Calendar

Topics are subject to change based on course pace and student needs.

All assignments are turned in using D2L as a PDF and/or Jupyter notebook.

Week 1

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW1	08 Jan	Introduction to the course; reminders about vectors; software setup	MLB Ch 3.4	Homework 1 Assigned (Due 19 Jan )
	10 Jan	Newton’s 1st and 2nd Law; Motion in 1 dimension	JRT 1.1-1.4; AMS Ch 1-4
	12 Jan	Discussion of Homework 1

Week 2

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW2	15 Jan	MLK Holiday (No Class)		Homework 2 Assigned (Due 26 Jan)
	17 Jan	Newton’s Laws; Motion in 2 and 3 dimensions	JRT 1.4-1.6; AMS Ch 4.2 and 5
	19 Jan	Problem session for homework		Homework 1 Due (Turn-in using D2L)

Week 3

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW3	22 Jan	Air resistance; writing equations of motion	JRT 2.1-2.4	Homework 3 Assigned (Due 2 Feb)
	24 Jan	Gravitational force; spring force
	26 Jan	Problem session for homework		Homework 2 Due (Turn-in using D2L)

Week 4

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW4	29 Jan	Work Energy Theorem	JRT 4.1-4.3	Homework 4 Assigned (Due 9 Feb)
	31 Jan	Momentum Conservation, Newton’s 3rd Law, Angular Momentum	JRT 3.1-3.4
	02 Feb	Problem session for homework		Homework 3 Due (Turn-in using D2L)

Week 5

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW5	05 Feb	Conservative Forces and Potential	JRT 4.1-4.4, 4.6; MLB 6.6-6.8
	07 Feb	Examples and Stability Analysis
	09 Feb			Homework 4 Due (Turn-in using D2L)

Week 6

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW6	12 Feb	Nonlinear dynamics, phase portraits	Strogatz 2.0-2.3; 5.0-5.2	Midterm Project 1 Assigned (Due 23 Feb)
	14 Feb	Phase portraits, numerical modeling	PDFs posted are consistent with educational fair use; will be removed after course has concluded
	16 Feb

Week 7

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW7	19 Feb	Oscillations; Damping	JRT 5.1-5.2, 5.4; MLB 7.1-7.2; 8.5	Homework 5 Assigned (Due 8 Mar)
	21 Feb
	23 Feb			Midterm Project 1 Due (Turn-in using D2L)

Week 8

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW8	26 Feb	SPRING BREAK (NO CLASSES)
	28 Feb	SPRING BREAK (NO CLASSES)
	01 Mar	SPRING BREAK (NO CLASSES)

Week 9

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW9	04 Mar	Driven Oscillations; Resonance	JRT 5.5-5.6; MLB 8.6	Homework 6 Assigned (Due 15 Mar)
	06 Mar
	08 Mar			Homework 5 Due (Turn-in using D2L)

Week 10

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW10	11 Mar	Fourier Series	JRT 5.7; MLB 7.3-7.5	Homework 7 Assigned (Due 22 Mar)
	13 Mar
	15 Mar			Homework 6 Due (Turn-in using D2L)

Week 11

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW11	18 Mar	Calculus of Variations; Euler-Lagrange Equation	JRT 6.1-6.3; MLB 9.1-9.4
	20 Mar
	22 Mar			Homework 7 Due (Turn-in using D2L)

Week 12

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW12	25 Mar	Lagrange’s Equations; modeling motion	JRT 7.1-7.2, 7.5; MLB 9.5	Midterm Project 2 Assigned (Due 5 Apr)
	27 Mar
	29 Mar

Week 13

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW13	01 Apr	Lagrange Equation Examples	JRT 7.3-7.7, 7.10	Homework 8 Assigned (Due 12 Apr)
	03 Apr
	05 Apr			Midterm Project 2 Due (Turn-in using D2L)

Week 14

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW14	08 Apr	NO CLASS (WATCH ECLIPSE)	JRT Ch 7	Homework 9 Assigned (Due 19 Apr)
	10 Apr	Lagrange Equation Examples
	12 Apr			Homework 8 Due (Turn-in using D2L)

Week 15

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW15	15 Apr	Central Force; the 1D problem	JRT 8.1-8.3	Final Exam Project Assigned (Due 26 Apr)
	17 Apr			Bonus Homework 10 Assigned (Due 26 Apr)
	19 Apr			Homework 9 Due (Turn-in using D2L)

Week 16

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW16	22 Apr	FINALS WEEK
	24 Apr	FINALS WEEK
	26 Apr	FINALS WEEK		Final Exam Project Due (Turn-in using D2L)