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 2019

There will be no labs in the first week of the semester. The labs will start on September 3, 2019.

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 would like to change to a different section you will have to contact both TAs and see if the section that you want to change to still has availability. The TA of the original section should be kept informed of this change. The change of the section will require the processing of an override form. You cannot just attend a different section. You have to officially change into another section.
  • 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 18 and November 4 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 use a zero-cost manual: Laboratory Manual for PHYS151L/170L

Text for PHYS 152L, 272L
The E&M 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 1-2: General Course Information, Review of Important Concepts from the Prerequisite Course
Chapter 3: Simple Electric Circuit with a LED

Week 2/3
Chapter 4: Electric Field Mapping
Chapter 5: Measuring Electric Deflection with a Cathode-Ray Tube

Week 4/5
Chapter 6: Operation of an Oscilloscope
Chapter 7: Ohm's and Kirchhoff's Laws

Week 6
Chapter 8: Capacitor

Week 7/8
Chapter 9: Magnetic Field Mapping
Chapter 10: Charge-to-Mass Ratio of Electrons

Week 9
Chapter 11: Inductor

Week 10/11
Chapter 12: Natural Oscillations with a RLC Circuit
Chapter 13: Driven Oscillations with a RLC Circuit

Week 12/13
Chapter 14: Snell's Law and the Lensmaker's Equation
Chapter 15: Refraction Studies with a Prism and Spectrometer

All chapters in one document

TA office hours in WAT421:


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

Teaching assistants for the different sections
PHYS-151L-001 Bobby Lyon lyon42@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-002 Ammar Bayyari abayyari@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-003 Bobby Lyon lyon42@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-004 Mahshid Bagheri mahshid@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-005 Saroj Pathak spathak@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-006 Anirvan Shukla anirvan@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-007 Sejin Nam sejinnam@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-008 Blayton Padasdao blaytonp@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-009 Sung Wan Park sungwanp@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-010 Saroj Pathak spathak@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-011 Mahshid Bagheri mahshid@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-151L-012 Dana Rampini drampini@hawaii.edu syllabus

PHYS-170L-001 Sushil Khadka skhadka@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-002 Pouya Tanouri ptanouri@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-003 Victor Casanueva victorgc@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-004 Ammar Bayyari abayyari@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-005 Stephen Hill hillsj@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-006 Sushil Khadka skhadka@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-007 Pouya Tanouri ptanouri@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-008 Sung Wan Park sungwanp@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-170L-009 Blayton Padasdao blaytonp@hawaii.edu syllabus

PHYS-152L-001 Edward Vause vause@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-002 Yeon Sang You yyou@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-003 Yeon Sang You yyou@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-004 Jacob Christy chri3448@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-005 Jesus Negrete jesusn@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-006 Conrad Zhao conradz@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-007 Jacob Christy chri3448@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-008 John Russell jwruss@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-152L-009 Omar Ramadan oramadan@hawaii.edu syllabus

PHYS-272L-001 Jesus Negrete jesusn@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-002 Edward Vause vause@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-003 Meg Foster mfoster3@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-004 Stephen Hill hillsj@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-005 Omar Ramadan oramadan@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-006 Conrad Zhao conradz@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-007 John Russell jwruss@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-008 Meg Foster mfoster3@hawaii.edu syllabus
PHYS-272L-009 Nathan Prins nprins@hawaii.edu syllabus
Philip von Doetinchem - 2019