Introductory laboratory courses PHYS 151L, PHYS 152L, PHYS 170L, PHYS 272L
Physics & Astronomy Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Faculty supervisor: Philip von Doetinchem (email: philipvd@hawaii.edu)

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Fall 2018

There will be no labs in the first week of the semester. The labs will start on August 27, 2018.

Frequently asked questions:
  • You have to be enrolled concurrently with the lecture. For example, if you are planning to take the PHYS 151L lab you have to be enrolled in the PHYS 151 lecture. If you are currently waitlisted for the lecture you cannot enroll in the lab.
  • As a strict prerequisite, the corresponding lecture has to be taken concurrently or before. It is also not possible to take the mechanics and E&M labs concurrently (even if you have taken both lectures before). No exceptions will be made.
  • Not all lab sections are full. Please enroll in the available sections first before requesting to be waitlisted for another section.
  • If you did not get into the lab or if you can only make it to a specific section please go to the first lab of the section that you would like to attend. If availabilty allows the TA might be able to give you an override. This decision is within the discretion of the TA and should be seen as an exception.
  • If you cannot register for the lab and are under the assumption that you fulfill all prerequisites (e.g., this can happen when you are transferring from another school) please contact our department secretary Karen Mertz: physics@hawaii.edu.
  • If you want to withdraw from the course between September 11 and October 29 please have either your TA, our department secretrary Karen Mertz (WAT416), or the faculty supervisor Philip von Doetinchem (WAT430) sign the drop form. In any case, please also inform your TA by email that you are dropping the class.
  • If you decide to drop the lecture you also have to drop the corresponding lab course. No exceptions will be made. You can drop the lab and stay in the lecture.
Location
PHYS 151L, PHYS 170L: PSB108 and PSB110
PHYS 152L, PHYS 272L: PSB111 and PSB112

Text for PHYS 151L, 170L
The mechanics labs will use a new zero-cost manual. It will be uploaded to this website while the semester progresses. Please check back regularly:

Week 1
Chapter 1: General Course Information
Chapter 2: Dimensional Analysis and Linearization

Week 2
Chapter 3: Introduction to Vectors
Chapter 4: Introduction to Error Calculation

Week 3
Chapter 5: The Mathematics for Handling Errors
Chapter 6: Vector Addition with a Force Table

Week 4
Chapter 7: The Normal Distribution with Darts

Week 5/6
Chapter 8: Gravitational Acceleration with a Pendulum
Chapter 9: Gravitational Acceleration on an Inclined Plane [click here for the website with the data]

Week 7/8
Chapter 10: Conservation of Energy with a Pendulum
Chapter 11: Conservation of Energy and Momentum in a Collision

Week 9/10
Chapter 12: Natural Oscillations with a Spring
Chapter 13: Moment of Inertia of a Wheel

Week 11/12/13
Chapter 14: Bulk Modulus of Air
Chapter 15: Driven Oscillations
Chapter 16: Fluid Drag [click here for the SciDAVis file with the data for the comparison]

Appendix

All chapters in one document

Text for PHYS 152L, 272L
Harris, General Physics Laboratory II: Electricity and Magnetism Optics: Physics 152L and 272L, 2nd Ed.: buy online

TA office hours in WAT421:


Graphing software
Free Analysis tool: SciDAVis (Windows, Mac, Linux)
For Macs please make sure to download the pkg file from here

Teaching assistants for the different sections
PHYS-151L-001 Elan Stopnitzky elanstop@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-002 Pouya Tanouri ptanouri@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-003 Elan Stopnitzky elanstop@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-004 Dana Rampini drampini@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-005 Brian Crow crowbc@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-006 Lelemia Irvine joshuair@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-007 Anirvan Shukla anirvan@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-008 Sam Mukai mukais@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-009 Vanshree Bhalotia vanshree@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-010 Dana Rampini drampini@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-011 Brian Crow crowbc@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-012 Vanshree Bhalotia vanshree@hawaii.edu syllabus

PHYS-170L-001 Andrew Meyer andrewm9@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-002 Victor Casanueva victorgc@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-003 Stephen Hill hillsj@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-004 Brett Schuessler brettsch@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-005 Pouya Tanouri ptanouri@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-006 Lelemia Irvine joshuair@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-007 Victor Casanueva victorgc@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-008 Brett Schuessler brettsch@hawaii.edu syllabus

PHYS-152L-001 Jack Borunsinski mjb22@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-002 Cory Gerrity cgerrity@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-003 Richie Chio rchio@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-004 Omar Ramadan oramadan@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-005 Jack Runburg runburg@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-006 Cory Gerrity cgerrity@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-007 Omar Ramadan oramadan@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-008 Siqi Wang siqiwang@hawaii.edu syllabus

PHYS-272L-001 Edward Vause vause@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-002 Mahmudul Islam shekh@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-003 Nathan Prins nprins@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-004 Edward Vause vause@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-005 Jack Borunsinski mjb22@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-006 Richie Chio rchio@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-007 Mahmudul Islam shekh@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-008 Nathan Prins nprins@hawaii.edu syllabus
Philip von Doetinchem - 2018