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General Info |
Grades | Formal Assessment | Contact Info |
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| Course description | Grading | Lectures | Office hours |
| Big idea | Final grades | i-Clickers | Online forum |
| Prerequisites | Quizzes | ||
| Reference text | Discussions | ||
| Written assignments | |||
| Online homework | |||
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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 device of any widget.
Prerequisites: PHYS 211; credit or concurrant registration in MATH 241.
- Engineering Mechanics: STATICS, 14th edition by Hibbeler. (Not required, but would be useful)
- Available at bookstore (electronic or hard copy)
- Available on reserve at Grainger
Grading: The total score for the course is computed with the following weights:
TAM 210
| In-lecture iClickers | 4% | Bi-weekly quizzes | 40% |
| Discussion group activity | 8% | Final | 30% |
| Online homework | 10% | ||
| Written assignments | 8% |
TAM 211
| In-lecture iClickers | 4% | Bi-weekly quizzes | 40% |
| Discussion group activity | 8% | Final | 30% |
| Online homework | 10% | ||
| Written assignments | 8% |
Final grades: The total score s corresponds to final grades as follows.
| 97% s < 100% | A+ | 92% s < 97% | A | 89% s < 92% | A- |
| 86% s < 89% | B+ | 82% s < 86% | B | 79% s < 82% | B- |
| 76% s < 79% | C+ | 72% s < 76% | C | 69% s < 72% | C- |
| 66% s < 69% | D+ | 59% s < 66% | D | 55% s < 59% | D- |
| s < 55% | F |
Lectures: Prompt and regular attendance at lectures is required to obtain credit for iClicker content.
iClickers: Short quizzes are conducted during lectures using iClickers. An iClicker remote can be purchased from any of the bookstores, and must be registered on Compass, under the tab "Register i>clicker". You need to register your iClicker by the end of Week 2, when the iClicker roster will be synced for the last time. The first iClicker use for credit will take place in Week 2 of the semester.
Online Quizzes: These quizzes are designed to assess your problem solving skills. You will not be allowed to use notes, textbooks or any electronic devices (including calculators). Solutions will not be posted. You will have 6 or 8 quizzes depending on if you are in TAM 210 or 211 according to the schedule (schedule may change during the semester). All quizzes will be held in the Computer-Based Testing Facility (CBTF), located at 57 Grainger Engineering Libarary (in the basement on the east side of the building).
Sign-up for quizzes here.
Discussion sections: Discussion sections start in Week 1 of semester, with the schedule below. Please check Banner for your assigned discussion section.
You will be working in groups throughout the semester. Groups will be formed in week 2 of class using an online system called CATME. Help for filling out the CATME survey is here.
| Tuesday | Wednesday | |
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| 9-10 | AD2 John James, Vincent |
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| 10-11 | AD3 Sujan Cody, Luis |
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| 11-12 | AD4 Sujan Cody, Luis |
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| 12-1 | AD5 Woojae Jeff, Yufei |
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| 1-2 | AD6 Woojae Jeff, Kyle |
AD7 Chris Meng Wai, Vedant |
| 2-3 | AD8 Chris Meng Wai, Vedant |
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| 3-4 | AD9 John James, Vincent |
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| 4-5 | ADA Matt Kyle, Yufei |
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| 5-6 | ADB Matt Cody, Yufei |
To teach you how to prepare your analyses in a logical manner, you will be asked to submit an INDIVIDUAL assignment on a weekly basis. These assignments are designed to practice the communication of engineering concepts in writing. They will be graded based on content and presentation.
Assignments are to be submitted using Compass.
- IN SUMMARY, WE WILL ONLY GRADE REPORTS UPLOADED AS A PDF FILE, SINGLE DOCUMENT, PORTRAIT FORMAT! NO EXCEPTIONS!! Submitted assignments that do not comply with these guidelines will receive a ZERO score.
- These assignments are designed to practice the communication of engineering concepts in writing. They will be graded based on content and presentation.
- Details of how to complete a written assignment and expectations are given in the WA1 help file found on Compass.
- Written assignments are due on Fridays at 11:59 pm.
- You will have unlimited attempts to upload your written assignment; we will grade only your last attempt.
- Your name and discussion session number must be printed legibly on the top of the first page.
- Scan your assignment and save it in pdf format. Files in any other format will not be graded.
- While scanning make sure you scan all the pages of your written assignment in ONE pdf file. We will only grade a single pdf file.
- Your scanned work must be in portrait format.
- When preparing your written assignment, you MUST assign symbols (to the utmost extent possible) to all the relevant lengths, forces, material properties, et cetera, and then solve the problem symbolically. If given, you should assign numerical values to your final result. Depending on the difficulty of the problem, you may assign numbers at intermediate steps.
- Late written assignment will not be accepted (you will not be able to upload it on compass 2g). No exceptions. PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR LATE WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT BY EMAIL.
- Your lowest written assignment score will be dropped. This drop should be reserved for unexpected occurrences such as sickness or a family emergency.
Refer to the table below to find which TA grades your written assignment
Online homeworks: Weekly online homeworks will be assigned in two flavors: MasteringEngineering and PrairieLearn. A complete schedule of due dates for both types of homework can be found on the schedule.
- Mastering Engineering
- The schedule of HW due dates in on the MasteringEngineering website and the course schedule.
- Late submissions will be penalized by 20$\%$ over each day late.
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To encourage you to work through the problems and to obtain the correct solution, you may revise and resubmit your solutions numerous times until the due date. You can rework completed items after the due date. This work will not be saved and will not affect your grades. Solutions will not be posted.
Instructions for registration on the Mastering Engineering website can be found here.
Trouble-shooting tips for Mastering Engineering website can be found here.
You should consider one of the following options to obtain access to MasteringEngineering:
- Purchase custom textbook from the bookstore: includes MasteringEngineering + eText + printed custom version of the textbook
- Purchase MasteringEngineering + eText
- Purchase MasteringEngineering only - in this case, you may choose to use your lecture notes for text reference, borrow a book from a friend or library, or buy any other used textbook
- PrairieLearn These homework assignments will be available from the website. Deadlines are available in the schedule page.
Final Exam:
TAM 210 - Thursday, April 13, 7pm-10pm (DCL 1310 and DCL 1320)
TAM 211 - Thursday, May 11, 8am-11am (GH 112) -
Office hours:
Dr. Johnson:
Dr. Silva: Mon, 3:00pm - 5:00pm, 335 MEB
Daily office hours are held in Grainger 429 according to the schedule below. Office hours start on Friday Jan 20th.
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
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| 4-5 | --- | Matt | --- | Chris | --- | Meng Wai, Woojae |
| 5-6 | Luis, Vedant | Cody, Matt | --- | Chris | --- | Meng Wai, Woojae |
| 6-7 | Luis, Vedant | Cody, Lucas | Kyle, Vincent | James, Jeff | Eugene, Yufei | Sujan |
| 7-8 | --- | --- | Kyle, Vincent | James, Jeff | Eugene, Yufei | Sujan |
Online forum (Piazza): This class uses Piazza for ALL communications between the instructor, TAs, CAs, and students. Students should not communicate with instructors via email. This is so we can ensure a faster response and keep everyone informed about what's going on.
Students are encouraged to post public messages on Piazza ("Post to Entire Class"). However, you can use the private feature by posting a message visible only to the Instructors. In this last case, you must type "Instructors", instead of sending a message to a specific TA or instructor.
TAs and CAs are scheduled to be checking Piazza on the following days:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
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| TA/CA | Eugene, Kyle | Jeff, Lucas | James, John | Cody, Vincent | Sujan, Vedant | Chris, Meng Wai | Matt, Yufei |
The use of Piazza should not replace the office hours time, since some questions cannot be fully addressed via an online forum.