This is the organizational page for the Physics Introductory Labs PHY 134 for Fall 2017.

Instructors	Director of UG Laboratory	Teaching Assistants
R. Lefferts	B. Nielsen	Guodong Cui    guodong cui@stonybrook.edu Youngshin Kim    youngshin.kim.1@stonybrook.edu Sahand Seifnashri    sahand.seifnashri@stonybrook.edu

The scope of the introductory labs is to give an understanding of basic experimental methods applied in physical sciences. The experiments performed during the lab sessions are closely related to the topics covered in the lecture.

You will perform each week an experiment as indicated in the Calendar section. You have 2 hr 20 min time to perform each experiment. Each experiment will come with a manual that you can access from this webpage.
Your perfomance in the lab session will be evaluated by your teaching assistant. The evaluation is based on the introduction of your lab report that you have to write up and submit to your TA at the beginning of the session and your performance during the experiment that includes a final written report that will be submitted in the week following the lab experiment. Please refer also to Lab Reports.

Your performance/report will count 100%, of which the introduction is worth up to 10%, toward your grade on the particular lab experiment.
Your final grade will be an average from your single lab grades scaled by a factor that will be determined at the end of the semester. This final grade will be a letter grade ranging from A to F.

Your lab report should give the reader a chance to get a picture of the experiment and what you have done without having the lab manual in their hand. You should not copy excerpts from the manual or only refer to passages in the lab manual. The lab report has to have the following format:

1. Title sheet

Name, lab-section, TA name, partner name(s), name of experiment, date

2. Introduction                [10 pts]

In your own words: briefly describe the experiment, DO NOT copy the lab manual

Describe how to perform the experiment with a short sketch and text

3. Procedure                   [20 pts]

Describe briefly what you have done during the session

4. Data sheet                   [20 pts]

Include data taken which has been analyzed, clear and neat

Have your TA signed your data sheet before you leave the lab

5. Analysis/Discussion  [40 pts]

Graphs, calculations, uncertainty estimates

6. Conclusion                  [10 pts]

Brief summary of results: physics implied by the data

Any caveats or comments

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     Σ                    [100 pts]
IMPORTANT: You have to submit your first lab report 48 hours after your lab experiment finished. Please refer to your Teaching Assistant for details. For and after your second experiment you have to submit your lab report the latest at the beginning of the next lab session following the experiment performed.

Penalties for late submission
Any lab report submitted after that deadline will not be considered and receive zero points for the lab experiment.
Please refer also to Lab Reports.

You are required to perform each lab experiment by yourself, mostly together with a lab partner.
If you need to be absent for a lab experiment you will have to provide written documentation for a significant reason to be absent, e.g., a medical note from your doctor, a written document about jury duty, and similar. You will then have the opportunity to make up the lab experiment in the dedicated make-up week. You have to arrange with your TA that make-up session.
If you are absent for a non-excusable reason your lab grade for that particular experiment will be Zero (0) points!

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Here is the schedule of labs for the semester (last edit October 27, 2017).

The first lab sessions will take place in the week starting from Monday, August 28.

Lab 0: August 28 - September 01 Introduction to the laboratory and Uncertainty, Error & Graphs

September 04 - 08 LABOR DAY (Monday). No lab classes.

Lab 1: September 11 - September 15 Electric Field Plotting

Lab 2: September 18 - September 22 The Oscilloscope

Lab 3: September 25 - September 29 Capacitors

Lab 4: October 02 - October 06 Ohm's Law

October 09 - 13: Make-up Lab Week for Labs 1 - 4. No lab classes.

Lab 5: October 16 - October 20 Magnetic Force 1

Lab 6: October 23 - October 27 e/m of the Electron

Lab 7: October 30 - November 03 LRC Circuits

November 06 - 10: Make-up Lab Week for Labs 5 - 7. No lab classes.

Lab 8: November 13 - November 17 Resonance

November 20 - 24: THANKSGIVING BREAK: No lab classes.

Lab 9: November 27 - December 01 Optics

Lab 10: December 04 - December 08 Interference

December 08: Make-up Lab DAY for Labs 8 - 10.

LABORATORY SCHEDULE & TEACHING ASSISTANTS:

Updated August 07, 2017

Section	When	Where	Teaching Assistant
PHY134 L01	Mo 12:00pm - 2:20pm	A-130	TBA
PHY134 L02	Mo 2:30pm-4:50pm	A-130	TBA
PHY134 L03	Mo 5:00pm - 7:20pm	A-130	TBA
PHY134 L04	Tu 12:00pm-2:20pm	A-130	TBA
PHY134 L06	We 2:30pm-4:50pm	A-130	TBA
PHY134 L08	Th 2:30pm-4:50pm	A-130	TBA

Please report any problem to either your corresponding lab instructor or Mr. Lefferts.