Contents

Welcome and Course Objective

Prerequisites

Course Text and Readings

Course Calendar

Course Format

Lecture Notes

Laboratories

Computer Access

Grading

Exams, Quizzes and Projects

Assignment Policies

Authorized Collaboration and Academic Honesty

Homework Assignments

Welcome and Course Objective

This course will integrate lecture, discussion, student projects, and wet labs. It will require active learning on your part. If you have any type of disability that may hamper your full participation in these activities, please inform me as soon as possible so that we can make the appropriate accommodations. Check out the Student Disability Resource Center (http://sdrc.humboldt.edu/) for more information on the services provided at HSU.

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Prerequisites

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Text

Donald F. Young, Bruce R. Munson, Theordore H. Okiishi, A Brief Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons,
ISBN 0-471-36243-3.

Supplemental reading materials will be made available via the web or handouts.

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Course Calendar

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Course Format

The course consists of three 50 minute recitation sessions and one hour lab per week.

You are expected to attend and participate in all class sessions. You are expected to complete the assigned reading prior to the date indicated in the class schedule, to do all homework assignments, and to participate fully in the team projects. Your fellow students may help evaluate your performance on the team projects. Attendance at all laboratory sessions is mandatory.
 
 

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Lecture Notes

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Laboratories

 

Attendance at all laboratory sessions is mandatory. If you will miss a lab session, you must contact me {preferably in advance} to arrange a make up or alternate exercise.  Failure to do so will result in a grade penalty.

 
Make-ups will only be given in extraordinary situations that are verifiable and well documented. The reason for missing work must be substantial and quite beyond the students control. Not many excuses are accepted. I will decide whether an excuse is acceptable. One criterion for acceptance of any excuse will be its timeliness. Therefore, whenever possible, inform me before the missed work is due.

Details about the laboratory and laboratory and project report requirements will be distributed during the appropriate laboratory sessions.
Lab                                    Due Date (All laboratory write-ups are due by 5 pm in House 18)
Linear Momentum             April 6, 2001
Open Channel Flow          May 4, 2001

Computer Access

 

You must use a computer account for this class. You will be expected to access class materials (notes, lecture outlines, syllabus...) from my public accounts. Email is also a very efficient and convenient way to ask questions about the course and course materials and its use is encouraged.

 

I will often communicate with you via Electronic Mail (EMAIL). Check your EMAIL account often for relevant information on the course. Normally I will respond to any messages within 24 hours during the regular school week. Short questions can be answered electronically very promptly by EMAIL.  Either you or your instructor may use EMAIL to make an appointment for a face-to-face discussion.

Another wise suggestion: Send a copy of any important EMAIL to yourself as well as to the instructor. Keep the copy on until you know that the instructor has received it. That way, you can show when and to whom your EMAIL was sent.
 

 There is an FTP site set up on redwood for use by this class.  To access it:

 

Attach to redwood using your favorite FTP software.

Login: anonymous

Password: < your email address>

          cd pub/engr333/

Grading

15%     Exam 1
15%     Exam 2
15%     Final Exam (cumulative)
20%     Homework
  5%     Quizzes
20%     Labs
10%     Project
 

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Quizzes, Exams, Projects

There will be three exams during the semester, two midterms and one final.

There will also be a lab project. This project will have both written and oral components - all students will participate in one or more presentations to colleagues.

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Assignment Policies

All work must be handed in by 5 p.m. on the day it is due. Class will start promptly, and NO MATERIAL MAY BE HANDED IN WHILE THE CLASS IS IN SESSION. The student is reminded that homework assignments are considered an essential component of class participation and will therefore have an impact on the final grade.

All homework assignments should be neat and legible. Use graph paper for all graphs unless they are computer generated. Do not submit pages with ragged "tear-out" edges from spiral notebooks. Staple all pages together - do not use paper clips. Mistakes should be erased or painted over with "white out", not simply crossed out. I may deduct credit for sloppily prepared homework or refuse to accept it.

Further details about the format of laboratory and project reports will be handed out during the semester.  Homework and laboratory assignments are due in my box in House 18 by 5 pm on the due date. Late assignments are penalized as follows:

• 10% if submitted by next class period
• 30% up to one week late
• No credit after 1 week late.

I encourage questions about homework assignments and will offer help in office hours or by email.

Authorized Collaboration

Collaboration on homework is authorized provided that it is done in the spirit of mutual learning and sharing of ideas. When this occurs, you should indicate the names of all persons with whom you collaborated. The copying of someone else’s work or ideas and representing them as your own is unethical and prohibited. As in most, if not all issues involving ethical considerations, it may be hard to know where to draw the line. If you do not give the names, I will presume the collaboration is copying, not mutual learning. If you do collaborate, it must be noted and you are still responsible for understanding all the material.

In the context of developing computer programs and solutions to homework, it is okay to discuss the problem statement and objectives, applicable theories and concepts, and desired results. Unless otherwise directed by your instructor, it is NOT acceptable to develop computer solutions in collaboration with other students.

If you have not already done so, it would be useful to read
the official HSU Student Code of Conduct ( http://www.humboldt.edu/~studaff/judaff/html/conductcode.html)
and HSU’s policy of academic honesty (http://www.humboldt.edu/~studaff/judaff/html/honesty.html).

I expect all students to abide by the Code of Conduct.

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Homework Assignments

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