syllabus

Mechanical Engineering 215 - Engineering Materials Laboratory

Fall Quarter 2002-03 / BH 127G
Section 001: 2-5 Tuesday
Section 002: 2-5 Thursday
Section 003: 2:30-5:30 Wednesday

PRIMARY GOAL: To provide hands on laboratory experience in the evaluation and modification of the material properties of metallic, polymeric and composite materials.

instructor	office	phone	email	mailbox	office hours
Dr. David Hall	BH 255	(318) 257-4127	dehall@coes.latech.edu	BH 253	MWF 2:30-4:30 and TR 10-12
Dr. William Jordan	BH 237	(318) 257-4304	jordan@coes.latech.edu	BH 253	announced in class

TEXTBOOKS:

Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 5th Edition, William Callister, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2000.

Other basic material science books available in the library would also provide the needed background reading for understanding some topics.

VIDEO CLIPS:Short video clips will be shown throughout the quarter to supplement the lectures. These video clips are available from the following source: Materials Science - A Multimedia Approach, John C. Russ, PWS Publishing Company, Boston, e-mail: info@pws.com, ISBN: 0 534 95736 6

GRADING:

Grades for this course will be based on homework, laboratory reports, and a laboratory presentation. The value of each component is shown in the course schedule.

GRADING SCALE:

A 90 -100% (highest degree of excellence)
B 80 - 89% (superior)
C 70 - 79% (average)
D 60 - 69% (minimum quality of work to receive course credit)
F < 60 (failure)

Note: The lower limit in each grade range may be lowered slightly such that the division between letter grades occur at any large gaps in the grade spectrum. This adjustment will be determined only after the final averages are computed and may or may not alter the grade scale.

LABORATORY REPORTS:

Labs may be assigned as individual projects or as team projects. The work must be performed entirely by the individual or the team. Any exchange of work between individuals or teams is considered cheating. Using a report from a previous quarter as a starting point is considered cheating. In accordance with Louisiana Tech University policy, the penalty for cheating may include expulsion from the course with a grade of "F".
The report will be due the next time the lab meets. Late projects will be penalized 10% per day, excluding Saturday and Sunday (2 days late means that the maximum possible score is 70%). Projects turned in on the due date AFTER the beginning of class will be considered one day late. No report will be accepted after 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14, 2000.

ATTENDANCE:

Attendance will be taken during each lab meeting.
If a student is absent for a lab, then the student will not be allowed to turn in a report based on that lab meeting.

**TENTATIVE LABORATORY SCHEDULE**
Tentative Date	Lab Number	Topic	Evaluation Method	Value
Tu - Sept 10 W - Sept 11 R - Sept 12	1	Crystal Directions and Planes	Models & Planes	100
Tu - Sept 17 W - Sept 18 R - Sept 19	2	Hardness Testing	Homework Quiz	200
Tu - Sept 24 W - Sept 25 R - Sept 26	3	Impact Testing	Homework Quiz	200
Tu - Oct 1 W - Oct 2 R - Oct 3	4	Tensile Testing	Homework Quiz	200
Tu - Oct 8 W - Oct 9 R - Oct 10	5	Cold Work and Annealing	Homework Quiz	200
Tu - Oct 15 W - Oct 16 R - Oct 17	6	Heat Treating of Steel - Part 1 (Water and Air Hardening Alloys)	Individual Report & Quiz	400
Tu - Oct 22 W - Oct 23 R - Oct 24	7	Heat Treating of Steel - Part 2 (Plain Carbon Steels)	Homework Quiz	200
Tu - Oct 29 W - Oct 30 R - Oct 31	8	Polymer Testing	Homework Quiz	200
Tu - Nov 5 W - Nov 6 R - Nov 7	9	Concrete Testing	Homework Quiz	200
Tu - Nov 12 W - Nov 13 R - Nov 14	10	Group Presentations on Heat Treating Project	4 Student Presentation & Report	400
			Total Points:	2300