AME 150L
Spring 2000
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AME 150L
• Introduction to Computational Methods
in Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
(4 units, Spring semester)
– Computers in modern engineering practice; internet,
X-windows and world-wide-web; programming and
debugging Fortran 90; higher level problem solving
system MATLAB. Corequisite MATH 125.
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Personnel
• Instructor:
Dick Kaplan
OHE 430B
(213)740-0244 kaplan@usc.edu
Office Hours: MWF 1-3
• Teaching Assistant: Qingbo Wang
VHE M21
(213)740-6750
qingbowa@usc.edu
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Class Hours
• Lecture:MWF 8:30-9:50 MHP 106
• Practice session (optional)
Th 11 am
Not in GFS 109 but in SAL 12x
• Final Exam: Wednesday, May 3, 2000
8-10:00 am
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Textbooks (1)
• ME 150 had the following listed as texts:
– (A) Greenlaw, R. and Hepp, E., Introduction
to the Internet for Engineers (1999)
– (B) Chapman, S., Introduction to Fortran
90/95 (1998)
– (C) Palm, W. J. III, Introduction to
MATLAB for Engineers (1998)
• all from the McGraw-Hill Basic Engineering Series
and Tools (BEST)
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Textbooks (2)
• AE 150 had the following listed as texts:
– (D) Ellis, Philips & Lahey -- Fortran 90
Programming -- Addison-Wesley Pub Co;
ISBN: 0201544466 (1994)
– (E) King, Joe. Matlab 4.0 for Engineers:
Toolkit -- Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0805364439
(1995) or
or Matlab for Engineers
-- Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201350947
(1998)
– There were not supposed to be two different
texts -- sorry (but these are available used)
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Organization of the Course
• Lectures:
There will be three, 80minute lectures per week. Most lectures will
feature live interaction with the USC
network and computers (ISD willing).
• Lecture notes (these slides) will be available
on the class web site by the end of the day
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Organization of the Course
• Lab Sessions:A one-hour session will be
scheduled for hands-on access of Windows
NT systems with a TA or instructor present.
These sessions are optional. Students may
use any of the public computer rooms on
campus or their own computers to practice
the techniques shown in class and to prepare
homework assignments.
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Organization of the Course
• Reading Assignments: Readings in the
texts are assigned to supplement the
lectures. They are listed in the Syllabus on
the web site. If the pace of the class changes
from plan, the syllabus will be adjusted
accordingly on the Web Site.
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Web Site
http://megakap.usc.edu
•
– This is my personal (or IMpersonal) web
site. If I move the AME 150L materials to
another computer, a pointer will always be
here (and you can see pictures of my
grand-baby)
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Homework
• Weekly homework assignments are listed, and will be
regularly updated on the Web Site. Homework is
submitted only via the internet and is all date stamped.
Homework is due by the start of class on the date shown
on the web site.
• Late homework will not count for credit. While it is
possible that the due dates for some of these assignments
will be shifted to later weeks, the due dates will never be
moved earlier in time.
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Exams
• There will be three mid-term exams and one
final exam.
• All students must take every exam.
• The exam dates are listed in the Syllabus on the
web site.
• Since these dates are being announced at 8:30 am
on the first day of classes, I expect these dates to
take precedence as the “first announced.”
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Exam Dates
Class
Exam
Date
10
Mid-term 1
Feb. 2
21
Mid-term 2
March 1
31
Mid-term 3
March 31
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Final
May 3
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Grades
• The class grade
– 75% on exams
– 25% on homework.
• The lowest exam grade is discounted (Integer weight  2).
– Each Mid-term exam has a weight of 1 (weight/2=0),
– The Final has a weight of 2 (weight/2=1)
• The highest 10 homework scores will form the homework
portion of the grade
• Grades are posted on the web site (by student ID)
• All estimates of high or low are normalized
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Normalized Grades/ Class
Average
• N=number of students in class
• Gradei=grade of student “i”
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Academic Integrity
• Each student is responsible for preparing all materials
submitted for grading.
• Students are encouraged to participate in study groups.
• Students are encouraged to work in teams
• However -- each student must submit his or her own work
– Identify yourself as in a study group so similar work is expected
• Teamwork on the exams is strictly forbidden
• Students are also referred to university policies on academic integrity
and the guidelines found in the current issue of SCampus.
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Financial note on academic
integrity
• There are organizations that will provide
you with complete engineering degrees or
diplomas for substantially less than the cost
of this course. If your goal in life is to
collect a diploma without expending the
intellectual energy to earn it yourself, you
have made a very bad financial decision by
coming to USC.
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The cost of private higher
education
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AME 150L costs about $70/class
No refunds if you skip class
More than a Las Vegas Show
No animals are hurt in producing this class
(I apologize for the corny effects)
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Your Computer Account:
• The basic assumption is “Anything done
from your computer account is done by
you”
• Losing your computer account is no excuse
for not submitting homework
• So-called friends who want to use your
account (rather than their own) probably
have suspect motives
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Privacy of e-mail
• It isn’t
– Never put anything in e-mail that would
embarrass you if it were printed on the front
page of the Daily Trojan or LA Times. Unless
you are in the habit of encrypting everything,
just assume that anyone can read it – you never
know who is!
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Special Days
Class
Event
Date
34
Martin Luther King
Mon Jan 17
1718
Presidents Day
2526
34
Spring Recess
March 13-17
Last day to drop
with grade of W
Last Class
Fri Apr 7
43
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NO CLASS
No Class
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Mon Feb 21
Fri Apr 28
Class Pictures
• I will take digital pictures today
• They will be posted on the web-site
• You are responsible for matching names and
faces
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