Design Like a Physicist


Physics 398DLP, Fall 2018

Loomis 276, Friday afternoons, 1 pm - 5 pm

3 credit hours


    Notable dates


  • • First class: Friday, August 31.
  • • Thanksgiving break: November 17 - 25.
  • • Nearly final drafts of project reports and cover letters due: Friday, November 30.
  • • PowerPoints, final project reports and cover letters due: Friday, December 7.
  • • Last class meeting: Friday, December 7.
  • • End of semester conferences: Monday - Wednesday, December 10 - 12.

Calendar


whatdaydateTentative events
semester begins
Monday
August 27, 2018
week 1
Friday
August 31, 2018
week 2
Friday
September 7, 2018
Prof. Eric Benson: Thinking about design
week 3
Friday
September 14, 2018
Ms. Celia Eliot: Communicating clearly
week 4
Friday
September 21, 2018
week 5
Friday
September 28, 2018
Prof. Scott Willenbrock: Sustainability
week 6
Friday
October 5, 2018
week 7
Friday
October 12, 2018
week 8
Friday
October 19, 2018
week 9
Friday
October 26, 2018
week 10
Friday
November 2, 2018
Via Skype: Zoey Laskaris (U. Michigan), workplace pollutants in the Ghanaian electronics recycling industry.
week 11
Friday
November 9, 2018
Goal: field work AND
offline analysis are nearly finished.
Celia Eliot: Writing clearly
week 12
Friday
November 16, 2018
Thanksgiving
Thursday
November 22, 2018
week 13
Friday
November 30, 2018
Nearly final drafts of project reports and cover letters due.
week 14
Friday
December 7, 2018
Final drafts of written reports and cover letters due.
end of term conferences
Monday - Wednesday
December 10 - 12, 2018
reading day
Thursday
December 13, 2018