Announcements
| Date | Events | Topics
(presented on dates shown) |
who presents what | |
| August 18 |
Organizational meeting |
Assignment of topics for next classes |
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| August 25 |
10 minute presentations 01 |
Mechanics I |
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1. preliminary topic |
submission |
ALL | |
| kinematics | CD |
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| conservation of energy | SG |
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| conservation of momentum | NW |
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| uniform circular motion | BL |
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| Newton's laws | ML |
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| Statics | ||||
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September 01 |
10 minute
presentations 02 |
Mechanics II |
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| 2. Revised prelim topic | Torque and Equilibrium | ALL | ||
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vibrations | CD |
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gravity |
SG |
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non-uniform circular motion |
BL |
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simple harmonic oscillation |
ML |
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| rigid body rotational motio | NW |
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September 08 |
10 minute
presentations 03 |
Waves |
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3. Revised prelim topic |
submission | ALL |
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| traveling pulses | ML |
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| standing waves | SG |
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| transverse waves on strings | BL |
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| sound | NW |
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| TEM waves | CD |
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| longitudinal waves | ||||
| September 15 |
10 minute presentations 04 |
Thermodynamics | ||
| 4. Formal Topics | Submission for approval | ALL | ||
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linear expansion | ML |
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| ideal gas | NW |
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| internal energy | BL |
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| entropy | SG |
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| adiabatic ideal gas | CD |
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| Carnot Cycle and heat engines | ||||
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September 22 |
10 minute
presentations 05 |
Electrostatics |
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| 5. Formal Progress | Update 01 | ALL | ||
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Coulomb's law | SG |
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| Electric dipole | BL |
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| Gauss's Law | ML |
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| Electrostatic Potential | CD |
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| Capacitance and energy density | NW |
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| Resistance and current | ||||
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September 29 |
10 minute
presentations 06 |
Magnetism |
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6. Formal Progress |
Update 02 | ALL | ||
| Ampere's law | SG |
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| TEM waves |
BL |
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| Solenoid | ML |
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| magnetization | CD |
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| Inductance and energy density | NW |
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| Displacement current | ||||
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October 06 |
10 minute
presentations 07 |
Optics |
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7. Formal Progress |
Update 03 | ALL | ||
| Snell's Law | SG |
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| images formed with thin lenses | CD |
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| images formed with spherical mirrors | NW |
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| dispersion and prisms | BL |
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| polarization and Brewster's angle | ML |
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| interference of light waves | ||||
| October 27 | 10 minute presentations 08 | Misc. Physics
Topics I (Student Selected) |
ALL NW BL ML CD SG |
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| 8. Formal Progress | Update 04 | |||
| November 03 | 10 minute
presentations 09 |
Misc. Physics
Topics II (Student Selected) |
ALL ML CD BL SG NW |
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| 9. Formal Progress | Update 05 | |||
| November 10 |
10 minute
presentations 10 |
Misc. Physics
Topics III (Student Selected) |
ALL CD BL SG NW ML |
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| Formal Paper | Rough Draft Due | |||
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November 17 |
25 minute
presentations 01 |
1-2x | ML SG |
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November 24 |
25 minute
presentations 02 |
1-2x | CD BL NW |
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December 01 |
25 minute
presentations 03 |
1-2x | tbd | |