TAM 210/11: Statics

General Info	Grades	Formal Assessment	Contact Info
Course description	TAM 2XX Policies	Discussions	Office hours
Big idea	Grading	Online forum
Prerequisites		Exam
Reference text
Equity & Diversity

 

Website: The official class website is http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/tam210/

Description: In this course, we will cover fundamental concepts that are used in every engineering discipline. We will begin with forces, moments and move towards structural analyses of frames, devices, and machines.  By the end, you will be able to solve rigid body mechanics problems that will inform the design of everything from bridges to biomedical devices.  

Big Idea: Clear knowledge of external forces (boundary conditions) is required to determine what constraints are necessary for the safe (static equilibrium) development and design of any widget. Free body diagrams are an essential tool for understanding the forces and moments on a body.

Prerequisites: Required: PHYS 211; credit or concurrant registration in MATH 241. Preferred: CS 101 or experience programming in python.

Reference texts:

• Engineering Statics: Open and Interactive by Daniel Baker and William Haynes 
  • A free, open-source textbook
• Also vailable on reserve at Grainger
  • Hibbeler, R.C.; Engineering Mechanics: Statics
  • Beer, Ferdinand P.;   Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics
  • Nelson, E.W. [et al.];   Engineering Mechanics: Statics
  • Nelson, E. W.; Schaum’s Outlines Statics, 6th Edition [online electronic resource] (Great study guide resource with many worked examples)

Equity and diversity:

This is an equal opportunity classroom environment. We value the diversity represented by the participants in this course. Our diversity is a primary source of ideas and perspectives. As you work through the course, practice using this diversity to your advantage.

TAM 2XX Policies: 

General TAM 2XX course policies may be found at: http://mechref.engr.illinois.edu/pol/policies.html

Grading: All assessment scores are stored on Canvas. The total score for the course is computed with the following weights:

In-class polls	5%	Homework	15%
Discussion group activity	10%	Quizzes	40%
Cumulative exam	30%

Retake quizzes: Optional retake quizzes are available in the week following each first-chance quiz. If you choose to take the retake quiz, the quiz score will be 90% of the higher scores + 10% of the lower score (0.9*max(first_chance_score, retake_score)+0.1*min(first_chance_score, retake_score)). If you do not take the first-chance-quiz, then your score will be 90% of the retake score.

Discussion sections: The discussion section schedule is listed below, and all sections are held LUMEB 0023.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9-10am		AD2 TA: Tusher CA: Chris LUMEB 0023
10-11am		AD3 TA: Tusher CA: Patrick L. LUMEB 0023
11am-12pm		AD4 TA: Jaewan CA: Patrick L. LUMEB 0023
12-1pm		AD5 TA: Jaewan CA: Saad LUMEB 0023
1-2pm		AD6 TA: Jaewan CA: Patrick S. LUMEB 0023	AD7 TA: Boqiang CA: Chris LUMEB 0023
2-3pm			AD8 TA: Boqiang CA: Patrick S. LUMEB 0023
3-4pm			AD9 TA: Himanshu CA: Shayna LUMEB 0023
4-5pm			ADA TA: Himanshu CA: Shayna LUMEB 0023

Exam:

A cumulative exam will be held for all students (TAM 210 and 211 students) during week 12 after the completion of TAM 210 lecture materials. There will be no additional cumulative exam for TAM 211 students at the end of the semester; they will take additional quizzes only for the remaining topics.

Office hours:

Daily office hours are held at LUMEB 2045 according to the schedule below. Office hours begin Week 2.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
5-6pm	TA: Jaewan CA: Shayna LUMEB 2045	TA: Tusher CA: Patrick S. LUMEB 2045	TA: Himanshu CA: Chris LUMEB 2045	TA: Boqiang CA: Patrick L. LUMEB 2045	A: Boqiang CA: Chris LUMEB 2045
6-7pm	TA: Jaewan CA: Shayna LUMEB 2045	TA: Tusher CA: Saad LUMEB 2045	TA: Himanshu CA: Chris LUMEB 2045	TA: Tusher CA: Patrick L. LUMEB 2045	TA: Boqiang CA: Saad LUMEB 2045

Quiz Review Schedule:

The quiz review will start from week 4 on Monday-Tuesday, 6-8pm in DCL L520.

Online forum (Campuswire):

TAs and CAs are scheduled to be checking Campuswire on the following days:

The use of Campuswire should not replace the office hours time, since some questions cannot be fully addressed via an online forum.