Prof. Halloran: MWF, 11-12 AM, Gregory Hall | Room 112

Lecture Notes

Lecture Recordings​

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

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.

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

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

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%

5%

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.

A cumulative exam will be held for allstudents (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.

The total score s corresponds to final grades as follows.

97% ≤ s < 100%A+93% ≤ s < 97% A90% ≤ s < 93% A-
87% ≤ s < 90%B+83% ≤ s < 87% B80% ≤ s < 83% B-
77% ≤ s < 80%C+73% ≤ s < 77% C70% ≤ s < 73% C-
67% ≤ s < 70%D+63% ≤ s < 67% D60% ≤ s < 63% D-
s < 60%

Discussion sections are held according to the schedule below in LuMEB 0023.

 TuesdayWednesday
9-10

AD2

TA: Jenna

CA: Patrick, Nathan

 
10-11

AD3

TA: Jenna

CA: Isabella, Katherine

 
11-12

AD4

TA: Sam

CA: Jerry, Katherine

 
12-1

AD5

TA: Hananeh

CA: Nathan, Isabella

 

1-2

AD6

TA: Hananeh

CA: Patrick, Jerry

AD7

TA: Skyler

CA: Katherine, Henry

2-3

 

AD8

TA: Skyler

CA: Isabella, Henry

3-4 

AD9

TA: Christian

CA: Isabella, Nathan

4-5 

ADA

TA: Christian

CA: Jerry, Isabella

5-6

 

ADB

TA: Sam

CA: Jerry, Henry

Professor Halloran: office hours by appointment. 

Teaching and course assistant: office hours are held in LuMEB 2045 and 2051 according to the schedule below. Office hours start from the second week on Jan. 27th. 

 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday

5-6

2051

Skyler

Isabella

Katherine

Hananeh

Katherine

Henry

Skyler

Patrick

Nathan

Jenna

Nathan

Henry

Sam

Jerry

6-7

2045

Christian

Isabella

Katherine

Hananeh

Henry

Patrick

Christian

Patrick

Nathan

Jenna

Patrick

Nathan

Sam

Jerry

TAs and CAs monitor Campuswire according to the following schedule:

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday

Jenna

Katherine

Sam

Jerry

Hananeh

Jerry

Christian

Patrick

Sam

Nathan

Skyler

Isabella

Christian

Henry

Quiz Review

 

Quiz reviews take place Mondays and Tuesdays 4-6pm on certain weeks according to the course schedule.

Monday 4-5Monday 5-6
Tuesday 4-5
Tuesday 5-6

Skyler

Christian

Hananeh

Sam