GES 132 Foundations of Engineering II
GES 146 Foundations of Engineering II – Honors Section
Syllabus/Course Policies Spring 2006
Instructors: Dr. Eric Carlson, Bevill A136, (205)348-1581, esc132@bama.ua.edu
“Office” hours – Tuesday and Thursday in the labs and by otherwise appointment;
contact via e-mail almost all the time
Steve Cooper, 238 Hardaway, (205)348-5391, scooper@coe.eng.ua.edu
“Office hours – Tues. and Thursday in labs and by appointment, contact via e-mail.
Bridgette B. Monk, 205-348-4465 bmonk@eng.ua.edu
Dr. Virginia Tamondong. (205) 348-6278, vtamondong@eng.ua.edu
Required Text: Foundations of Engineering with MATLAB 7, by E. Carlson (available direct from
publisher www.otfringe.com for $71 delivered, tax included, or from the SUPE store for around $85,
tax included) – YOU MUST GET THE NEWEST VERSION because versions from Fall 2005 are
incomplete!
Prerequisites: MATH 125 (Co-Requisite MATH 126); You are reminded that the College of
Engineering requires a grade of ‘C’ or better in any prerequisite course.
Catalog Description: MATLAB programming with engineering applications.
Course Objectives: Students will learn to correctly identify and use appropriate commands in
MATLAB, learn to use fundamental programming constructs in “typical” engineering problems, and
apply programming algorithms to solve common engineering problems using numerical methods.
Attendance: Attendance for the entire duration of all lab meetings is required, and attendance in
lectures is highly encouraged. Students are expected to have assignments done prior to excused
absences. Each unexcused absence will result in the lowering of your final average by 2 points
(usually half a letter grade)
Scheduled Tests: There will be three exams during the semester.
Labwork: Labwork will be assigned and examined for completeness. Late Labwork will be counted as
having been done but will receive no point credits. ALL Labwork must be completed to receive a
passing grade in the course.
Short Quizzes: Unannounced “pop” quizzes may be given multiple times during lectures or labs.
These quizzes will be treated as additional labwork.
Final Exam: There will be no final
Make-up Tests: It is very difficult to create a fair and equitable make-up exam. As a rule, make-up
tests will not be administered. Presentation of a compelling excuse BEFORE THE EXAM might (but
is not likely to) override this policy. If you miss an exam and have not informed an instructor
PRIOR TO the exam, a grade of zero will be assigned.
Final Grade: The final grade will be determined according to: Labwork/Quizzes 40%, Exams 60%
Ave
Grade
Ave
Grade
Ave
Grade
97-100 +special work A+
92-100 A
90-91.99
A88-89.99
B+
82-87.99
B
80-81.99
B78-79.99
C+
72-77.99
C
70-71.99
C68-69.99
D+
62-67.99
D
60-61.99
DAcademic Misconduct: Any act of dishonesty in any work constitutes academic misconduct. The
Academic Misconduct Disciplinary Policy will be followed in the event of academic misconduct and
will be handled by the Dean’s office.
Accommodations: Reasonable accommodations are made on an individualized basis. It is the
responsibility of persons with disabilities, however, to seek available assistance and make their needs
known. The University has designated the Office of Disability Services as the campus coordinating
office for the provision and delivery of services and reasonable accommodations that ensure the
University's programs, services, and activities are accessible to students with disabilities. The Office of
Disability Services is available to assist any student who has a qualified and documented disability.
Please contact the Office of Disability Services at 348-4285 for additional information.
Collaboration: Students are encouraged to discuss labwork with fellow students, TAs and the
instructors. Lab exercises, however, are not team projects. Each student is expected to work
assignments individually. Copying of solutions from any source is considered academic misconduct
and will be handled accordingly.
GES 132/146 MATLAB
Tentative Schedule Spring 2006 (classes meet MTR)
1/12 OVERVIEW/Introduction to
MATLAB- Lab exercises
precedence, arrays; array
operations and initialization
1/16 NO CLASS MLK DAY
1/23 Chapter 1 highlights and
Chapter 2 overview
1/30 Programming in MATLAB
CHAPTER 3
2/6 Programming in MATLAB
/series CHAPTER 3
2/13 Exam 1 (Chapters 1 -3)
2/20 Statics and implicit linear
equation solution CHAPTER 4
2/27 Circuits KCL/KVL
CHAPTER 5
3/6 Curve fitting/data
modeling/function analysis
CHAPTER 6
3/13 Curve fitting/Data
Modeling /Probability/Statistics
CHAPTER 6/7
1/17 array operations and
initialization; plots in 2D/3D
1/24 linear equations;
symbolic operations
1/19 plots in 2D/3D; linear
equations
1/26 symbolic algebra
1/31 files, scripts, editor,
functions and programs
2/7 functions and programs
2/2 functions and programs
2/14 free-body diagrams;
drawing in MS Word
2/21 moments and 2D rigid
body equilibrium
2/28 Circuits
2/16 2D/3D particle equilibrium
3/7 Circuits/ Basic function
operations (evaluation,
derivatives, integrals, minima,
inverse); function approx
3/14 Function approximation;
data modeling
3/9 Basic function operations
(evaluation, derivatives, integrals,
minima, inverse); function
approximation
3/16 data modeling/ Exam 2
(Chapters 4 -6)
3/17-3/24
3/27 Statistics/ Engineering
econ/ Monte Carlo analysis
CHAPTER 7
4/3 ODE’s
CHAPTER 8
4/10 Dynamics CHAPTER 9
4/17 Fluid flow/ Pipe networks/
nonlinear Equations
CHAPTER 10
4/24 Fluid flow/ Pipe networks/
nonlinear Equations
CHAPTER 10
5/1 No lecture DEAD WEEK
2/9 functions and programs
2/23 2D/3D rigid-body
equilibrium
3/2 Circuits
SPRING BREAK
3/28 Probability
3/30 Statistics
4/4 Engineering econ/Monte
Carlo analysis
4/11 ODE’s
4/18 Dynamics
4/6 ODE’s
4/25 NLE systems; Pipes and
pipe networks
4/27 NLE systems; pipe networks/
Exam 3 (Chapters 7 -10)
PROJECTS DUE (146)
5/4 projects if necessary/makeup
5/2 Pipe networks/ projects if
necessary/makeup
4/13 ODE’s (reactors)
4/20 Dynamics
GES 146 HONORS MATLAB
Tentative Additional Activities
ALL Honors students will, and any non-honors students MAY participate in the extracredit exercises related to advanced drawing and visualization in MATLAB. These
activities will teach you how to create impressive 2D and 3D drawings in MATLAB.
You will learn the basics of creating geometric objects, text labeling, using colors,
creating lighting effects, setting view positions/properties, and basics of animations.
Tentatively, five 25 minute lectures will be planned on the Mondays after the normal
GES 132/146 lectures from 4:30-5:00.
Every student participating will work within a group of three or four students on a
special project. Although the instructors will provide a number of interesting
possibilities, the actual topic of the project is completely optional. Some possibilities
are:
 An engineering design that could later be constructed in Dr. Kevin Chou’s rapid
prototype machine
 Some kind of artwork that could be printed on high-quality poster paper
 Some kind of cartoon
At the end of the projects during dead week, each group will present a project
demonstration (nothing really formal, just show us what you did).
2/6 polygons/polyhedra/colors/text
2/7 11.1
Section 11.1
2/20 3d Drawing/ materials/
2/21 TBA
lights/cameras/rendering
Section 11.2 and 11.3
3/6 Creating Basic 3D surfaces and shapes 3/7 TBA
and fonts
Sections 11.6-11.8
3/27
3/21 TBA
Rotation/translation/mirror/transformations
Sections 11.4-11.5, 11.9
4/10Animation
4/11 TBA
TEAM GRAPHICS PROJECTS DUE During Dead Week
2/9 11.1
2/23 TBA
3/9 TBA
3/23 TBA
4/13 TBA