TAM 212 - Spring 26

Lectures

Section AE1 - Prof. Golecki: MWF, 2-3 PM, Campus Instructional Facility | Room 3039

Section AE2 - Prof. Golecki: MWF, 3-4 PM, Materials Science & Eng Bld | Room 100

Section ONC - Prof. Golecki: Online, asynchronous, access recorded lectures via the link below.

Website

The official class website is http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/tam212/

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).

Communication

All class communication should happen on Campuswire (see link on home page). If your message is an individual matter, please mark your post as "instructors only". If you are requesting an excused absence or extension, please use the excused absence form link on the course home page. Students with DRES accommodations who prefer to contact the instructor directly via email should include in the subject line: [Student Name],[Course], "DRES accommodations". These messages should also copy a DRES access specialist.

Grading

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

Computer-based Quizzes (PraireLearn)

Online Homework (PraireLearn)

Discussion worksheets

iClicker Lecture participation (Sections AE1 & AE2 only)

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).

Online lecture (Section ONC): Each of the percentages shown above will be worth proportionally more to make up for the lack of lecture participation scores.

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).

	Monday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8-9	ADI Christian W. (TA) Abbas A. (CA)
9-10		ADB Chaerim M. (TA) Alan X. (CA)		ADM Christian W. (TA) Alan X. (CA) Julia G. (CA)
10-11		ADC Zakaria I. (TA) Braden C. (CA) Abbas A. (CA)		ADN Hongbo Y. (TA) Jash D. (CA) Shubh J. (CA)
11-12		ADD Younghyuk K. (TA) Jash D. (CA) Nicholas E. (CA)		ADO Sarah B. K. (TA) Jash D. (CA) Yousof E. (CA)
12-1		ADE Younghyuk K. (TA) Benedict B. T. (CA) Andreas P. (CA)	ADF Christian W. (TA) Sahaj D. (CA) Andreas P. (CA)	ADP Parsa R. B. (TA) Braden C. (CA) Nicholas E. (CA)
1-2			ADG Parsa R. B. (TA) Braden C. (CA)	ADQ Parsa R. B. (TA) Alan X. (CA) Nicholas E. (CA)
2-3			ADH Matin M. (TA) Benedict B. T. (CA) Aadi J. (CA)	ADR Sarah B. K. (TA) Shubh J. (CA) Nicholas E. (CA)
3-4			ADJ Matin M. (TA) Benedict B. T. (CA) Aadi J. (CA)
4-5			ADK Matin M. (TA) Julia G. (CA) Aroni D. (CA)
5-6	ADA Hongbo Y. (TA) Julia G. (CA) Yousof E. (CA)		ADL Sarah B. K. (TA) Andreas P. (CA) Aroni D. (CA)

Office hours

Professor Golecki: 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 01/26/2025.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
5-6	Sarah B. K. (TA) Aadi J. (CA) Nicholas E. (CA)	Zakaria I. (TA) Alan X. (CA) Julia G. (CA)	Younghyuk K. (TA) Andreas P. (CA) Abbas A. (CA)	Matin M. (TA) Shubh J. (CA) Aroni D. (CA)	Parsa R. B. (TA) Sahaj D. (CA) Benedict B. T. (CA)
6-7	Sarah B. K. (TA) Aadi J. (CA) Nicholas E. (CA)	Zakaria I. (TA) Alan X. (CA) Andreas P. (CA)	Younghyuk K. (TA) Abbas A. (CA) Jash D. (CA)	Matin M. (TA) Shubh J. (CA) Aroni D. (CA)	Parsa R. B. (TA) Sahaj D. (CA) Benedict B. T. (CA)
7-8	Hongbo Y. (TA) Braden C. (CA) Julia G. (CA)	Chaerim M. (TA) Jash D. (CA) Alan X. (CA)	Christian W. (TA) Sahaj D. (CA) Yousosf E. (CA)	Sarah B. K. (TA) Benedict B. T. (CA) Braden C. (CA)
8-9	Hongbo Y. (TA) Braden C. (CA) Julia G. (CA)	Chaerim M. (TA) Jash D. (CA) Alan X. (CA)	Christian W. (TA) Sahaj D. (CA) Yousosf E. (CA)	Sarah B. K. (TA) Benedict B. T. (CA) Julia G. (CA)

Online forum (Campuswire)

TAs and CAs monitor Campuswire according to the following schedule:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Andreas P. (CA) Jash D. (CA)	Hongbo Y. (TA) Braden C. (CA) Sahaj D. (CA)	Chaerim M. (TA) Alan X. (CA) Benedict B. T. (CA)	Zakaria I. (TA) Abbas A. (CA) Nicholas E. (CA)	Matin M. (TA) Aadi J. (CA)	Parsa R. B. (TA) Yousof E. (CA) Julia G. (CA)	Christian W. (TA) Shubh J. (CA) Aroni D. (CA)

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