| Class |
Class number |
Reading Assignments
(online
with commentary in MP; due 10 PM prev eve.) |
Assignments
(Due
at beginning
of lecture) |
Content |
Lab |
Recitation |
| Week 1 |
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| 1/23 |
1 |
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Introduction
to the
class |
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| 1/25 |
2 |
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Review of Physics 131 |
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| Week 2 |
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Pre Lab --Set up ImageJ if needed)
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Kinesin |
| 1/28 |
3 |
R130128
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Energy and Enthalpy |
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| 1/30 |
4 |
R130130
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Entropy |
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| 2/1 |
5 |
R130201 |
HW 1, 1MP |
The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics |
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| Week 3 |
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Lab 0 --Dynamics of Living Systems
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Oil and water |
| 2/4 |
6 |
R130204
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Free Energy |
Quiz 1 |
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| 2/6 |
7 |
R130206
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Distinguishing free energy, energy, and enthalpy |
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| 2/8 |
8 |
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HW 2, 2MP |
Free Energy examples
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| Week 4 |
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Lab 1 -- Microfluidics
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Bilayer self assembly |
| 2/11 |
9 |
R130211
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The Boltzmann Distribution |
Quiz 2 |
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| 2/13 |
10 |
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The Boltzmann Distribution
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| 2/15 |
11 |
R130215
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HW 3, 3MP |
Recap: Electric
charge, force, and energy
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| Week 5 |
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Lab 2-- Microfluidics
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Distinguishing energy
and free energy
|
| 2/18 |
12 |
R130218
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Fields: Examples
and some simple models |
Quiz 3 |
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| 2/20 |
13 |
R130220
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Electrostatic potential |
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| 2/22 |
14 |
R130222 |
HW 4, 4MP |
Simple models |
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| Week 6 |
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Lab 3 -- Charges in Fluids
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Molecular forces
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| 2/25 |
15 |
R130225 |
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Examples |
Quiz 4 |
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| 2/27 |
16 |
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Examples |
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| 3/1 |
17 |
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MIDTERM EXAM 1 |
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| Week 7 |
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Lab 4-- Charges in Fluids
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Debye screening
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| 3/4 |
18 |
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Go over Exam I |
Quiz 5 |
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| 3/6 |
19 |
R130306
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Capacitance |
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| 3/8 |
20 |
R130308
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HW 5, 5MP |
Electrostatics
in fluids: dielectric constant
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| Week 8 |
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Lab 5 -- Electrical Signals
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Electric circuits
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| 3/11 |
21 |
R130311
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Moving charge: current |
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| 3/13 |
22 |
R130313
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Kirchoff's principles |
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| 3/15 |
23 |
R130315
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HW 6, 6MP |
Complex examples |
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| Week 9 |
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Lab 6 -- Electrical Signals |
Nernst equation |
| 3/25 |
24 |
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Entropic forces:
the Nernst equation |
Quiz 6 |
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| 3/27 |
25 |
R130327
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Harmonic oscillation |
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| 3/29 |
26 |
R130329 |
HW 7, 7MP |
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| Week 10 |
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Lab 7 -- Geometric Optics
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Ray model |
| 4/1 |
27 |
R130401
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Damped and driven
oscillator, resonance |
Quiz 7 |
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| 4/3 |
28 |
R130403
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Wave pulses |
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| 4/5 |
29 |
R130405
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HW 8, 8MP |
Wave speed |
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| Week 11 |
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Lab 8 -- Geometric Optics
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Lenses |
| 4/8 |
30 |
R130408
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Superposition |
Quiz 8 |
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| 4/10 |
31 |
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Sinusoidal waves |
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| 4/12 |
32 |
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MIDTERM EXAM 2 |
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| Week 12 |
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Lab 9 -- Advanced Optics
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Spectroscopy
|
| 4/15 |
33 |
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Go over exam 2 |
Quiz 9 |
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| 4/17 |
34 |
R130417
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Standing waves |
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| 4/19 |
35 |
R130419
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HW 9, 9MP |
Three
models of light |
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| Week 13 |
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Lab 10 -- Advanced Optics |
Wave model
|
| 4/22 |
36 |
R130422
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The ray model |
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| 4/24 |
37 |
R130424
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Mirrors and Lenses |
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| 4/26 |
38 |
R130426
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HW 10, 10MP |
The wave model |
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| Week 14 |
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Makeup lab |
Interference |
| 4/29 |
39 |
R130429
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Interference |
Quiz 10 |
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| 5/1 |
40 |
R130501
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Diffraction and diffraction
grating |
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| 5/3 |
41 |
R130503
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HW 11, 11MP |
Quantization of atomic
oscillation |
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| Week 15 |
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TBD |
Surveys |
| 5/6 |
42 |
R130506
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Photons and light energy |
Quiz 11 |
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| 5/8 |
43 |
R130508
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Guest lecture: Light
in Biological Systems (Prof. Carleton) |
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| Finals week |
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5/14 (Losert)
5/17
(Redish) |
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| FINAL
EXAM
(8:00-12:00) |
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Course Schedule 