Day/Date
Read before class
Homework
1. W/Oct 28
Read 1.1-1.3
HW: Chapter 1 exercises/8,
13(d) (Solve only), 21(c) (i. Only)
2. F/Oct 30
Read 1.3.4, 2.1, 2.2
HW: Chapter 1 exercises/23(a)
(part i. - compare with exact solution); 2.1/22; 2.2/6
3. M/Nov 2
Read 2.3, 2.4.1
HW: 2.3/4; 2.4/1
Project 1 is Parachute Design,
project 2 of the Chapter 1 projects in the text. The final project
report is due W/Nov 11.
4. W/Nov 4
Read
3.1
HW: 3.1/1 (exact solution
is y(t) = ( -22 exp(-2t) + 2 cos t + sin t ) /
5 ), 7
Th/Nov 5: project teams formed in PLA class.
5. F/Nov 6
Read 3.2, 3.3
HW: 3.2/4; 3.3/4
6. M/Nov 9
Read 4.1, 4.2
HW: 4.1/2(a, b), 3(a, b),
15(a, b); 4.2/6, 21
7. W/Nov 11
Read 4.3
HW: 4.3/6, 17, 18(a)
Project 1 due in class.
Be sure to attach the Project
Identification Form and the Peer
Evaluation Form to the front of your report, Identification Form followed
by Evaluation Form. (These forms can be printed from the web if you have
lost your copy.)
Do not put your names anywhere else on your report
but the Identification Form!
Th/Nov 12: Project 1 reports
evaluated in PLA class.
The project grades of students
who do not participate in the project evaluation will be reduced by one
point.
8. F/Nov 13
Read 4.4
HW: 4.4/1, 6, 19, 22
9. M/Nov 16
Review 1.1-1.4, 2.1-2.4.1,
3.1-3.3, 4.1-4.4
HW: Practice Test 1
10. W/Nov 18 Test 1
Help session: Tues., Nov
17, 8:30-9:30 p.m., room AK 219
11. F/Nov 20
Read: 5.1
HW: 5.1/1, 9
12. M/Nov 23
Read 5.2, 6.1, 6.2
HW: 5.2/5(b); 6.1/1, 3,
9; 6.2/2
Project 2 will be distributed in PLA sessions on Tuesday, November 24.
Thanksgiving break (enjoy!)
13. M/Nov 30
Read 6.3, 6.4
HW: 6.3/1, 7; 6.4/1, 10
Make-up Test 1 4:30-6:00 p.m., room SH 202
This exam is open only to students who scored less than 70 on test 1 and whose homework is completely up-to-date. If you have missed homework assignments, you must submit them to your PLA's WPI mailbox before 9:00 a.m., Monday, November 30.14. W/Dec 2
Guest Lecturer: Prof. Zhikun Hou discussing project 2
15. F/Dec 4
Read 6.6, 6.7.1
HW: 6.6/ 7, 11, 32; 6.7/
2, 3
16. M/Dec 7
Read 6.7, 7.1
HW: 6.7/ 4-6; 7.1/ 3(e),
4(a-e)
17. W/Dec 9
Read 7.2, 8.1
HW: 7.2/ 2, 6; 8.1/ 1(d,
h), 2(g), 16
Special project help session: 6:30-8:00 p.m., Wed/Dec 9, SH 204
18. F/Dec 11
Read 8.2 (skip 8.2.5; emphasize
8.2.2, 8.2.4), 8.3
HW: 8.2/ 1, 2, 13; 8.3/
1
Project 2 due in class.
Be sure to attach the Project
Identification Form and the Peer
Evaluation Form to the front of your report, Identification Form followed
by Evaluation Form. (These forms can be printed from the web if you have
lost your copy.)
Do not put your names anywhere else on your report
but the Identification Form!
Project 2 extra credit
opportunity: If your project team wishes to attack one or more of the
questions raised by Professor Hou in the ES 3505 portion of project 2,
submit that work in a separate mini-report attached to your regular project
report. After your regular report has been evaluated, that addtional
work will be reviewed and up to one extra point added to your team's project
score, depending on the merit of the additional work and the quality of
your work on the main part of the project
Do not waste your
time considering this extra work until you have the core part of the project
well in hand. You will receive no extra credit if the main part of the
project is not satisfactory.
Tues/Dec 15: Project 2 reports
evaluated in PLA class.
The project grades of students
who do not participate in the project evaluation will be reduced by one
point.
19. M/Dec 14
Read 8.2 (skip 8.2.5; emphasize
8.2.2, 8.2.4), 8.3
HW: 8.2/ 15, 16; 8.3/ 3,
5
20. W/Dec 16
Review for Test 2
HW: Practice Test 2
21. F/Dec 18 Test 2
Help session: Thurs, Dec
17, 5:00-6:00 p.m., room AK 116
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