Physics 390:Fall 2015

Syllabus  : Schedule

Announcements

Online Dice Roller

Date Events Topics

(presented on dates shown)

who presents what
August 18
Organizational meeting

Assignment of topics for next classes

 
August 25
10 minute presentations 01

Mechanics I

 

 

1. preliminary topic

submission

  ALL
  kinematics CD
conservation of energy SG
conservation of momentum NW
uniform circular motion BL
Newton's laws ML
Statics

September 01

10 minute presentations 02

Mechanics II

 

2. Revised prelim topic Torque and Equilibrium ALL

 

vibrations CD

gravity

SG

non-uniform circular motion

BL

simple harmonic oscillation

ML
rigid body rotational motio NW
n

September 08

10 minute presentations 03

Waves

 
 

3. Revised prelim topic

submission   ALL
  traveling pulses ML
standing waves SG
transverse waves on strings BL
sound NW
TEM waves CD
longitudinal waves
September 15
 10 minute presentations 04
Thermodynamics  
  4. Formal Topics Submission for approval    ALL

 

linear expansion ML
ideal gas NW
internal energy BL
entropy SG
adiabatic ideal gas CD
Carnot Cycle and heat engines

September 22

10 minute presentations 05

Electrostatics

 
  5. Formal Progress Update 01    ALL

 

Coulomb's law SG
Electric dipole BL
Gauss's Law ML
Electrostatic Potential CD
Capacitance and energy density NW
Resistance and current

September 29

10 minute presentations 06

Magnetism

 
 

6. Formal Progress

Update 02    ALL
  Ampere's law SG
TEM waves
BL
Solenoid ML
magnetization CD
Inductance and energy density NW
Displacement current

October 06

 10 minute presentations 07

Optics

 
 

7. Formal Progress

Update 03    ALL
  Snell's Law SG
images formed with thin lenses CD
images formed with spherical mirrors NW
dispersion and prisms BL
polarization and Brewster's angle ML
interference of light waves
October 27  10 minute presentations 08 Misc. Physics Topics I
(Student Selected)
ALL
NW
BL
ML
CD
SG


8. Formal Progress Update 04






November 03  10 minute presentations 09

Misc. Physics Topics II
(Student Selected)
ALL
ML
CD
BL
SG
NW


9. Formal Progress Update 05




November 10
10 minute presentations 10
Misc. Physics Topics III
(Student Selected)
ALL
CD
BL
SG
NW
ML

Formal Paper Rough Draft Due








November 17

25 minute presentations 01
Formal Papers DUE (ALL)

1-2x  ML
SG

November 24

25 minute presentations 02

1-2x  CD
BL
NW

December 01

25 minute presentations 03

1-2x  tbd