ME 3180A & RCC - Mechanical Engineering Design Summer 2012

1. ME 3180A & RCC - Mechanical Engineering Design Summer 2012 Professor: I. Charles Ume Office: MaRC 453, Phone: 404-894-7411 E-mail: charles.ume@me.gatech.edu Office Hours: Wednesdays 4:00-5:00 pm or by appointment Course: ME 3180A & RCC Class Time: TR 10:00 am–11:45 am Class Location: MRDC 2404 Website: http://www.me.gatech.edu/me3180

2. Mechanical Engineering Design • Goal: • To study the selection, analysis, and synthesis of machine components by using the fundamental principles of engineering mechanics and mechanics of materials. • Text: Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design, 9th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2008 by R.G Budynas and J.K Nisbett • References: • Norton, R. L., Machine Design,: An Integrated Approach, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2006. • Hamrock, B. J., Jacobson, B., and Schmid, S. R., Fundamentals of Machine Elements, McGraw-Hill, 1999. • Thorpe, J.F., Mechanical System Components, Allyn and Bacon, 1989.

3. Lecture Schedule and Tests

4. Mechanical Engineering Design • Homework: • Since teamwork is an essential part of any design environment, the class will be divided into groups of three students. You will work on your homework in these groups. • Each member of the group must actively participate in the group discussions and solving each problem set on paper for his/her name to be included in the solution the group turns in. • Any violation of this constitutes cheating, therefore a violation of GIT Honor Code. • At the end of the semester, you will rate each other’s participation level in homework through an anonymous peer evaluation. • Homework scores will then be adjusted for each member based on his or her participation.

5. Mechanical Engineering Design • Homework (Cont’d): • Sets of homework will be assigned regularly, and they will be collected a week later. • Solutions will be provided at the time each graded homework papers are returned. • You are forbidden from coping from old homework solutions, or coping from solution manuals. To do so will be considered a violation of the Georgia Tech’s Honor Code. • The same applies to any takehome test or exam. • You can use one page formula sheet during each test. You will turn in your formula sheet with your test paper. • Final exam will be open book.

6. Mechanical Engineering Design • Schedules: • Homework: ------------------------------------------- 9% • Test #1: June 7 -------------------------------------20% • Test #2: June 26 -------------------------------------20% • Test #3: July 19 --------------------------------------20% • Three Impromptu Quizzes ----------------------------6% • Final Exam: August 2 (2:50 pm – 5:40 pm) -----25% • Note: • You are responsible for materials covered during your absence. • Class handouts are only given out in class. • No make-up lectures or quizzes/tests/extra credit/exam; you will get a zero for each quiz/test/extra credit/exam you miss, unless you made prior arrangements with the instructor to take it earlier.

7. Mechanical Engineering Design • Note (Cont’d) • Only in the case of extenuating circumstance would permission be granted to take the test or exam early. • Quizzes and extra credit problems are impromptu; therefore, there will be no make-up for them. • No extra work will given for grade improvement. • There will be extra credit questions asked in the class to encourage class participations and to encourage you to pay attention in the class. There will also be extra credit problems assigned. • Late homework will be penalized 25% for every day that it is late. No home work will be accepted once graded homework is returned. • Review of test/quiz/homework/extra credit grades must be done within one week after the test is returned.