Physics and the world around us

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http://www.zmescience.com/science/physics/
http://www.innovarauco.cl/2012/04/30/el-plywood-de-la-nanotecnologia/ hottest-temperature-quark-gluon-plasma-
 Who am I, where to find me, etc…
Name: Kostadinka (Dida) Bizheva

Office: PHY 247

Phone: x 37517 (office)
E-mail: kbizheva@uwaterloo.ca
Office hours: e-mail to schedule appointment

Help sessions: Saturdays, PHY 235, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon

The help sessions will begin on October 7 th, 2017

What do I do at the University of Waterloo in addition to teaching:

I develop new optical instruments and techniques for early diagnostics and / or
treatment of cancer or other diseases.
 Basic information on ECE 105
Textbook: “Physics for Scientists and Engineers”, 9th edition
Serway and Jewett

Exams: Midterm (Tuesday, October 17th, 5:30pm – 7:50pm)

Final (December, exact date and time TBD)
Lecture schedule: Posted on LEARN for each section (Division)

Assignments (P): 1 / week (On-line at EWA, not graded)

Tutorials: 1 / week (Attendance is mandatory)

Quizzes (Q): 1 / Week (During the Tutorial)

Grading: Grades will be calculated using the formulas:

Final course grade = 0% A + 10% Q + 25% ME + 50% FE + 15% Labs

Passing grade: 60% (term average) for promotion to 1B

UW LEARN: https://learn.uwaterloo.ca
 Quizzes
• Conducted during the weekly Tutorials;
• Include 1 problem similar in difficulty to those that
will be included in the exams;

• You will have 30 minutes to work alone and

provide a hand written solution to the quiz problem;

• During the following 30 minutes, you will work in

groups to solve the same problem;

• Quizzes are GRADED.

75% (individual work), 25% (group work). Quizzes
contribute 15% to the final course grade.
 Midterm and Final Exams
• Midterm test:
• Mixture of multiple choice conceptual questions and problems.
• Will cover chapters 2 to 6 inclusively.
• Will be graded by hand. Points will be given for partial solutions.
• 2.5 hours long.
• Example midterm tests will be posted on the course website ~2
weeks before the actual exam.

• Final exam:
• Mixture of multiple choice conceptual questions and problems.
• Will cover all material discussed in class.
• Will be graded by hand. Points will be given for partial solutions.
• 2.5 hours long.
• Example final exams will be posted on the course website ~2
weeks before the actual exam.
Additional organizational information
Missed exams or assignment due to illness or personal problems:

Contact Karen Dyck at the Engineering office:

karen@uwaterloo.ca
Important websites
OPD, plagiarism, etc.:

http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/current-undergraduate-students/academic-
support/course-responsibilities

Time tables, promotion rules, textbooks, important dates, etc:

http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/cpmputer-labs/software

Engineering Computing website for software on Nexus:

http://uwaterloo.ca/engineering-computing/current-undergraduate-students/
first-year
 What to bring to this class?

• Your self (preferably AWAKE)

• Your brain (ready to THINK)

• Positive attitude for learning new concepts

• Questions related to the material we study

• Paper and pen for taking notes

 How to succeed in this class?

• Attend the lectures

• Read the textbook / additional books
• Complete all assignment questions
• Practice solving conceptual questions
• Do not hesitate to ask for help – discuss
problems with your peers, the help desk, the
tutorial TAs and with me.
• Do the quizzes and exams yourself
Refer to policy 71: http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infoucal/UW/policy_71.html
 Problem solving strategy
• Read the question
(Make sure you understand the question and identify what
information relevant to the problem is available / not available)
• Draw a diagram
(Free body diagram = all the forces on each object in the problem)
• Define a coordinate system
(Define positive and negative directions)
• Strategy
(Spend enough time to choose and visualize a way of solving the problem)
• Physics laws
(Write down only the mathematical formulas describing the physics laws
relevant to the problem to be solved)
• Employ mathematical skills to write the solution
(Write down a full parametric solution and substitute numbers at the end)
• Assess the solution
(Consider if your answer and solution make sense, check units)
Life during and after the ECE 105 course

What you plan to

learn in school

What you have to

do in reality

deal with
"It's how you
termines
failure that de
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how you achie
success."
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- Charlotte Wh