Topics include electric and magnetic fields, Gauss's law, electric potential, circuits, Ampere's law, Faraday's law, and Maxwell's equations. Three lecture-recitations per week. Thermodynamics NS LA Topics include laws of thermodynamics with applications, thermodynamic functions and potentials, kinetic theory, real and idealized systems, and intermolecular processes. This course builds on 315-22600 to provide a general introduction to digital electronics. An advanced laboratory course in which students are expected to conduct four or five investigations in areas such as mechanics, optics, thermodynamics, and electricity and magnetism.
Emphasis is on the development of good laboratory technique and data-taking procedures.
Students work independently and are expected to become familiar with modern developments in instrumentation, formal report writing, and the statistical basis for data analysis. Quantum Mechanics NS LA Emphasis is on understanding the nature of quantum theory and how it differs from classical ideas. Emphasis is on the circuits, devices, and techniques necessary to interface data acquisition systems to digital computers. Topics include transducers, signal conditioning, the fundamentals of design, regulation and control, and the use of very large scale integrated circuits. Emphasis is on independent work.