| SPECIAL: |
Physlet Visualizations |
| Instructor: |
Carlo U. Segre |
segre [at] iit.edu |
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166a Life Sciences Building |
312.567.3498 |
| TA: |
Tim McNamee |
tmcnamee [at] iit.edu |
| Office hours: |
TBD |
| Textbooks: |
Physics for Engineers and Scientsts:
3rd Ed., Ohanian and Markert, (W.W. Norton & Co., 2007).
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Modern Physics: 5th Ed.
Tipler and Llewellyn, (W.H. Freeman & Co., 2008). |
| Schedule: |
Posted at
http://csrri.iit.edu/~segre/phys223/09F |
| Lecture: |
Tuesday and Thursday 13:50-15:05, Room 245 Engineering 1 |
| Rec/Lab: |
Friday 08:35-11:15, Rooms 121 & 265 Life Sciences |
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Laboratory Policy
Laboratory Intro.
"Article" Format
Sample "Article" |
| Objectives: |
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Understand sound wave propagation, interference and Doppler effect.
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Understand the concepts of fluid statics and dynamics.
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Understand and apply the laws of thermodynamics.
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Demonstrate competency in geometrical and physical optics
concepts and calculations.
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Master the four-vector formulation of special relativity.
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Demonstrate competence in design and execution of experiments and
the presentation of results through a laboratory "article" including
figures.
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| Material: |
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Sound waves, intensity and sound level, beats, Doppler effect, shock waves.
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Fluids, density and pressure, measuring pressure, Pascal's principle,
Archimedes' principle, fluids in motion, Bernoulli's equation.
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Temperature, heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics,
kinetic theory of gases, entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
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Mirrors, lenses and optical instruments, interference, coherence,
diffraction from slits, apertures and gratings.
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Special relativity.
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Quantization of charge, light and energy
hopefully....
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| Homework: |
Homework assignments will be made every week, due as shown on the
schedule. All homework assignments
will be collected except as announced. Homework will be due at
the beginning of the following class period prior to the
beginning of the lecture unless otherwise stated. No late
homework assignments will be accepted unless prior arrangements
are made. Norton SmartWork
(http://smartwork.wwnorton.com) will be used for the Ohanian portion
of the course.
Once you go to the SmartWork site, sign yourself up by following the
"First Time User" instructions. To do this you will need (1) a valid
email address (2) the enrollment key OHANIAN555 (it is case sensitive)
and (3) the registration code you received when you purchased your
textbook. Make sure you register for my course; this should be taken
care of automatically but just make sure you end up signed up for a
section in which Professor Segre is listed as the instructor. If you
did not get a registration code with your text, go to
http://www.wwnorton.com/students/smartwork.php. There
you can decide if you want to buy the on-line Book + Smartwork
access or Smartwork access only. (Make sure you click the link for
the right textbook.) As of Fall 2008, the price for just
Smartwork access is $15. The price for the e-book + Smartwork is
$60 and you will have access for 1 year. Once you have registered
yourself and logged on, you may work on any assignment which has been
posted. Please also note that until you click on the link in the
upper right that says "Fully enroll now!" and enter your registration
code, you are temporary. You must do this or your access to Smartwork
will disappear after two weeks! While there, I also highly recommend
you read the documentation (click on the "View Student help" link in
the upper right) and especially make note of how to enter scientific
notation into the homework system (click on "How IBIS works" on
the left-hand menu, then click on the "Entering Numeric Answers"
link). Finally, remember that until you "Submit" your solutions for the
homework assignments, they will not be scored.
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| Quizzes: |
Quizzes will be during the Laboratory/Recitation periods or
and occasionally during Lecture as announced. The purpose
of the quizzes are to assess the class' understanding of the topic
and to prepare you for the types of problems which will be on the
examinations. The quizzes may be on any previously covered material
or Laboratory experiment to be done that week.
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| Laboratory: |
The laboratory is an integral portion of the course. Some material
will be covered only in the laboratory and may appear on
Examinations. Lab reports must be turned in the week after
the experiment is performed. Reports turned in up to 1 week late will
be penalized %50 and any report turned in after that, will receive a
flat 10% score, no exceptions. Please take this seriously.
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| Exams: |
There will be three examinations: two midterms and one final
examination. Policies for the examinations will be set as the semester
progresses. The exams will be given during the Laboratory/Recitation
period.
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| Grading: |
The percentage weighting for each component are shown below.
The final letter grades will be awarded on a scale as shown below.
This scale may vary up or down slightly, depending on the difficulty
of the examinations and quizzes.
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| Homework |
15% |
| Quizzes |
15% |
| Laboratory |
15% |
| Midterm Exam 1 |
15% |
| Midterm Exam 2 |
15% |
| Final Exam |
25% |
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| Max % |
Grade |
Min % |
| 100 |
A |
90 |
| 89 |
B |
75 |
| 74 |
C |
60 |
| 59 |
D |
50 |
| 49 |
E |
0 |
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| Academic Honesty Policy: |
IIT has a Code of Conduct which is available at
http://www.iit.edu/~osa/Handbook/handbook.pdf (see page 31).
All students in this course are expected to follow this code.
The first violation will result in a grade of "zero" for that
assignment (exam or quiz). Subsequent violations will result
in a failing grade in the course.
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| Accomodation for Disabilities: |
Reasonable accommodations will be made for students with documented
disabilities. In order to receive accommodations, students must
obtain a letter of accommodation from the Center for Disability
Resources in Life Sciences Building, room 218, 312.567.5744 or
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