Welcome to ENGR 448

This course will integrate lecture, discussion, student projects, wet labs and outdoor field activities. 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

The prerequisites for this course are Engr 333, Fluid Mechanics and Engr 440, Hydrology. You will be responsible for knowing the concepts taught in these courses. If you have not successfully passed these courses prior to this semester, it will be very difficult to do well in this class.

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Text

The planned text is currently out of print. The bookstore is looking into our options.
The first two chapters of our text will copied and available in the bookstore by Monday, January 28.
Sediment Transport Theory and Practice by Chih Ted Yang, 1996. ISBN 0-07-072309-5

A good fluid mechanics textbook will also be a useful reference book for this class.

Supplemental reading materials will be made available via the web or handouts. Students will be expected to provide incidental materials (such as floppy disks, maps and presentation materials) as needed throughout the course

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Course Format

The course consists of two 50-minute recitation sessions and one 3-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

For some lectures, supplemental lecture notes will be made available. Notes may be accessed using anonymous FTP on redwood. Files are Word documents located in my redwood FTP directory which is yet to be created. Stay tuned for more information here.

Notes are available for downloading 2-3 days before class and their availability will be announced in class or over email.

Fish Ladder PPT

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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.

Makes-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 student’s 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. Back to Contents

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.

ALL HSU students have accounts 3 computers:

axe.humboldt.edu (email)
redwood.humboldt.edu (ftp and some computing)
sorrel.humboldt.edu (WWW server)

Environmental resources engineering students will also receive an account on for the Unix Lab in SD (unixlab.cnrs.humboldt.edu).

Each of these systems uses the Unix operating system (OS), so you should start becoming familiar with this OS as soon as possible. Here are some links that might help you.

On line HELP for HSU students, staff and faculty.
On-line Unix help and tutorials
Unix Reference Desk

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Grading

The graded components of the course contribute to the final grade as follows:

25%     Quizzes and Labs
15%     Midterm Exam
10%     Homework
50%     Design Project

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Quizzes, Exams, Projects

There will be periodic quizzes throughout the semester. They will be given during the first 30 minutes of lab.
There will be one midterm exam during the semester.

There will be a design project. The 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. Typewritten products, unless specified are required. Allow room between problems for comments. 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.

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

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Unauthorized Collaboration

In attempting to cope with the various aspects of this course, the sharing of ideas will often be educationally useful. Part of my teaching philosophy is to encourage students to learn from one another and to help fellow students to learn. The team projects illustrate the collaborative approach.

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

See blackboard

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Last Updated: January 15 2002