Physics 390:Fall 2025

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Week Beginning


Events

Topics
(presented during week shown)
Who
presents
What




August 18 Organizational meeting Assignment of topics for next classes









August 25
10 minute presentations 01 Mechanics 1


ALL: 1. Preliminary topic
submission
All






Statics

Kinematics

motion

conservation of energy
C
conservation of momentum

uniform circular motion



Newton's laws
A




September 01
10 minute presentations 02 Mechanics II


ALL: 2. Revised Preliminary topic submission All

Torque and Equilibrium
A
Rolling Motion

gravity

non-uniform circular motion

simple harmonic oscillation
C
conservation of angular momentum

rigid body rotational motion





September 15
10 minute presentations 03 Waves


ALL: 3. Revised Preliminary topic submission All

Traveling Pulses

Standing Waves

Transverse waves on strings
C
sound

TEM waves

longitudinal waves

energy and power transmission by waves
A




September 22
10 minute presentations 04 Thermodynamics


ALL: 4. Formal Topics
submission for approval
All

calorimetry

linear expansion

ideal gas

internal energy
C
entropy
A
adiabatic ideal gas

Carnot cycle and heat engines





September 29 10 minute presentations 05 Electrostatics *


ALL: 5. Formal Topic Progress
submission: FP Update 01
All

Coulomb's Law

Electric Dipole

Gauss's Law
A
Electrostatic Field

Electrostatic Potential

Capacitance and Energy Density

Resistance and Current
C




October 06

Hurkle-Durkle Day October 10





October 13
10 minute presentations 06 Magnetism *


ALL: 6. Formal Topic Progress submission: FP Update 02 All

Ampere's Law
C
TEM waves

Solenoid

magnetization

Inductance and Energy Density
A
Displacement Current





October 20
10 minute presentations 07 Optics *

ALL: 7. Formal Topic Progress submission: FP Update 03 All


Snell's law
C










Images formed with thin lenses

Images formed with spherical mirrors

dispersion and prisms

Polarization and Brewster's angle
A
Interference of light waves





October 27 10 minute presentations 08 Miscellaneous Physics Topics I
(student selected)



submission: FP Update 04 All



CA
November 03
10 minute presentations 09
Miscellaneous Physics Topics II
(student selected)



submission: FP Update 05 All



AC
November 10
10 minute presentations 10
Miscellaneous Physics Topics III
(student selected)



submission: FP Rough Draft Due
All



AC
November 17 30 minute presentation
1 student presentation
C


submission: ALL FP Due All




December 01
30 minute presentation 1 student presentation A




December 08
meet if needed
Makeups