Instructor: Dr.
Steven A. Jones
Phone: 257-2288
Office Hours: M-F
TEXTBOOK:
Statics and Mechanics of Materials - An Integrated Approach, Second
Edition, W.F. Riley, L.D. Sturges and D.H. Morris,
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1995, ISBN 0-471-43446-9.
GRADING:
Lab Report 5%
Design: 10%
report =
6%
presentation
= 3%
performance
= 1%
Homework 15%
Attendance 10%
Exam 1 20%
Exam 2 20%
Exam 3 (Comprehensive) 20%
Grading will be based
on technical considerations (selection of your project, engineering analysis,
appropriateness of assumptions, computational accuracy, etc.) and non-technical
considerations organization, neatness & professional approach, grammar,
spelling, & writing).
GRADING SCALE:
A
90 - 100% (highest degree of
excellence)
B
80 - 89% (superior)
C
70 - 79% (average)
D
60 - 69% (quality of work
that is minimum for receiving course credit)
F
< 60% (failure)
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
You are required to
attend class and to complete the assigned work.
Failure to reach all of the following minimum levels of performance will
result in a grade of F in the course:
·
a grade of 50%
or higher on at least half of the homework assignments;
·
completion of the lab, design project and presentation.
HOMEWORK:
Approximately one
homework assignment will be given per class period. To encourage students to
follow along on homework solutions, homework assignments are due at the END of the period on the indicated
date. LATE HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE
ACCEPTED. Once I have left
the classroom, any uncollected homeworks will be
considered to be late.
Discussion of
homework problems among students is encouraged. However, any exchange of
written information regarding the homework problems is considered cheating. In
accordance with
Homework must be neat
and legible.
Each homework will be graded on a 20 point scale. Sometimes only one or two of the problems in
a homework set will be graded. It is
expected that grading a sample of the problems will result in a final homework
average similar to that obtained if all problems were graded. If you happen not to attempt the problems that
are graded, you will not receive any credit on the homework, even though you
may have worked a problem that was not graded.
LABORATORY PROJECT:
One laboratory
project will be assigned that involves the completion of a formal technical
report. The required format for the
reports will be given when the particular lab is assigned. The lab will be an
INDIVIDUAL project. Data will be
collected in class, but all reporting (entering data into program, generating
graphics files, writing the text, etc.) must be completed individually without
assistance of others.
A number of other
labs will be done partially in class and partially out of class. For these, you will submit computations, data
plots, and your analysis as a team OR individual homework assignment.
Late projects will be
penalized 10% per day, including Saturday and Sunday (2 days late means that
the maximum possible score is 80%). Projects turned in on the due date AFTER
the beginning of class will be considered one day late. No report more than 5 days
late will be accepted.
DESIGN PROJECT:
One design project
will be assigned. The projects will be submitted as a formal technical report
and as a 6 minute oral presentation. The
required format for the report and guidelines for the oral report will be given
when the design project is assigned. All
team members MUST speak during the design presentation.
The design project
will be a team effort, and each team member will complete an evaluation of the
other team members. The work must be
performed entirely by the team, and all team members must participate.
Late design reports
will be penalized 10%/day, including Saturday & Sunday (2 days late means
that the maximum possible score is 80%). Projects turned in on the due date
AFTER class begins will be considered one day late. Reports more than 5 days
late will receive a zero grade.
PEER EVALUATION:
Some Laboratories and
the design project will require that students complete peer evaluation forms
for the members on their team. These
evaluations will be confidential and will be used in computing an individual’s
score on the design or laboratory assignment in question.
ATTENDANCE:
Regular and punctual
class attendance is required (refer to the 2001-02 bulletin regarding
attendance), and an unexcused absence for an examination, pop quiz, or
presentation will result in a zero grade.