Announcements
| Date | Events | Topics
(presented on dates shown) |
who presents what | |
| August 21 |
Organizational meeting |
Assignment of topics for next classes |
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| August 28 |
5.5 minute presentations 01 |
Mechanics I |
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ALL:1. preliminary topic |
submission |
ALL | |
| statics |
HE |
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| kinematics | WC |
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| motion |
JH |
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| conservation of energy | JP |
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| conservation of momentum | LF |
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| uniform circular motion | TC |
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| Newton's laws | LR |
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| Statics | AR |
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September 04 |
5.5 minute
presentations 02 |
Mechanics II |
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| ALL: 2. Revised prelim topic | submission | ALL | ||
| Torque and Equilibrium | JP |
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| Rolling Motion | JH |
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gravity | WC |
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non-uniform circular motion |
LF,AR |
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simple harmonic oscillation |
HE |
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conservation of angular momentum |
TC |
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| rigid body rotational motion | LR |
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September 11 |
5.5 minute
presentations 03 |
Waves |
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ALL: 3. Revised prelim topic |
submission | ALL
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| traveling pulses | LF |
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| standing waves | HE,LR |
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| transverse waves on strings | JP |
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| sound | WC |
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| TEM waves | JH |
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| longitudinal waves | TC |
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| energy and power transmission by waves | AR |
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| September 18 |
5.5
minute presentations 04 |
Thermodynamics | ||
| ALL: 4. Formal Topics | Submission for approval | ALL | ||
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calorimetry
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HE |
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| linear expansion | JH |
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| ideal gas | JP,AR |
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| internal energy | TC |
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| entropy | LF |
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| adiabatic ideal gas | WC |
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| Carnot Cycle and heat engines | LR |
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September 25 |
5.5 minute
presentations 05 |
Electrostatics |
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| ALL: 5. Formal Progress | Submission: Update 01 | ALL | ||
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Coulomb's law | LF |
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| Electric dipole | JP |
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| Gauss's
Law |
TC |
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| Electrostatic field |
JH |
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| Electrostatic Potential | AR,WC |
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| Capacitance and energy density | HE |
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| Resistance and current | LR |
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October 02 |
5.5 minute
presentations 06 |
Magnetism |
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ALL: 6. Formal Progress |
Submission: Update 02 | ALL | ||
| Ampere's law | LF |
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| TEM waves |
HE |
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| Solenoid | TC |
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| magnetization | WC,AR |
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| Inductance and energy density | JP,LR |
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| Displacement current | JH |
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October 09 |
5.5 minute
presentations 07 |
Optics |
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ALL: 7. Formal Progress |
Submission: Update 03 | ALL | ||
| Snell's Law | WC |
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| images formed with thin lenses | LF,AR |
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| images formed with spherical mirrors | JP |
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| dispersion and prisms | HE |
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| polarization and Brewster's angle | JH,LR |
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| interference of light waves | TC |
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| October 15 -
October 16 |
Fall Break |
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| October
23 |
5.5 minute presentations 08 | Misc.
Physics Topics I (Student Selected) |
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| ALL: 8. Formal Progress | Submission: Update 04 | ALL | ||
| AR,LR,JH |
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| HE,JP,LF |
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| JP,TC |
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| October
30 |
5.5 minute
presentations 09 |
Misc. Physics Topics II (Student Selected) |
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| ALL: 9. Formal Progress | Submission: Update 05 | ALL |
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| TC,HE,JH |
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| JP,LF,WC |
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| AR,LR |
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| November
06 |
5.5 minute
presentations 10 |
Misc.
Physics Topics III (Student Selected) |
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| ALL: Rough Draft Due | Submission: Rough Draft Due | ALL |
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| LR,AR,JP |
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| WC,HE,TC |
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| LF,JH |
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| November 13 |
20 minute presentations 2 ALL: Formal Presentation Due |
2 student presentations Submission: Formal Presentation Possible makeups |
ALL WC,LF |
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| November 20 |
20 minute presentations 3 | 2 student presentations Possible makeups |
JH,JP |
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| November 27 |
20 minute
presentation 4 |
2 student
presentations Possible makeups |
TC,LR |
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| December 04 |
20 minute presentation 4 | 2 student
presentations Possible makeups |
HE,AR |
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