Erik Rosolowsky, PhD
Fall Term 2024 (1890)
PHYS 144 - Newtonian Mechanics
3 units (fi 6)(FIRST, 3-0-3)
This calculus-based course introduces the fundamentals of classical mechanics: general kinematics, Newtonian dynamics, work-energy and energy conservation, impulse-momentum and momentum conservation, rotational kinematics and dynamics, rigid bodies, angular momentum and its conservation. The course concludes with a discussion of the elastic deformation of solids and simple fluid mechanics. Prerequisites: Mathematics 30-1 and Physics 30. Mathematics 31 is strongly recommended. Corequisites: MATH 117 or 144. Note: Credit may be obtained for only one of PHYS 124, 144 or EN PH 131.
LECTURE A01 (47602)
2024-09-03 - 2024-12-09
TR 11:00 - 12:20
Winter Term 2025 (1900)
PHYS 574 - Data Analysis in Physics
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
This course teaches the principles for designing physics experiments and analyzing data to obtain robust results. It explores the choice of experimental methods and conditions used for data collection and examines important techniques used for data analysis. Topics include: experimental and numerical noise/background sources, characteristics, and mitigation; sampling, replicates, and controls; probability distributions; parameter estimation; error estimation and confidence levels; model selection, model fitting, and hypothesis testing; non-parametric analyses; applications of frequentist and Bayesian statistics; modes of failure in measurements and analysis.
LECTURE B01 (78251)
2025-01-06 - 2025-04-09
MWF 11:00 - 11:50