Energy And Environment

All course announcements and assignments will be posted only here  (Not on canvas). 

Students are responsible to check this course site often!

Nov11, 6pm: Memorization is never encouraged  in this course. If needed, detailed #s like" neutron mass = 1.0087amu" will be provided. But you should know that F=ma and E=mc^2 and how many giga in a terra  and that gravitation or electrostatic  force decreases as 1/r^2.  You may bring a chaeat sheet written by hand and according to course syllabus for a MT.

Nov 4, 5pm: No Lecture on Veteran’s day holiday (Nov 11th but a async video of the DI session is now posted on “lecture slide” page)

We are trying to set up podcast for LE on Nov 25th. Link will be provided, when available, on  “lecture slide” page

Calculator check:  We are now dealing with exponentials, very small and very big #s. Make sure you calculator can do these calculation : ln 100= 4.605; Log 100=2 ; e-3 = 0.05; (4.2x10-8)(17x1019)=7.14x1012.

Oct 26, 10:30pm. The Pass/No pass policy for this course follows UCSD regulation. Therefore, a PASS  for PHYS12  is a total course grade of  C- =55/100 or higher.

Oct 26, 9pm: A thoughtful student asked a curious  question during LE  on the chart showing  hourly concentration of particulate matter in LA in winters. The answer is not trivial and beyond the scope of this course.  Here it is  for the curious minds. Won't be on exams though.

Worried about the economic impact of climate change on California and its citizens? Here is a study, published in UCSD Today, to sober us all.

Oct 21, 9pm: By popular demand: Review of MT1 Q&A on Friday 23 Oct by Professor Sharma, right after LE for <40 minutes. Attendance is on need-to basis only, NOT mandatory.