Class Project Physics 411

• Projects can be either theoretical (analytical), numerical or experimental. The most important thing is to choose a project that you have interest in. Of course the subject must be relevant to electrodynamics, and related to things either covered in class or covered in the text. Project subjects must be approved by the course professor.
• Project proposal due Nov. 7. Proposal can be a single page, but must include: tentative project title, one paragraph description of project activity, desired project results, list of needed resources if any. Proposal counts for 10% of project grade.
• Final product will be a 5 page typed paper due the last day of class (Dec. 12). Formatted as a research paper. It will include: title, abstract, intro/background, project description, conclusion, references. Figures and bibliography can be included in 5 pages, double spaced.

Random project suggestions (don't necessarily take to heart)
1. A study of chaotic electron orbits
2. Build a working metal detector
3. Solve Laplace equation in a boundary shaped like Maryland
4. Reverse engineer cavity modes for a microwave oven
5. Design a tunable microwave source using standing waves in a liquid metal
6. Examining patterns in a ferrofluid
7. A study of plasma globes
8. Collisional model of electrical resistance