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General Info |
Grades | Formal Assessment | Contact Info |
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| Website | Grading | Lectures | Office hours |
| Course description | Final grades | i-Clickers | Online forum |
| Prerequisites | Quizzes | ||
| Reference text | Discussions | ||
| Online homework | |||
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| Final exams |
Lectures:
Prof. Dullerud: MWF, 3-4pm, MSEB 100
Website: The official class website is http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/tam212/
Description: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: Dynamics reference pages
Alternative texts:
- 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).
Matlab References:
Grading: The total score for the course is computed with the following weights:
| Online quizzes | 40% | Project reports | 8% |
| Final Exam | 30% | Online homework | 10% |
| In-lecture iClickers | 4% | Discussion worksheets | 8% |
Final grades: The total score s corresponds to final grades as follows.
| 97.0% ≤ s < 100.0% | A+ | 93.0% ≤ s < 97.0% | A | 90.0% ≤ s < 93.0% | A- |
| 87.0% ≤ s < 90.0% | B+ | 83.0% ≤ s < 87.0% | B | 80.0% ≤ s < 83.0% | B- |
| 77.0% ≤ s < 80.0% | C+ | 73.0% ≤ s < 77.0% | C | 70.0% ≤ s < 73.0% | C- |
| 67.0% ≤ s < 70.0% | D+ | 63.0% ≤ s < 67.0% | D | 60.0% ≤ s < 63.0% | D- |
| s < 60.0% | F |
This means that a score of 79.998% is a C+, while 80.000% is a B-.
iClickers: Short quizzes are conducted during lectures using iClickers (70% participation, 30% correctness). 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 Lecture 2 of the semester.
Quizzes: These quizzes are designed to assess your problem solving skills on course material. Solutions will not be posted. All quizzes will be held in the CBTF (Computer-based Testing Facility) and follow the rules of the CBTF.
Discussion sections: Discussion sections start in Week 1 of semester, with the schedule below. All discussion sections meet in MEB 252. Many of the doors to MEB are locked after 5:30pm, but the south entrance to MEB (i.e., facing Green St.) remains unlocked until 9:30pm.
| Thursday | Friday | |
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| 10-11 | ||
| 11-12 | AD6 Chris (TA), Chris (CA), Nathan |
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| 12-1 | AD7 Jonah Chris (CA), Yunxuan |
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| 1-2 | AD1 Joao Hantao, Yunxuan |
AD8 Sara Abhishek, Chris (CA) |
| 2-3 | AD2 Sara Hantao, Yunjo |
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| 3-4 | AD3 Jonah Nathan, Yunjo |
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| 4-5 | AD4 Chris (TA) Nathan, Yunjo |
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| 5-6 |
You are encouraged to bring a tablet or laptop to discussion section to access the online reference pages.
Online homeworks: Weekly online homeworks will use PrairieLearn.
Project Reports: Please see the Project Description
Final Exam: Online in the CBTF, during Finals Week (Friday Dec 15 to Thursday Dec 21).
Office hours: Daily office hours are held in MEB 252 on weekdays, and Grainger 429 on weekends, according to the schedule below. Office hours start in Week 2 of the semester.
| Monday, 6pm-8pm | Tuesday, 6pm-8pm | Wednesday, 6pm-8pm | Thursday, 6pm-8pm | Friday, 6pm-8pm |
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| Chris (TA), Jiheng |
Joao, Abhishek |
Ray, Yunxuan |
Jonah, Jiheng |
Sara, Nathan |
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"). If you like, you can post anonymously, but we encourage everyone to use their name because it makes a friendlier and more welcoming environment. We will never judge anyone for asking anything on Piazza, and you will see professors, TAs, and CAs making mistakes and saying stupid things as well!
You can also use the private feature on Piazza by posting a message visible only to the Instructors. In this last case, you should type "Instructors", instead of sending a message to a specific TA or instructor. Again, this helps to ensure that you get a prompt response.
TAs and CAs are scheduled to be checking Piazza on the following days:
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| Jiheng, Abhishek |
Abhishek, Hantao |
Hantao, Yunjo |
Yunjo, Nathan |
Nathan, Yunxuan |
Yunxuan, Chris (CA) |
Chris (CA), Jiheng |