PHY 2060
Announcements — Fall 2006
The announcements below are listed in reverse chronological order.
| Dec 14 | Course grades have been submitted to the Registrar. You should shortly be able to obtain your grade through ISIS. You can also find out your grade by coming to NPB 2162 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday, December 15. (To maintain confidentiality of student records, grades will not be disclosed by telephone or e-mail.) |
| Dec 14 | The final has been graded and will be available for pick-up from NPB 2162 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday, December 15. (Exams may also be picked up next week or after the winter break.) |
| Dec 6 | Office hours: Kevin Ingersent will be available Friday and Monday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., and Tuesday 9:00 a.m.–noon. (There will be no office hour on Thursday, contrary to the announcement made in class on Tuesday.) |
| Dec 5 | There will be a review session on Thursday, starting at 9:30 a.m. in BPB 1002. Please be prepared with topics you would like help on or problems you would like to go over. |
| Dec 5 | The final exam will take place in NPB 1002 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 12. See this announcement for more details, and this list of topics covered in the course. |
| Nov 30 | Homework 12 is now open. It is due at noon on Monday, December 11. |
| Nov 28 | Information about the final exam will be presented in class on Tuesday, December 5. You will be provided with a list of your scores on Homeworks 1–11 and Exams 1–3, which you would be well-advised to check against your own records. To provide light relief ahead of finals, Kevin Ingersent will have a cinder block crushed on his chest with a sledge hammer, while sandwiched between two beds of nails. |
| Nov 25 | Homework 11 is now open. It is due at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 30. |
| Nov 7 | Exam 3 will take place in NPB 1002 from 8:30 to 10:25 a.m. on Thursday, November 16. See this announcement for more details. |
| Nov 7 | Homework 10 is now open. It is due at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14. |
| Oct 31 | Homework 9 is now open. It is due at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7. |
| Oct 19 | Homework 8 is now open. It is due at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 31. |
| Oct 19 | Kevin Ingersent will be out of town October 23–27. His office hours are canceled for the week. Class will be taught by David Tanner (Tuesday) and Prof. John Yelton (Thursday). |
| Oct 17 | Kevin Ingersent will hold extended office hours: 10:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17; and 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 18. |
| Oct 10 | Exam 2 will take place in NPB 1002 from 8:30 to 10:25 a.m. on Thursday, October 19. See this announcement for more details. |
| Oct 10 | Posted lecture notes on analysis of two-body collisions using the coefficient of restitution. |
| Oct 10 | Homework 7 is now open. It is due at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 16. |
| Oct 3 | Homework 6 is now open. It is due at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 10. |
| Sep 27 | Posted How to Succeed in PHY 2060. Note in particular the advice on exam-taking and how to approach the CAPA homework. |
| Sep 26 | Homework 5 is now open. It is due at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 2. |
| Sep 26 | Returned Exam 1 and distributed solutions. |
| Sep 15 | Homework 4, question 13 had an error in the CAPA coding. The error was fixed at 1:45 p.m. today. Any open CAPA HW 4 session should be refreshed by clicking on the "reload" button at the top of the page. |
| Sep 15 | Posted updated sample exam questions on special relativity (and their solutions). Question 2 has been replaced by a simpler problem closer to the level of difficulty you should expect on Exam 1. |
| Sep 14 | Posted lecture notes on the kinematics of circular motion and sample exam questions on special relativity. |
| Sep 13 | Exam 1 will take place in NPB 1002 from 8:30 to 10:25 a.m. on Thursday, September 21. See this announcement for more details. |
| Sep 12 | Prof. Tanner will be away from Wednesday, September 13 through Monday, September 18. During this period, his office hours will be taken by Kevin Ingersent in 2162 NPB. |
| Sep 12 | Homework 4 is now open. It is due at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 18. |
| Sep 5 | Homework 3 is now open. It is due at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 11. |
| Sep 4 | No office hours today (Labor Day). |
| Aug 29 | Homework 2 is now open. It is due at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 5. |
| Aug 24 | Homework 1 is now open. It is due at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 29. |
| Aug 24 | Distributed course syllabus. |