Physics 390DS:Fall 2018: R1

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August 21
Organizational meeting

Assignment of topics for next classes

 
August 28
5.5 minute presentations 01

Mechanics I

 

 

ALL:1. preliminary topic

submission

 ALL


statics
HE
  kinematics WC
motion
JH
conservation of energy JP
conservation of momentum LF
uniform circular motion TC
Newton's laws LR
Statics AR




September 04

5.5 minute presentations 02

Mechanics II

 

ALL: 2. Revised prelim topic submission  ALL


Torque and Equilibrium JP


Rolling Motion JH

 

gravity WC

non-uniform circular motion

LF,AR

simple harmonic oscillation

HE

conservation of angular momentum

TC
rigid body rotational motion LR






September 11

5.5 minute presentations 03

Waves

 
 

ALL: 3. Revised prelim topic

submission   ALL
  traveling pulses LF
standing waves HE,LR
transverse waves on strings JP
sound WC
TEM waves JH
longitudinal waves TC
energy and power transmission by waves AR





September 18
5.5 minute presentations 04
Thermodynamics  
  ALL: 4. Formal Topics Submission for approval    ALL

calorimetry HE
linear expansion JH
ideal gas JP,AR
internal energy TC
entropy LF
adiabatic ideal gas WC
Carnot Cycle and heat engines LR






September 25

5.5 minute presentations 05

Electrostatics

 
  ALL: 5. Formal Progress Submission: Update 01    ALL

 

Coulomb's law LF
Electric dipole JP
Gauss's Law
TC
Electrostatic field
JH
Electrostatic Potential AR,WC
Capacitance and energy density HE
Resistance and current LR






October 02

5.5 minute presentations 06

Magnetism

 
 

ALL: 6. Formal Progress

Submission: Update 02    ALL
  Ampere's law LF
TEM waves
HE
Solenoid TC
magnetization WC,AR
Inductance and energy density JP,LR
Displacement current JH

October 09

5.5 minute presentations 07

Optics

 
 

ALL: 7. Formal Progress

Submission: Update 03    ALL
  Snell's Law WC
images formed with thin lenses LF,AR
images formed with spherical mirrors JP
dispersion and prisms HE
polarization and Brewster's angle JH,LR
interference of light waves TC
October 15 - October 16
Fall Break



October 23
5.5 minute presentations 08 Misc. Physics Topics I
(Student Selected)




ALL: 8. Formal Progress Submission: Update 04 ALL


AR,LR,JH



HE,JP,LF




JP,TC

October 30
5.5 minute presentations 09

Misc. Physics Topics II
(Student Selected)

 


ALL: 9. Formal Progress Submission: Update 05 ALL


TC,HE,JH


JP,LF,WC



AR,LR
November 06
5.5 minute presentations 10
Misc. Physics Topics III
(Student Selected)

 


ALL: Rough Draft Due Submission: Rough Draft Due ALL



LR,AR,JP



WC,HE,TC



LF,JH




November 13
20 minute presentations 2
ALL: Formal Presentation Due
2 student presentations
Submission: Formal Presentation
Possible makeups
ALL

WC,LF
November 20
20 minute presentations 3 2 student presentations
Possible makeups

JH,JP
November 27
20 minute presentation  4
2 student presentations
Possible makeups

TC,LR


December 04
20 minute presentation  4 2 student presentations
Possible makeups

HE,AR