1st day Hand out-Applied Physics

Course Code: PHY-101

Credits: 2+1

Contact Hrs: 3+3

Pre Requisites: Physics at Higher secondary School level

Instructor: Asst Prof Engr Maj Fazal Ahmed (Retd)

Office: 212, 1st Floor Shua ul Qamar Block Dept of EE

Mission:

Equip UG students with the basic knowledge/principles of physics to facilitate

comprehension of other engineering subjects.

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

At the end of the course students should be able to:

CLO-1: Understand and apply the basics of electrostatics to computing forces

on various types of charges in different scenarios.
CLO-2: Understand Potential, apply the basics of electromagnetism/ force on
current carrying conductors, storage of Charge, Capacitance.
CLO-3: Demonstrate fundamental concepts of semiconductor and behavior of
simple semiconductor devices.
Text Books: University Physics by Sears, Zemansky (4 th edition)
Physics by Halliday, Resnick & Krane (5 th edition)
Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Serway Jewett (6 th edition)
Course Contents:

Sr Week Contents CLO Corresponding

PLO
1. Week 1, 2 Electric charge & Electric Field, Discrete & CLO 1, 1, 2
Continuous charges, Coulomb’s Law & C2, P3
electrical force, Applications related problem
solving from the exercise.
2. Week 3, 4 Electric field due to discrete & continuous CLO 1 1, 2
charge distributions, Derivation of electric C2
field due to: Electric Dipole, Ring of Charge,
Disk of Charge, Line of Charge, Applications
& related problem solving
3. Week 5, 6 Concept of electric flux & vector field, Gauss’s CLO 2, 1, 2
Law and Electric Flux (Maxwell’s Equation),
C2, P3
Derivation of Coulomb’s Law from Gauss’s
Law, Applications & related problem solving
4. Week 7, 8 Work done and electric potential energy, CLO 2 1, 2
Electric Potential and Equipotential Surfaces, C2, P3
Derivation of electric potential in uniform &
non uniform electric fields, Applications &
related problem solving
C2 Week 9, 10 Capacitor & capacitance – basic concept & CLO 2 1, 2
, purpose, Derivation of capacitance for:

P3 a. Parallel plates capacitor

5. b. Spherical plates capacitor

c. Spherical cylindrical plates capacitor

Derivation of electrical energy & energy

density, Capacitance & dielectric,
Applications & related problem solving
6. Week 11, 12 Magnetic field its field lines ,Derivation of CLO-2 1, 2
magnetic force on: Hall effect and Hall
voltage- Basic concept & derivation,
Applications & related problem solving
7. Week 13, 14 Biot and Savart’s Law, Ampere’s Law, CLO- 2 1, 2
Second Maxwell’s equation, Applications,
Related problem solving
8. Week 15, 16 Energy Band Theory – Conductor, insulator & CLO 3 1, 2
semiconductor,
Current, current density, resistance &
resistivity
Superconductors (as an optional)
P & N type material, Doped semiconductors,
The PN junction, Current – voltage graph
(non Ohmic materials), Diode & Transistor –
basic construction/uses
Grading Policy
Theory Practical Work
Quizzes - 10 % Daily work and attendance - 10%

Assignments - 10% Lab Projs - 15 %

OHT – 1 - 15% Lab Reports - 15 %

OHT – 2 - 15% Lab Quiz - 20 %

Final Exam - 50% Final Exam - 40 %

Outcome Based Education System - OBE (Washington Accord, CLOs, PLOs)

Grade Point Average (GPA), Sem GPA, CGPA

Contact Hour, Credit Hour

Engineering studies basic differences

Electrical Engineering and Telecomm Engineering

Class Ethics
Punctuality

Discipline

Mobile

Class attendance and attention

Interactive sessions

Assignments submission and conduct of Class Quiz, missing quiz/assignment

Answering a question/ asking a question, attempting question papers