AME 302 Course Syllabus

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University of Notre Dame
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

AME 302: Differential Equations, Vibrations and Control II

Instructor:

• Bill Goodwine
  Office: 367 Fitzpatrick
  Email: goodwine@controls.ame.nd.edu
  Office Hours: Tuesdays, 5:00 - 7:00 pm.

Time and Place:

• 118 Nieuwland
  MWF 12:50 - 1:40
  Problem Session: Monday, 3:00 - 3:50, 201 DBRT

Teaching Assistants:

1. Abigail Mitchell
   Email: amitche3@nd.edu
2. Alice Nightingale
   Office: B22 Fitzpatrick
   Email: aduesing@nd.edu
   Office Hours: TBA
3. Williams R. Calderon-Munoz
   Email: wcaldero@nd.edu
4. Michaela Logue
   Email: Logue.3@nd.edu
5. Dayu Lv
   Email: dlv@nd.edu
6. Jingzhou Zhang
   Email: jingzhou.zhang.68@nd.edu

Course Web Page:

• http://controls.ame.nd.edu/courses/

Grading:

• The final grade will be based on homework sets and three exams:
  1. Homework (15%)
  2. Exam 1 (25%): Wednesday, March 2, 2005.
  3. Exam 2 (25%): Wednesday, April 13, 2005.
  4. Final exam (35%): TBA

• Grades will be assigned as according to the highest criterion met:
  1. (overall grade > mean + 1.5 stdev) OR (overall grade > 90%): A/A-
  2. (overall grade > mean + 0.5 stdev) OR (overall grade > 80%): B+/B
  3. (overall grade > mean - 0.5 stdev) OR (overall grade > 70%): B-/C+/C
  4. (overall grade > mean - 1.5 stdev) OR (overall grade > 60%): C-/D+
  5. overall grade > mean - 2.0 stdev: D/D-
  6. overall grade < mean - 2.0 stdev: F

Homework Policy:

1. Homework sets will be assigned weekly and will be due before the beginning of class on Wednesdays. Late homework will not be accepted without permission from the instructor prior to the time it is due.
2. Collaboration on homework assignments in encouraged. Unless otherwise prohibited, you may consult outside reference materials, other students, the TAs, or the instructor. However, all material that is submitted must be the result of your own individual effort and accurately and substantively reflect your understanding of the subject matter at the time of writing.
3. Examples of allowed activities include:
   1. working on homeworks and projects as a group provided every member of the group submits material that is consistent with paragraph 2 above;
   2. obtaining help debugging computer programs provided that the computer program submitted is consistent with paragraph 2 above.
   3. consulting another person regarding any aspect of a homework assignment provided that what is ultimately submitted is consistent with paragraph 2 above.
4. Examples of dishonest activities include:
   1. unless expressly allowed by the instructor, submitting material that is not entirely the result of your own intellectual effort;
   2. submitting material that is intentionally misleading such as plots or graphs that were not generated by an accompanying computer code listing, a computer code listing that is purported to be correct that is not or a homework problem that has the correct answer that does not result from the work preceding it;
   3. submitting material that is copied, wholly or in part, in any form; or,
   4. any activitiy not expressly allowed above that violates either the letter or spirit of the University Academic Code of Honor.

Course Text and References:

1. The required text for the course is Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems by William E. Boyce and Richard C. DiPrima, 8th Edition.
2. A very highly recommended text on C programming is the C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, 2nd Edition ($40).
3. A recommended reference on vibrations is Mechanical Vibrations by J. P. DenHartog ($17).
4. A recommended reference on control theory is Schaum's Outline of Feedback and Control Systems by Joseph Distefano, Ivan J. Williams, Joseph J., III DiStefano an Allen Stubberud. ($12).