PHYS& 223: Engineering Physics III w/Lab

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following knowledge or skills:

1. Apply problem-solving techniques learned in Engineering Physics I (PHYS& 221) to electricity, magnetism, and special relativity.
2. Apply Coulomb’s law in basic one- and two-dimensional situations.
3. Calculate electric fields and electric potential for different charge configurations, up to and including certain continuous charge distributions.
4. Determine the behavior of charges in uniform electric fields.
5. Apply the concepts of electric potential energy and electric potential in the solution of problems.
6. Apply material learned in the study of electric field and electric potential to the subject of capacitors.
7. Apply Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s rules, and the concepts of energy and power to DC circuits.
8. Determine the behavior of point charges and current-carrying conductors in uniform magnetic fields.
9. Calculate magnetic fields for moving single charges and elementary current configurations.
10. Employ Faraday’s law for calculations involving induced emf.
11. Perform calculations for time dilation and length contraction.
12. Employ the relativistic Lorentz transformations.
13. Perform elementary relativistic calculations for momentum, energy, and the Doppler effect.
14. Present clearly explained problem solutions.
15. Present experimental results in clearly written laboratory reports.