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PHGN 384 APPARATUS DESIGN




Summer Field Session - Introduction to the design of engineering physics apparatus. Concentrated individual participation in the design of machined and fabricated system components, vacuum systems, optics, electronics and computer interfacing systems. Supplementary lectures on safety and laboratory techniques (syllabus and information).  
Physics Summer Field Session

Dates:            May 12 - June 20, 2008

Time:              9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, 5PM T-Th 

Location:           Lectures and Meetings          MH 220, CTLM223
                           Machine shop                                     MH 174
                           Optics                                                MH 263
                           Instrumentation and Electronics           MH 364
                          Vacuum/Thin Films       MH 275, MH 270, MH 425
                          Computing for Engineering Physics       MH 247

Instructors:         Tim Ohno tohno@mines.edu
                             Alex Flournoy  aflourno@mines.edu
                             Uwe Greife ugreife@mines.edu
                             Chuck Stone cstone@mines.edu
                             Orlen Wolf owolf@mines.edu
                             Fred Sarazin fsarazin@mines.edu
                             Alex Yuffa ayuffa@mines.edu
                             Larry Peterson lpeterso@mines.edu
                             Brian Zadler bzadler@mines.edu

Textbook:         Building Scientific Apparatus,
(Optional)         J.H. Moore, C.C. Davis, and M.A. Coplan, 
                           (Addison Wesley 1989) 

Evaluation:


Machine fabrication 22%
Vacuum/Thin Films 22%
Electronics, Instrumentation, and Optics 22%
Software for Engineering Physics 22%
Assignments and Notebook 12%

The evaluation is divided equally between the four (or three for students in PHGN384B) blocks, with each block co-ordinator assigning a letter grade. Criteria include attendance, participation, quality of work, and proper use of the scientific notebook.




Send comments & questions to tohno@mines.edu
Last Modified: May 21, 2008