## Welcome to PHY 482
### Electrodynamics
Prof. Danny Caballero
### Contacting Danny
Office: 1310-A BPS
Email: <caballero@pa.msu.edu>
Cell phone: 517-420-5330 (texting is fine)
### Important Sites
* Course Webpage: [dannycab.github.io/phy482msu_s2018/](http://dannycab.github.io/phy482msu_s2018/)
* Discussion Forum: [
piazza.com/msu/spring2018/phy482](https://
piazza.com/msu/spring2018/phy482) (*Check your email*)
### Course Activities
* Projects:
* 2 of them; Mar 2 & Apr 30 - 20% each
* In-Class Quizzes:
* 7 of them; Every other Friday; 1 dropped - 20%
* Homework:
* 14 of them; Due on Fridays; 1 dropped - 40%
* In-class Participation:
* Pure Extra Credit - up to 5% bonus
[Much more detail on website](http://dannycab.github.io/phy482msu_s2018/)
## This Week!!!
* Homework 1 is already up (Due Fri. Jan. 19 at 5pm)
* Read (seriously do this!)
* Griffiths Ch 7.1.1-7.1.2 (Review? Chs 1-6)
* [Download Anaconda distribution of Python](https://www.continuum.io/downloads)
**Stay up-to-date by checking website, calendar, and discussion forum regularly.**
### Computational Homework problems
* We will be using Python on homework problems this semester.
* Installation instructions appear on the piazza site.
* Homework solutions should take the form of a Jupyter notebook, which you can print to PDF and turn in.
* If you get stuck somewhere, post on piazza, so your classmates benefit from your question.
### Projects
#### Individual Project (Mar. 2)
* Literature review of some interesting topic in E&M (3-4 pages)
* Homework questions will support you on this
* See syllabus for sample questions
* Paper should be typed, inline references, bibliography, etc.
* Evaluation rubric will be ready in a couple of weeks
### Projects
#### Pair Project (Apr. 30)
* Poster presentation of an original contribution (theory and computation)
* Homework questions will support you on this
* See syllabus for sample questions
* Can be something that has been done before that you just extend
* Evaluation rubric will be ready in a few weeks
* There will be a significant self-evaluation component to this also