6 minute presentations |
Misc. Physics Topics I (Student Selected) |
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Formal Progress |
Update 04 |
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2009: Oct 29 - Nov 02 |
6 minute presentations |
Misc. Physics Topics II (Student Selected) |
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Formal Paper |
Rough Draft Due |
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2009: Nov 05 - Nov 09 |
6 minute presentations |
Misc Physics Topics III (Student Selected) |
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| Formal Topic | Papers Due | ||
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2009: Nov 12 - Nov 16 |
20 minute presentations |
2x |
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2009: Nov 14 - Nov 18 |
20 minute presentations |
2x | |
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2009: Nov 26 - Nov 30 |
20 minute presentations |
2x | |
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2009: Dec 01 - Dec 03 |
20 minute presentations |
we meet this week only if needed | |