PHYS 524 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

Week	Date	Topic	Homework
1	Tuesday 8/22/2023	1a. Arduino C++ programming environment	Week 1 HW due Tuesday 8/29 in class
1	Thursday 8/24/2023	1a. Arduino C++ programming environment	Week 1 HW due Tuesday 8/29 in class
2	Tuesday 8/29/2023	1b. Anaconda Scientific Python	Week 2 HW due Tuesday 9/5 at 10am
2	Thursday 8/31/2023	1b. Anaconda Scientific Python	Week 2 HW due Tuesday 9/5 at 10am
3	Tuesday 9/5/2023	1c. EAGLE schematic capture and printed circuit board layout facility	Week 3 HW due Tuesday 9/12 at 10am
3	Thursday 9/7/2023		Week 3 HW due Tuesday 9/12 at 10am
4	Tuesday 9/12/2023	2. I2C, SPI, UART serial	Week 4 HW due Tuesday 9/19 at 10am
4	Thursday 9/14/2023	2. I2C, SPI, UART serial	Week 4 HW due Tuesday 9/19 at 10am
5	Tuesday 9/19/2023	3a. Motion: acceleration, rotation, orientation	Week 5 HW due Tuesday 9/26 at 10am
5	Thursday 9/21/2023	3b. Proximity and location	Week 5 HW due Tuesday 9/26 at 10am
6	Tuesday 9/26/2023	3c. Thermometry	Week 6 HW due Tuesday 10/3 at 10am
6	Thursday 9/28/2023	3d. Voltage	Week 6 HW due Tuesday 10/3 at 10am
7	Tuesday 10/3/2023	3e. Gas and atmospheric properties: alcohol, methane, humidity, barometric pressure, volatile organics, airborne particulates Lab Activities	Week 7 HW (Revised) due Tuesday 10/10 at 10am
7	Thursday 10/5/2023	4a. 3D structure modeling: TinkerCad, Cura	Week 7 HW (Revised) due Tuesday 10/10 at 10am
8	Tuesday 10/10/2023	3g. Sound and acoustics Lab Activities	Week 8 HW
8	Thursday 10/12/2023	3g. Sound and acoustics Lab Activities	Week 8 HW
9	Tuesday 10/17/2023	4b. . Soldering and PCB assembly	Week 9 HW
9	Thursday 10/19/2023	3f. IR, visible, and UV illumination Lab Activities	Week 9 HW
10	Tuesday 10/24/2023	5.1 Cooling and thermal management 1 powerpoint, pdf	Week 10 HW
10	Thursday 10/26/2023	5.2 Cooling and thermal management 2 powerpoint, pdf	Week 10 HW
11	Tuesday 10/31/2023	5.3 Cooling and thermal management 3 powerpoint, pdf Lab Activities: Latent heat of melting of ice, Latent heat of evaporation of water	Week 11 HW
11	Thursday 11/2/2023	5.4 Cooling and thermal management 4 powerpoint, pdf	Week 11 HW
12	Tuesday 11/7/2023	6a. Modeling: Static structures and finite element analysis Annotated lecture notes	Week 12 HW
12	Thursday 11/9/2023 (at EWS computer lab at Engineering Hall 406B1)	Abaqus tutorials: 2D Plane Stress 3D Elasticity 2d geom.cae	Week 12 HW
13	Tuesday 11/14/2023 (at EWS computer lab at Engineering Hall 406B1)	6b. Modeling: Vibration analysis Annotated lecture notes Abaqus tutorial: Modal Analysis	No HW
13	Thursday 11/16/2023	6c. Monte Carlo Techniques Determination of π using MC integration [piCalculation_v2.py] Using a CDF to improve MC efficiency [comptonSpectrum_v2.py] Vegas MC simulation of 2-d γγ lumi distribution [vegasCompton_v2.py]	No HW
14	Tuesday 11/28/2023		Week 14 HW
14	Thursday 11/30/2023	7. In the Land of Broken Toys	Week 14 HW
15	Tuesday 12/5/2023	7. In the Land of Broken Toys	No HW
15	Thursday 12/7/2023	Reading Day	No HW
16	Friday 12/15/2023	Final exam, 08:00am - 11:00am, Loomis 262