ENGR 210
ENGINEERING STATICS
SYLLABUS FOR Fall 2014
Version Final (9/6/2014)
ENGR 210 Engineering Statics (3-0-3)(F/S). Force and moment equilibria applied to
engineering systems including structures and machines. Two and three dimensional
applications of scalars and vectors, free body diagrams, and methods and procedures of
engineering analysis. PREREQ: Math 170 and PHYS 211.
This course, Statics, will provide you with the ability to understand and apply physical
and mathematical concepts of static equilibrium. The principles and procedures you will
learn in this course are applied every day by engineers and scientists in many different
ways. If you are a civil, materials or mechanical engineer, this course is a fundamental
requirement in your curriculum. If you are an electrical engineer taking this course as an
engineering science elective, many of the concepts and mathematical techniques you
learn in this course will be applicable to your further study and subsequent practice of
electrical engineering. These topics appear heavily on the fundamentals of engineering
examination.
Statics is a prerequisite for the following: ENGR 220, ME/CE 330 and ME/CE 350, all of
these are required for ME and CE majors. It is also a prereq for MSE312, a required
course for materials majors. That means that you not only have to pass this course with a
C- or better to be able to enroll in those classes, but you actually need to remember
everything you’re taught in this course to be successful in those courses. Learn this
material in a deep way; spend time to fundamentally master and understand it.
Course Objectives: After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
• Determine the forces and moments acting upon a rigid body or system of rigid
bodies;
• Construct clear and concise free-body diagrams for any rigid body or system of
rigid bodies;
• Develop equations of equilibrium from free-body diagrams;
• Solve equations of equilibrium.
• Perform structural analysis of trusses
• Solve problems involving dry friction
• Be able to sketch shear and moment diagrams for structural members (understand
internal loads in structural members)
• Be able to determine moments of inertia (parallel-axis theorem)
Prerequisites: Math 170 and Phys 211. If you don’t have these courses or the
equivalent, please see me.
Text: Engineering Mechanics – Statics, 13th ed. including Mastering Engineering
Personnel:
Lead Instructor:
Janet Callahan, Ph.D., Professor of Materials Science and
Engineering and Associate Dean, College of Engineering. Grant Avenue Annex, 2nd
floor, 426-5983 (Work) JanetCallahan@boisestate.edu
Co-Instructor and Lab Lead: Co-Instructor & Lab Lead: Jon Bender,
JonBender@boisestate.edu;
Co-Instructor: Janelle Wharry, JanelleWharry@boisestate.edu
Student Team Leaders: Jessica Bottlebergh, Tom Labrecque, Justin Schmidt
Peer Leaders, Graders: Tyler Rourick, Muhammad Alzahrani, Connor McCoyMickelson, Jonathan Dudley
Office Hours: To be determined (Jessica, Tom, Justin, Muhammad)
Important:
Statics is a wonderful opportunity to master course material. There are no
trickster problems and very few equations to memorize. It is mainly
technique that you are learning – learning to be careful, to be methodical,
to write neatly. Invest in a good eraser, mechanical pencil and buy
engineering paper (which is required and can withstand multiple erasures).
Plan on spending quality time doing the homework. Quality effort spent
early in the class mastering the fundamental techniques is critical. Take
the time to master the techniques – don’t waste time “faking” the
homework, as you will pay for it later in the week during your weekly
quiz or on the next exam. This course teaches fundamental concepts that
you will always need to know for subsequent engineering courses and for
the fundamentals of engineering exam.
Professional Behavior:
Professional behavior is an expectation you should have of yourself.
Certainly, any future employer will expect this of you, and it is an
expectation for you to be courteous to your instructors and your fellow
students while in class. It is not courteous (it is rude) to check your cell
phones during class, it’s distracting to your instructors and to and your
fellow students.
Academic Conduct:
Academic integrity will be strongly enforced in this course. Any student
caught cheating on any assignment may fail the assignment in question or
fail this course dependent on a hearing with the course instructor.
Academic Dishonesty is defined in the Student Code of Conduct (Section
7—Academic Misconduct). It is strongly suggested that you read and
understand these definitions. Visit deanofstudents.boisestate.edu to access
the Student Code of Conduct.
Note on homework:
You are encouraged to work together on your homework assignments, see
homework section below. That does not mean you can simply copy
another’s assignment – that is plagiarism. It also does not mean writing
down the answer from a solutions manual – that is also plagiarism. Note in
particular that academic dishonesty includes assisting a student to cheat,
plagiarize or commit any act of academic dishonesty, so be cautious if
someone wants to “borrow” your completed homework assignment.
What is plagiarism?
Taking someone else’s work (from internet, etc.) is considered plagiarism
whether intended or not. Failure of the assignment and/or class and
referral to the appropriate review boards are potential sanctions. This is
applicable to quizzes, homework and exams -- ANYTHING that is turned
in for the grade. Please understand that handing in incorrect answers is
perfectly okay. Do not plagiarize in order to get a “good grade” on your
homework. Homework that shows authentic work, but an incorrect answer
will generally receive a passing grade for that problem. Plagiarism also
includes submitting work in which portions of it were substantially
produced by someone acting as a tutor or editor. Note that it is a violation
of the Student Conduct Code to create and offer to sell part or all of an
educational assignment to another person or to falsify the authorship of
one's own work.
What is cheating?
Cheating is an act of deception by which a student misrepresents or
misleadingly demonstrates that he or she has mastered information on an
academic exercise that he or she has not mastered, including the giving or
receiving of unauthorized help in an academic exercise. Examples
include, but are not limited to:
1. Copying from another student's test paper, computer program, project,
product, or performance;
2. Collaborating without authority or allowing another student to copy
one's work in a test situation;
3. Using the course textbook or other material not authorized for use
during a test;
4. Using unauthorized materials during a test; for example, notes, formula
lists, cues on a computer or calculator, photographs, symbolic
representations, and notes written on clothing;
5. Resubmitting substantially the same work that was produced for another
assignment without the knowledge and permission of the instructor;
6. Taking a test for someone else or permitting someone else to take a test
for in place of the student taking the class.
7. Using a previous paper or assignment for the current class assignment
without the approval of the current instructor.
What is Academic Misconduct?
Academic misconduct is the intentional violation of university policies,
such as tampering with grades, or taking part in obtaining or distributing
any part of an un-administered test or any information about the test.
Examples include, but are not limited to:
1. Stealing, buying, or obtaining in any other unauthorized manner all or
part of an un-administered test;
2. Selling, trading, or giving away all or part of an un-administered test,
including answers to an un-administered test;
3. Attempting to change or changing, altering, or being an accessory to
changing or altering a grade in a grade book, work submitted on a test or a
final project, a "supplementary grade report" form, or other official
academic records of the university which relate to grades;
4. Entering a building or office for the purpose of obtaining an unadministered test.
When in doubt, please check the website for Dean of Students at
deanofstudents.boisestate.edu.
Grading:
This is a guideline only, but it will give you an idea of the approximate
weighting of the exams. Please note that getting 70% of available points is
not a guarantee of passing. We are looking for passing knowledge of the
subject and that has to be demonstrated in the work that we see on the
exams and quizzes. In the past, the C/D cutoff with this lead instructor has
ranged from 68% to 75% of the points possible.
15%
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10%
45%
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100%
Homework.
Quizzes
In class work and attendance at student-led study groups.
Exams (there are 3)
Final exam
Total
Homework: Homework is collected and graded. No homework will be dropped. Late
homework is not accepted, but if you are ill or have an emergency, you
may, one time only, email it to JanetCallahan@BoiseState.edu before
class or drop it off early by leaving it with the receptionist on the 2nd floor
of the Grant Annex. Or, you may arrange for a friend to drop it off on
your behalf. If you never need this emergency clause, you will receive a 5
point homework bonus at the end of the course. Your homework must be
done in pencil, on engineering paper. Write on one side of the paper only.
Your homework should be neat, comprehensive, and contain the problem
statement and a free body diagram at the appropriate point in the course.
Please see Blackboard for an example. The answer should be underlined
or boxed. Sufficient work to follow your solution should be shown, and it
should make logical sense to read. Credit will not be given for the answer
only. Please staple your homework.
If you have circumstances that make it difficult to attend class that you
would like to discuss with me, please see me. If you have any reason to be
out of town on official business (marching band, professional travel) –
your homework must still be done and turned in electronically before the
start of class to your student team leader (this does not invoke the
emergency clause).
We encourage you to work with others on your homework. However, we
caution you to not just copy each other’s homework – the consequences of
that show up pretty quickly on the quizzes and exams, when you can’t do
similar problems on your own. Take the homework seriously.
Quizzes:
There is an exam or at least one quiz every week all semester long. No
quizzes will be “dropped.” However, you have a “wild card” that you can
use for one quiz, in case you are ill or have a transportation emergency, or
do poorly on a quiz. What this means is that at the end of the semester, I
will take your lowest grade (which might be a zero if you missed class)
and replace it with a grade of “10”. You won’t be able to see this, as I will
be doing this in an excel spreadsheet after I export your Blackboard
grades. Now – please understand that if you are not present in class, you
can’t take the quiz, with the exception of excused absences (marching
band, athletes, professional trips; these require documentation).
Therefore, please do not ask for a make-up quiz. If you have
circumstances that you would like to discuss with me, that make it
difficult to attend class, please see me. Quizzes are graded out of “10”
points. Note that there could be up to 20 quizzes, and that the overall
weighting of the quizzes is normalized in the end, to 150 points or 15% of
the course. If you have an excused absence (e.g. marching band), this will
be taken into account at the end of the course.
In-class Work: We will have lots of in-class work, in labs and in class. Overall, in-class
work counts for 100 points or 10% of the class grade. For simplicity, we
will count each piece of in-class work as 10 points – but there could be,
say, 25 total pieces of in-class work, so in the end, they are normalized to
be 10% of the class grade.
Notebook:
Being organized in this class is critical. You should keep a three ring
binder type notebook that contains all your graded homework; all your
graded quizzes; and your exams. And of course, your notes. There are
literally thousands of pieces of paper that we have to grade and enter; it is
inevitable that we will make a mistake. Keep your returned homework,
quizzes and examinations, and use them to study from. We look at the
work we assigned and base the exams on similar problems.
Make-Up Policy: Please see notes on homework and quizzes above. For exams, if there
is an emergency (hospitalization, traffic accident, etc.), please notify Dr.
Callahan as soon as you are able to; get written documentation if
appropriate and a make-up exam will be scheduled.
Exams:
There are three exams in addition to the final. If you “bomb” one exam,
please know that I look holistically at your performance across the entire
course when the lead instructor decides your final grade. Perhaps you had
two of the three exams showing A/B level work, and a final exam that was
A/B level work, but one exam that was an anomaly – maybe a D for
example. In cases like that, the lead instructor will use discretion in
assigning the final grade. Note that all exams are cumulative – you have to
remember what happened earlier in the course to do well on the next part
of the course.
The Big Picture: Why are you taking statics? If you’re taking this course to learn statics –
then make sure that happens. Listen intently. Follow what’s going on in
class. Participate. Authentically do your homework. Go to the student-led
study groups. Invest in this class, it will pay off in your next courses.
Final Exam:
The final exam will take place during the final exam period, Monday,
12/15, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The final exam is cumulative. There is a conflict
for many students; the Registrar is working on a solution for this. Also, the
room of our final is not yet known.
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