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 at LUMEB 0023.

 

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9-10am		AD2 TA: Alisina CA: Eungi, Ennis
10-11am		AD3 TA: Alisina CA: Eben, Eungi
11am-12pm		AD4 TA: Skyler CA: Eben, Soham
12-1pm		AD5 TA: Skyler  CA: Soham,  Patrick
1-2pm		AD6 TA: Skyler CA: Rishi,  Patrick	AD7 TA: Jenna CA: Soham, Ennis
2-3pm			AD8 TA: Jenna CA: Ennis
3-4pm			AD9 TA: Boqiang CA: Jiya,  Eungi
4-5pm			ADA TA: Boqiang CA: Rishi,  Jiya
5-6pm			ADB TA: Boqiang CA: Jiya

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 according to the schedule below. Office hours begin Week 2.
Locations are: LUMEB 1043 (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays), LUMEB 2058 (Wednesdays). 

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
5-6pm	TA: Jenna CA: Ennis	TA: Skyler CA: Jiya	TA: Skyler CA: Eungi, Patrick	TA: Boqiang CA: Rishi, Eben	TA: Jenna CA: Soham
6-7pm	TA: Alisina CA: Ennis	TA: Alisina CA: Jiya	TA: Boqiang CA: Eungi, Patrick	TA: Boqiang CA: Rishi, Eben	TA: Jenna CA: Soham

Virtual office hours on Sundays hosted by Ennis: from 6-7:30 pm via Zoom (Meeting ID: 883 9527 4127, Password: TAM)
Zoom link) https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88395274127?pwd=MzBOV1p3NlVyUk1vdHRJUzd4NllkQT09

Quiz Review Schedule:

Quiz review sessions are 25 minutes per each session when scheduled from 3-5 pm on Monday to Tuesday of the week followin the first-try quizzes. It will be held at DCL L520. Best to come with targeted, specific questions about problems you did not understand how to solve. No regrading or other grade modification will be considered. 

 

	Monday	Tuesday
3-3:30pm	Jenna	Skyler
3:30-4pm	Jenna	Boqiang
4-4:30pm	Jenna	Boqiang
4:30-5pm	Skyler	Boqiang

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.