This is the organizational page for the Physics Introductory Labs portion of PHY 122 for Spring 2018.

Instructors	Director of UG Laboratory	Teaching Assistants
R. Lefferts	B. Nielsen	Aaron Dunbrack    Aaron.Dunbrack@stonybrook.edu Alfonso Lanuza    Alfonso.Lanuza@stonybrook.edu Sahand Seifnashri    Sahand.Seifnashri@stonybrook.edu Charuhas Shiveshwarkar    Charuhas-Waman.Shiveshwarkar@stonybrook.edu Siddharth Vadnerkar    Siddharth.Vadnerkar@stonybrook.edu Julio Virrueta    julio.virrueta@stonybrook.edu Di Wang    di.wang.2@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 1 hr 50 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 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:

Title sheet

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

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

Procedure                   [20 pts]

Describe briefly what you have done during the session

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

Analysis/Discussion  [40 pts]

Graphs, calculations, uncertainty estimates

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 the deadline will not be considered and receive zero points for the 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 part of you mothercourse's grade weighted at ~20%. This grade will be included in the grade of the mother-course and you receive a combined grade for PHY122 and PHY124 which will be the same for both courses.

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 teaching assistant for a make-up session.
If you are absent for a non-excusable reason your lab grade for that particular experiment will be Zero (0) points!

The first lab sessions will take place in the week starting from Monday, January 22, 2018.

For grading policy and methods please see above.

The sequence of Labs in PHY 122 is the following:

Lab 0: January 22 - January 26 Introduction to the laboratory and Uncertainty, Error & Graphs.

Lab 1: January 29 - February 02 The Oscilloscope

Lab 2: February 05 - February 09 The Electric Field

Lab 3: February 12 - February 16 DC Circuits

February 19 - February 23: Make-up Lab Week for Labs 1 - 3. No lab classes.

Lab 4: February 26 - March 02 Magnetic Force 1

Lab 5: March 05 - March 09 Magnetic Field/Induction

March 12 - March 16: SPRING BREAK. No lab classes.

Lab 6: March 19 - March 23 AC circuits

March 26 - March 30: Make-up Lab Week for Labs 4 - 6. No lab classes.

Lab 7: April 02 - 06 Charge-to-Mass Ratio (e/m) of the Electron        (Working April '18) Link to Worksheet

Lab 8: April 09 - April 13 Optics

Lab 9: April 16 - April 20 Interference and Diffraction

Lab 10: April 23 - April 27 Atomic Spectra

April 30 - May 4: Make-up Lab WEEK for Labs 7 - 10.

LABORATORY SCHEDULE & TEACHING ASSISTANTS:

Updated February 2018

Section	When	Where	Teaching Assistant
PHY122 L01	Mo 12:00pm - 1:50pm	A-120	Julio Virrueta
PHY122 L02	Mo 12:00pm - 1:50pm	A-118	Siddharth Vadnerkar
PHY122 L03	Mo 2:00pm-3:50pm	A-120	Aaron Dunbrack
PHY122 L04	Mo 2:00pm-3:50pm	A-118	Alfonso Lanuza
PHY122 L05	Mo 4:00pm - 5:50pm	A-120	Closed
PHY122 L06	Mo 4:00pm-5:50pm	A-118	Lefferts
PHY122 L07	Th 3:00pm - 4:50pm	A-120	Di Wang
PHY122 L08	Th 3:00pm - 4:50pm	A-118	Sahand Seifnashri
PHY122 L09	Tu 1:00pm - 2:50pm	A-120	Di Wang
PHY122 L10	Tu 1:00pm - 2:50pm	A-118	Charuhas Shiveshwarkar
PHY122 L11	We 2:30pm - 4:20pm	A-120	Aaron Dunbrack
PHY122 L12	We 2:30pm - 4:20pm	A-118	Siddharth Vadnerkar
PHY122 L13	We 4:30pm - 6:20pm	A-120	Alfonso Lanuza
PHY122 L14	We 4:30pm - 6:20pm	A-118	Closed
PHY122 L15	Th 1:00pm - 2:50pm	A-120	Charuhas Shiveshwarkar
PHY122 L16	Th 1:00pm - 2:50pm	A-118	Sahand Seifnashri

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