Physics 390:Fall 2017

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who presents what
August 22
Organizational meeting

Assignment of topics for next classes

 
August 29
10 minute presentations 01

Mechanics I

 

 

ALL:1. preliminary topic

submission

  ALL
  kinematics LD
conservation of energy AR
conservation of momentum PD
uniform circular motion
Newton's laws
Statics




September 05

10 minute presentations 02

Mechanics II

 

ALL: 2. Revised prelim topic Torque and Equilibrium PD

 

vibrations LD

non-uniform circular motion

AR

gravity


simple harmonic oscillation


rigid body rotational motion


September 12
President's Convocation


September 12

10 minute presentations 03

Waves

 
 

ALL: 3. Revised prelim topic

submission   ALL
  traveling pulses PD
standing waves AR
transverse waves on strings LD
sound
TEM waves
longitudinal waves
September 19
 10 minute presentations 04
Thermodynamics  
  ALL: 4. Formal Topics Submission for approval    ALL

 

linear expansion PD
ideal gas AR
internal energy LD
entropy
adiabatic ideal gas
Carnot Cycle and heat engines

September 26

10 minute presentations 05

Electrostatics

 
  ALL: 5. Formal Progress Update 01    ALL

 

Coulomb's law LD
Electric dipole PD
Gauss's Law AR
Electrostatic Potential
Capacitance and energy density
Resistance and current

October 03

10 minute presentations 06

Magnetism

 
 

ALL: 6. Formal Progress

Update 02    ALL
  Ampere's law LD
TEM waves
PD
Solenoid AR
magnetization
Inductance and energy density
Displacement current

October 10

 10 minute presentations 07

Optics

 
 

ALL: 7. Formal Progress

Update 03    ALL
  Snell's Law AR
images formed with thin lenses LD
images formed with spherical mirrors PD
dispersion and prisms
polarization and Brewster's angle
interference of light waves
October 17
 10 minute presentations 08 Misc. Physics Topics I
(Student Selected)
ALL
AR|LD|PD



ALL: 8. Formal Progress Update 04






October 24
 10 minute presentations 09

Misc. Physics Topics II
(Student Selected)
ALL
PD|LD|AR


ALL: 9. Formal Progress Update 05




October 31
10 minute presentations 10
Misc. Physics Topics III
(Student Selected)
ALL: Rough Draft Due
ALL
PD|AR|LD
November 07
25 minute presentations 01
ALL: Formal Presentation Due

LD
November 14
25 minute presentations 02
PD
November 21
25 minute presentations 02
AR
November 28
As Needed


December 05
As Needed