Date Day Topic Other info 15-Jan-03 Wednesday Overview of the course 17-Jan-03 Friday Review of Newtonian physics 20-Jan-03 Monday Review of Newtonian physics 22-Jan-03 Wednesday Dimensional analysis and scaling 24-Jan-03 Friday Dimensional analysis and scaling 27-Jan-03 Monday Dimensional analysis and scaling 29-Jan-03 Wednesday Human locomotion DROP DATE 31-Jan-03 Friday Human locomotion 03-Feb-03 Monday Human locomotion 05-Feb-03 Wednesday Mechanics of fluids 07-Feb-03 Friday Mechanics of fluids 10-Feb-03 Monday Circulation 12-Feb-03 Wednesday Respiration 14-Feb-03 Friday Reynolds' number and motion in fluids 17-Feb-03 Monday Diffusion and heat conduction 19-Feb-03 Wednesday The nature of water--why it is basic to life 21-Feb-03 Friday The nature of water 24-Feb-03 Monday Life at the microscopic scale 26-Feb-03 Wednesday Basic cellular processes 28-Feb-03 Friday Exciteable cells Midterm Posted 03-Mar-03 Monday Spring Break 05-Mar-03 Wednesday Spring Break 07-Mar-03 Friday Spring Break 10-Mar-03 Monday Synapses and neuromuscular junctions Midterm due 12-Mar-03 Wednesday Microscopic description of muscle 14-Mar-03 Friday Macroscopic description of muscle: Hill's Law 17-Mar-03 Monday Locomotion revisited. Energetics. 19-Mar-03 Wednesday Metabolism and energy balance 21-Mar-03 Friday Mechanisms of heat loss 24-Mar-03 Monday Homeostasis and optimization 26-Mar-03 Wednesday The senses. Hearing and the nature of sound. 28-Mar-03 Friday Fletcher-Muson curve and auditory response 31-Mar-03 Monday Sound and the voice 02-Apr-03 Wednesday The senses: Optics and vision. 04-Apr-03 Friday Vision and the quantal nature of light 07-Apr-03 Monday Hard radiation in diagnosis and treatment 09-Apr-03 Wednesday Hard radiation in diagnosis and treatment 11-Apr-03 Friday Sound in diagnosis and treatment 14-Apr-03 Monday Electromagnetic diagnostic techniques 16-Apr-03 Wednesday ECG, MCG, EEG, MEG 18-Apr-03 Friday MRI 21-Apr-03 Monday Lasers 23-Apr-03 Wednesday The brain: structure and organization 25-Apr-03 Friday Perception. Weber-Fechtner Law. 28-Apr-03 Monday When things go wrong. LAST CLASS 02-May-03 Friday 0900-1200 Final Exam: 05-May-03 Monday TERM PAPERS DUE