I Principles of electronics and electronic instrumentation. Recommended for students with little or no prior experience in electronics. PHY 502 three credits Graduate Laboratory II Continuation of PHY 501. Introduction to experimentation in physics. Recommended for students with little prior experience in conducting experiments, especially those who wish to enter into experimental research projects.
Emphasis is on advanced topics and methods of data analysis.
The subject matter varies according tho the interests of the instructor and the students. This course considers tensor analysis, motion relative to a point, Bousinessq approximation, vorticity dynamics in geophysical fluid flows and the physical processes pertaining to oceanic boundary layers, surface gravity waves, and oceanic turbulence. Also discussed is surface energy exchange at the ocean-atmosphere interface. The course covers physical concepts such as realistic projectile motion, planetary systems, nonlinear dynamics, chaos and fractals, and electromagnetic and quantum systems. The course exposes students to numerical algorithms and methods such as solutions to optimization, quadrature, fast Fourier transform, and boundry value problems, and gives hands-on experience in programming and computer simulations.