Phys245 Spring 2007
Instructor: Edmund Nowak / nowak@udel.edu / 228 Sharp Lab / 831-2676
Office hours: T: 9:30 - 11:30am, F: 1:30 - 3:30pm, and by appointment

DSC TA:
Dansha Jiang / dsjiang@udel.edu / 012B Sharp Lab / 831-3254
Office hours: T: 6:00 - 7:00pm and Thursdays: 4:00 - 5:00pm in room 225 Sharp Lab (Commons Room)

Additional Assistance is available through:
Rizwan Khalid / rizwan@udel.edu / 012B Sharp Lab / 831-3254
    Office hours: M and T: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Wenhong Shu / wshu@udel.edu / 128 Sharp Lab / 831-4264
    Office hours: T: 5:30 - 6:30pm, Thursday: 1:00 - 2:00pm

Lab TA: Xing Cheng / cx@udel.edu / 128 Sharp Lab / 831-4264

Syllabus
Midterm exams take place on Fridays March 16 and April 27 during the lecture period.
Exam1 coversheet

Assignments
    Assignment 1: in Mastering Physics - Due: Wednesday May16th, 12:01am
    Read Chapter 25 in Knight textbook
    Assignment 2: in Mastering Physics - Due: Sunday February 25, 11:59pm
    Week of February 19: Read Chapter 26 in the Knight textbook
                  Assignment 3 in Mastering Physics - Due: Wednesday February 28, 12:01am
                  Assignment 3 XCR: extra credit in Mastering Physics - Due: Friday March 16, 12:01am
    Week of February 26: Read Chapter 28 in the Knight textbook
                  Assignment 4 in Knight textbook Chapter 28 problems 27, 33, 37, 40, 49, and 52 - Due: Wednesday March 7 
    Week of March 5: Read Chapter 29 in the Knight textbook
                  Assignment 5 - Due: Wednesday March 14, at BEGINNING of lecture
                           Chapter 29 problems 5, 21, 29, 48, 57, 63, 67, 69
    Week of March 12: Finish Chapter 29 and review for exam
    Week of March 19: Read Chapter 30 in the Knight textbook
                  Assignment 6: Chapter 30: 21, 37, 42, 44, 56, 61, 67, 70, 74, 86 - Due: Wednesday April 4
    Week of March 26: SPRING BREAK
    Week of April 2: Read Chapter 31 in the Knight textbook
                  Assignment 7: Chapter 31: 18, 49, 53, 56, 57, 60, 62, 71 - Due: Wednesday April 11
    Week of April 9: Read Chapter 2 pages 48-64 in Rizzoni
                  Assignment 8: Knight Chapter 31: 35, 37, 73, 77 and Rizzoni Chapter 2: 72, 74, 75, 79 - Due: Wednesday April 18
    Week of April 16: Read Rizzoni: Chapter 3: sections 5 and 6; Chapter 4 sections 4.2 thru 4.5. Chapter 35 in Knight is also useful.
                  Assignment 9: Rizzoni Chapter3: 51, 53, 59, 60 and Chapter 4: 2, 3, 33, 47, 54 - Due: Wednesday April 25
    Week of April 23: No homework this week, exam 2
    Week of April 30: Read in Knight Chapter 32 Sections 1-4 and 7-9, and Chapter 35. In Rizzoni: Chapter 5 sections 1 - 4 relate to transient circuit analysis.
                  Assignment 10: Knight: Chapter 32: 45, 63, 70, 71, and 80;
                                                      Chapter 35: 36 and 37 (calculate both V_R and phase across R), 44 , and 47 - Due: Wednesday May 9
    Week of May 7: TBA
    Week of May 14: LAST WEEK OF CLASSES


Labs
    Lab report guidelines
    Week of February 12: Introduction to Electrical Measurements
    Week of February 19: Electric Force
    Week of February 26: Lights Out!
    Week of March 5: Electric Potential
    Week of March 12: NO LABS this week
    Week of March 19: Introduction to the Oscilloscope
    Week of March 26: SPRING BREAK
    Week of April 2: Introduction to "Electronic Workbench"
    Week of April 9: NO LABS this week
    Week of April 16: Digital Logic using Electronic Workbench
    Week of April 23: NO LABS this week
    Week of April 30: Faraday's Law
    Week of May 7: Magnetic Force
    Week of May 14: LAST WEEK OF CLASSES