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.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, 10:00-11:00am - Cheslee Hibler, Olin 166A
- Wed, 9:00-10:00am - Tom Solomon, Olin 188
- 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