PHY 101 Course Calendar

Fall 2006

Week 1:
Tue 29 Aug, Lecture #1: Introduction to PHY 101; Energy
No studio meetings this week
Thu 31 Aug, Lecture #2: Motion
Reading: Aubrecht Chapters 1 and 2 for background; Aubrecht 3.1

Week 2:
Tue 5 Sep, Lecture #3: Mechanical Energy, Force and Work
Studio: Motion
Thu 7 Sep, Lecture #4:  Forces and Springs
Reading: Aubrecht Ch. 3

Week 3:
Tue 12 Sep, Lecture #5: Power and Simple Harmonic Oscillators
Studio: Forces
Thu 14 Sep, Lecture #6: Electrical Phenomena
Reading:  Aubrecht Ch. 3, 4.1

Week 4:
Tue 19 Sep, Lecture #7: Electrical Circuits
Studio: Mechanical Energy
Thu 21 Sep, Lecture #8: Electrical Circuits II and Mid-term Exam #1 on Lectures 1 - 5
Reading: Aubrecht 4.2

Week 5:
Tue 26 Sep, Lecture #9: Parallel Circuits, Capacitors, and Electrical Power
Studio: Electrical Circuits
Thu 28 Sep, Lecture #10: Magnetism and Motors
Reading: Aubrecht 4.3

Week 6:
Tue 3 Oct, Lecture #11: Electrical Generators
Studio: Electric Motors
Thu 5 Oct, Lecture #12: Transformers and Electricity in Everyday Life
Reading: Aubrecht 4.4 (and scan Ch.8)

Week 7:
Tue 10 Oct, Lecture #13: Chemical Energy
Studio: Generators and Transformers
Thu 12 Oct, Lecture #14: Chemical Energy and Thermal Energy
Reading: Aubrecht Ch. 6, 7.1

Week 8:
Tue 17 Oct, Lecture #15: The 1st Law of Thermodynamics 
Studio: Electrical Energy Storage
Thu 19 Oct, Lecture #16:  Human Bioenergetics
Reading: Aubrecht Ch. 7 (and review 3.7)

Week 9:
Tue 24 Oct, No Lecture (Eid Ul-Fitr holiday) 
Studio: No studio meetings this week
Thu 26 Oct, Mid-term exam #2 on material through Lecture #15

Week 10:
Tue 31 Oct, Lecture #17: Nuclear Energy and the Sun
Studio: Exercise Physiology 
Thu 2 Nov, Lecture #18: Light Energy from the Sun
Reading:  Aubrecht Ch. 18, 21.1, 21.2

Week 11:
Tue 7 Nov, Lecture #19: Energy in the Ecosystem
Studio: Heat Balance in Leaves
Thu 9 Nov, Lecture #20: Behavior of Gases
Reading: Aubrecht 23.1, 23.2,

Week 12:
Tue 14 Nov, Lecture #21: Matter, Heat and Work
Studio: Gases
Thu 16 Nov, Lecture #22: Heat Engines
Reading: Aubrecht 7.5

Week 13:
Tue 21 Nov, Lecture #23: Efficiency of Heat Engines
No studio meetings this week
Thu 23 Nov, No lecture (Thanksgiving holiday)
Reading:

Week 14:
Tue 28 Nov, Lecture #24: The Energy Crisis
Studio: Stirling Engine
Thu 30 Nov, Lecture #25: Solar Power
Reading: most of the rest of Aubrecht

Week 15:
Tue 5 Dec, Lecture #26: Other New Energy Sources and their Risks
Studio: Review for Final Exam
Thu 7 Dec, REVIEW SESSION FOR FINAL EXAM
Reading:

Thur 14 Dec, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.: FINAL EXAM