List of Sample Projects for Extra CreditÂ
(Presentation for around 10-12 min)
Angular momentum and its conservation
Fluids dynamics and Bernoulli's Law
Instabilities and Chaos in Mechanical Systems
Simulation of atomic collisions (model to demonstrate statistically even distribution of energy among particles with different masses - requires writing computer code)
Modeling Air Drag in Computer Simulations
Modeling Motion of Earth's Satellites (requires writing computer code)
Origins of the Solar System (Bode's Law, Nebular Theory and others.)
You may select your own topic and discuss it with instructor
Please email the instructor topic selection if any and coordinate the presentation data and time.