Physics 390:Fall 2026

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Week Beginning


Events

Topics
(presented during week shown)
Who
presents
What




August 17 Organizational meeting Assignment of topics for next classes









August 24
10 minute presentations 01 Mechanics 1


ALL: 1. Preliminary topic
submission
All






Statics

Kinematics

motion

conservation of energy

conservation of momentum

uniform circular motion



Newton's laws





August 31
10 minute presentations 02 Mechanics II


ALL: 2. Revised Preliminary topic submission All

Torque and Equilibrium

Rolling Motion

gravity

non-uniform circular motion

simple harmonic oscillation

conservation of angular momentum

rigid body rotational motion

Monday September 07 Labor Day


September 07
10 minute presentations 03 Waves


ALL: 3. Revised Preliminary topic submission All

Traveling Pulses

Standing Waves

Transverse waves on strings

sound

TEM waves

longitudinal waves

energy and power transmission by waves





September 14
10 minute presentations 04 Thermodynamics


ALL: 4. Formal Topics
submission for approval
All

calorimetry

linear expansion

ideal gas

internal energy

entropy

adiabatic ideal gas

Carnot cycle and heat engines





September 21
10 minute presentations 05 Electrostatics *


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

Coulomb's Law

Electric Dipole

Gauss's Law

Electrostatic Field

Electrostatic Potential

Capacitance and Energy Density

Resistance and Current














M September 28
10 minute presentations 06 Magnetism *


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

Ampere's Law

TEM waves

Solenoid

magnetization

Inductance and Energy Density

Displacement Current

Thursday ,October 08
Friday, October 09
Hurkle-Durkle day 1 and 2


October 05
10 minute presentations 07 Optics *

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


Snell's law











Images formed with thin lenses

Images formed with spherical mirrors

dispersion and prisms

Polarization and Brewster's angle

Interference of light waves





October 12
10 minute presentations 08 Miscellaneous Physics Topics I
(student selected)



submission: FP Update 04 All
Wednesday October 21 Service Day
Service Day
October 19
10 minute presentations 09
Miscellaneous Physics Topics II
(student selected)



submission: FP Update 05 All




October 26
10 minute presentations 10
Miscellaneous Physics Topics III
(student selected)



submission: FP Rough Draft Due
All




November 02
30 minute presentation
1 student presentation



submission: ALL FP Due All




November 09
30 minute presentation 1 student presentation
November 16 meet if needed Makeups
November 25-November 29
Thanksgiving


November 30
meet if needed
Makeups