Lab Information
Lab Practicum Info and Materials
The second Practicum will be during regular lab section hours the week of 28 April to 1 May.Open Lab Information
The Open Lab period will run 9:00am to 5:00pm from April 21st to April 24th. You may attend any hours, even those that are not your usual lab section time. As regular labs do not meet that week, this is a chance for you to make up any missed lab(s) with the assistance of TAs. This is also a chance to study lab material before the second practicum, which will take place 28 April to 1 May. All the labs from this semester will be set up and available for you to study from. You may attend open lab whenever your regular lab period would have met, or any other times between 9:00am and 5:00pm.This will be your only opportunity to complete missed labs. Any lab left incomplete after the Open Lab period is finished will be given a 0.
General Lab Handouts
These are printable PDF documents.- Schedule of Labs by Week (Note: Labs start the second week of classes.)
- General Lab Information
- Core Elements of Lab Notebooks
Individual Lab Descriptions
These are printable PDF documents describing the individual lab activities we are conducting this semester.- Lab 11: DC Circuits (1/27 - 1/30)
- Lab 12: Motors and Generators (2/3 - 2/6)
- Lab 13: Charged Particles in Fields (2/10 - 2/13)
- Lab 14: Interference of Light (2/17 - 2/20)
- Lab 15: Polarization of Light (2/24 - 2/27)
- Lab 16: Refraction of Light and Lenses (3/17 - 3/20 [Group A], 3/24 - 3/27 [Group B])
- Lab 17: Wave-Particle Duality (3/17 - 3/20 [Group B], 3/24 - 3/27 [Group A])
- Lab 18: Emission Spectra (3/31 - 4/3)
- Lab 19: Numerical Determination of Energy Levels (4/7 - 4/10)
- Lab 20: Radioactive Decay (4/14 - 4/17)
Useful Reference Materials
In case you need to look up something lab-related:- Fundamental Constants and Miscellaneous Physical Data
- Appendix A: Notes on Propagation of Uncertainties and Statistics
- Appendix B: Example of a Laboratory Notebook Entry
- Appendix C: Using Excel
Lab Office Hours
- Mon, 10:00-11:00am - Deepak Iyer, Olin 251B
- Mon, 2:00-3:00pm - Bekele Gurmessa, Olin 167
- Tue, 11:00am-1:00pm - Cheslee Hibler, Olin 260
- Wed, 9:00-10:00am - Tom Solomon, Olin 188
- Thu, 11:00am-1:00pm - Cheslee Hibler, Olin 260
- Fri, 3:00-4:00pm - Abby Kopec, Olin 164
Labs and instructors by day of the week:
Monday
- Lab 60 8am Cheslee Hibler
- Lab 61 1pm Abby Kopec
- Lab 62 7pm Tom Solomon
Tuesday
- Lab 63 8am Bekele Gurmessa
- Lab 64 1pm Tom Solomon
Wednesday
- Lab 66 8am Deepak Iyer
- Lab 67 7pm Abby Kopec
Thursday
- Lab 69 8am Bekele Gurmessa
- Lab 70 1pm Deepak Iyer