ME 201Engineering Mechanics: Statics

Introduction

Today’s Agenda

Instructor

Syllabus/Class Organization

BYU-Idaho Learning Model

Class Introductions

Instructor Introduction

Br. Garth Miller

Office: Aus 106D

Office Hrs:

MTWR 10:00-11:00 am

Instructor Introduction

Faculty at Ricks since 1993

Family: 10 children, 16 grandchildren

Mission: Bangkok Thailand

Education: BS-BYU, MS-Georgia Tech

Licensing: Professional Engineer

Prior Employment: Kaiser Engineers Hanford – Richland, Washington

Chattanooga State Tech Comm. Col. – Chattanooga, TN

Metropolitan State Col. of Denver – Denver, Colorado

Student Mentors

Class Organization & Syllabus Highlights

Textbook – required

Note: You may use an older edition of textbook for this class

Course Outcomes Demonstrate a working knowledge of units of measurement in both the English and SI

systems.

Gain a working knowledge of the use of vectors to represent geometric position, and

forces and moments.

Show an understanding of the use of free-body diagrams.

Demonstrate the ability to formulate and solve problems of force and moment

equilibrium.

Demonstrate a working knowledge of centroids, centers of mass, and moments of

inertia.

Show ability to apply knowledge of equilibrium to problems involving trusses, frames

and machines.

Show ability to apply knowledge of equilibrium to problems involving friction.

Demonstrate the ability to present solutions to engineering problems clearly and

effectively.

Class Organization & Syllabus Highlights

Necessary Equipment Laptop Computer

Calculator – recommend FE approved (TI-36x Pro)

Mechanical Pencil – NO pens!

Engineering Paper

Class Organization & Syllabus Highlights

I-Learn Course Information, Standards, Schedules

Schedule changes

Preparation Videos

Practice Problems

Homework Assignments

Mastery Quizzes

Advanced Units

Final Exam

Group Work

Course Structure

Hybrid – much of the material is online

Competency-based – must achieve minimum standards on each

learning activity before taking Mastery Quiz or establishing Pace Rate

Problem Solving – the only way to master to material is to solve

literally hundreds of problems!

Statics is the ABCs of engineering

Course Structure

Meet 5 days per week

Regular Class Days – typically Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Remediation Days – typically Tuesday, Thursday

Course Structure

Regular Class Days

All students expected to attend

Arrive on time

Focus on this class the entire time

Stay the full class period

Come dressed & groomed per honor code

Course Structure

Regular Class Day Activities

Mini-lecture/Example Problems (10-15 minutes)

Group Work (0-15 minutes)

Time to Work on Individual Assignments (30-50 minutes)

Course Structure

Remediation Days

All students welcome to attend

Students who scored < 80% on most recent master quiz

(per schedule) are required to attend

Course Structure

Remediation Day Activities

Mathematica tutorials (0-15 minutes)

One-on-one conferences with students who scored <

80% on most recent master quiz (5-10 minutes)

Time to Work on Individual Assignments (35-60

minutes)

Competency Based, Hybrid

Preparation (I-Learn)

Introductory Notes

Prepare Videos

Assessments (Maple TA)

Practice Problems

Homework Exercises

Mastery Quizzes

Preparation Videos

Short video segments (1-5 min)

Focus on Key concepts from traditional lectures and example

problems

Typically 3-5 video segments per assignment

Complement text reading assignments

Recommend viewing videos outside of class

Complete Quiz after watching video segments

Practice Problems & Homework Exercises

All Practice Problems and Homework Exercises may be

repeated as many times as necessary to reach desired grade.

All Practice Problems and Homework Exercises in a given

unit must be completed at a minimum of 50% before taking

the Mastery Quizzes for that unit

Homework Exercises

Typically 3-4 analytical problems, assigned each class

period, posted on I-Learn.

Approximately 30% of the homework problems have

unique numerical values for each student

Adhere to BYU-I Homework Standard

Students report completion of homework assignment on I-

Learn AND hand in a hard copy of their homework

assignment in class.

Mastery Quiz

Typically 5 analytical problems, multiple choice format, taken at the

completion of the Unit.

Quizzes taken directly on I-Learn, honor code in effect.

Required to achieve at least 50% before being allowed to move on to

next unit (no minimum requirement on Advanced Mastery Quizzes)

May be repeated.

After 2nd attempt will be required to meet with instructor to review

quiz prior to subsequent attempt.

Only the highest score is recorded.

Pace Rate

The Mastery Quiz for a given unit must be completed at a

minimum of 50% before establishing a Pace Rate for that

unit

Pace Rate is a reward/penalty for a given unit assigned

relative to the unit’s due date.

The raw score on a Maple TA assignment will be

multiplied by the Pace Rate and the adjusted score

recorded in I-Learn.

Don’t forget to set Pace Rate!

Pace Rate

Days Late Pace Rate

0 (on time) 110%

1 105%

2 100%

3 95%

4 90%

5 85%

Days Late Pace Rate

6 80%

7 75%

8 70%

9 65%

10+ 60%

Individual assignment scores may continue to be

improved even after the Pace Rate for a unit is set.

Pace Rate

What is the highest grade that you can get on an assignment if

you don’t complete the entire unit?

60%

Basic vs. Advanced Units

Course consists of 9 Basic Units & 3 Advanced Units:

Basic Units

Preparation Videos

Practice Problems

Homework Problems

Mastery Quiz

Advanced Units

Advanced Homework

Advanced Mastery Quiz

Group Work

Wednesday

Groups develop free body diagram/sketches and solution strategy

(white board/feedback/refine/submit)

Thursday

Complete problem on individual basis

Friday

Confer with group and resubmit problem

Group Organization

3-4 students per group

Assigned table for each group

Groups will be finalized next week

Final: Comprehensive Mastery Quiz

Given in Testing Center.

Option for In-Class

Covers material in 9 Basic Units.

10 analytical problems in multiple choice format and 5

additional questions in short numerical answer format.

NO retakes are allowed on the Final

Grading Breakdown

Assessment Weighting

Practice Problems 10%

Homework Exercises 15%

Group 10%

Videos/Grad Plan 5%

Mastery Quizzes 30%

Final Exam 30%

ME 201

True engineering class workload

Have you had Physics?

How long since your last algebra or trigonometry class?

We are building a foundation

Statics are the ABCs of engineering

Future engineering courses will require you have a solid foundation in Statics to be successful

ME 201 Course Topics

Systems of units,

dimensional homogeneity

Scalars and vectors

Cartesian vectors

Force, position, and unit

vectors

Dot and cross products

Free-body diagrams

Particle equilibrium

Moment of a force, couples

Equivalent force/couple systems

Distributed loads

Rigid-body equilibrium

Trusses, frames and machines

Internal reactions

Friction

First moment of area and

centroids

Second moment of area/moment

of inertia

Additional Assistance

ME Walk-In Help Lab

Mon-Fri, 5:45-7:45, Aus ???

Tutoring Center

Mck 272

BYU-Idaho Learning Model

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effective learning experiences in which students learn by

faith. This requires, but is more than, teaching by the Spirit.

To learn by faith, students need opportunities to take action.”

(Kim B. Clark)

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