GENERAL INFORMATION
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Instructor :
Professor Vivek Shenoy
Office : Room 604 Barus and Holley.
Tel : Ext. 3-1475, Email : Vivek_Shenoy@brown.edu
Office Hours : Wednesday 4pm - 5pm by appointment
Textbook (Fall 2011):
"Mechanics of Materials" by Beer, Johnston, DeWolf and Mazurek, 6th Edition, McGraw-Gill
Class Schedule
Lecture Hours: MWF 9:00am - 9:50am, Wilson Hall 302 (Detailed Calendar)
Sections: S01: Thursday 1:00pm - 2:20pm, B&H 141
S02: Thursday 2:30pm - 3:50pm, B&H 165
Teaching Assistants :
Rassin Grantab (Recitation/Lectures)
Email: Rassin_Grantab@brown.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:00pm-3:00pm, B&H 750
Michael Chon (Lab#2 and Project)
Email: michael_chon@brown.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 6:00pm-8:00pm, B&H 160
Akbar Bagri (Handouts, Web information)
Email: Akbar_Bagri@brown.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays 4:00pm-6:00pm, B&H 738
Hsiao-Mei Wu (Lab#1 and Project)
Email: Hsiao-Mei_Wu@brown.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:00am-12:00pm, B&H 732
Grading policy:
Homework : 20%
Laboratory: 10% (based on attendance and lab reports)
Design Project : 10% (preliminary design, calculations, performance, etc.)
Midterm Exam : 15% * 2 = 30%
Final Exam : 30%
Notes :
(a) Laboratory experiments cannot be arranged outside of allotted time slots; sign up promptly when labs are announced.
(b) Homework solutions will be posted on our web site on the due date; late homework cannot be accepted once the solution is out.
(c) Exam date/time cannot be changed under normal circumstances.
(d) The tenets of Brown’s Academic Code will be followed.