TAM 212 - fall 2025

Lectures

Prof. West: MWF, 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm, Materials Science & Eng Bld | Room 100

Website

The official class website is https://courses.grainger.illinois.edu/tam212/fa2025/

Kinematics and dynamics of the three-dimensional motion of particles; kinematics and dynamics of the plane motion of rigid bodies; methods of work/energy and impulse/momentum; moving reference frames.

Prerequisites

TAM 210 or TAM 211.

Reference texts

There is no required textbook for this class. However, theses texts are very useful

R. C. Hibbeler, Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, 13th edition, Prentice Hall, 2012, ISBN 0132911272, (Amazon).
G. Gray, F. Costanzo, and M. Plesha, Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, 1st edition, McGraw-Hill, 2009, ISBN 0077275543 (Amazon).
D. J. McGill and W. W. King, Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, 4th edition, Tichenor Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0742134938, (Amazon).

Grading

The total score for the course is computed with the following weights:

Computer-based Quizzes (PraireLearn)

Online Homework (PraireLearn)

Discussion worksheets

Lecture participation (iClicker)

Final Exam

40%

15%

10%

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: Students can drop one of the lowest discussion grades.

Lecture attendance: Students can drop 6 lecture attendance grades (clicker).

Final grades

The total score s corresponds to final grades as follows.

97% ≤ s < 100%	A+	93% ≤ s < 97%	A	90% ≤ s < 93%	A-
87% ≤ s < 90%	B+	83% ≤ s < 87%	B	80% ≤ s < 83%	B-
77% ≤ s < 80%	C+	73% ≤ s < 77%	C	70% ≤ s < 73%	C-
67% ≤ s < 70%	D+	63% ≤ s < 67%	D	60% ≤ s < 63%	D-
s < 60%	F

Discussion sections

Discussion sections are held according to the schedule below (LUMEB 0023).

	Thursday	Friday
9 am - 10 am		AD9 Matin M. (TA) Aditya S. (CA) Yousof E. (CA)
10 am -11 am
11 am - 12 pm		AD6 Christian W. (TA) Jash D. (CA)
12 am -1 pm		AD7 Christian W. (TA) Jash D. (CA) Abbas A. (CA)
1pm - 2 pm	AD1 Yichen S. (TA) Jash D. (CA)	AD8 Parsa R. (TA) Braden C. (CA) Abbas A. (CA)
2 pm - 3 pm	AD2 Wendy M. (TA) Jash D. (CA) Braden C. (CA)
3 pm - 4 pm	AD3 Wendy M. (TA) Becky L. (CA) Aditya S. (CA)
4 pm - 5 pm	AD4 Parsa R. (TA) Becky L. (CA) Yousof E. (CA)

Office hours

Professor West: office hours by appointment.

Teaching and course assistant: office hours are held in LuMEB 2051 according to the schedule below. Office hours start from the second week on 09/01/2025.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
6 pm - 7 pm	Matin M. (TA) Yousef E. (CA) Abbas A. (CA)	Wendy M. (TA) Jash D. (CA) Aditya S. (CA)	Yichen S. (TA) Jash D. (CA) Becky L. (CA)	Parsa R. (TA) Braden C. (CA) Becky L. (CA)	Christian W. (TA)
7 pm - 8 pm	Matin M. (TA) Yousef E. (CA) Abbas A. (CA)	Wendy M. (TA) Jash D. (CA) Aditya S. (CA)	Yichen S. (TA) Abbas A. (CA) Becky L. (CA)	Parsa R. (TA) Braden C. (CA) Becky L. (CA)	Christian W. (TA)

Online forum (Campuswire)

TAs and CAs monitor Campuswire according to the following schedule:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Christian W. (TA) Becky L. (CA)	Matin M. (TA) Abbas A. (CA)	Wendy M. (TA) Jash D. (CA)	Wendy M. (TA) Braden C. (CA)	Parsa R. (TA) Braden C. (CA)	Matin M. (TA) Yousef E. (CA)	Yichen S. (TA) Aditya S. (CA)

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