1. This is ASEN 3112: Structures
Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado at Boulder
Fall 2016

2. Teaching Staff Instructor: Carlos Felippa TAs: Clemence Bacquet
Dimitri Krattiger
Leng Ying Khoo
CA: Ryan Morse
Lab coordinator: Trudy Schwartz
Lab assistant: Keegan Sotebeer

3. Two Course Online Sites
Public course web site:
Contains lectures, slides, general material, lab documents
No access constraints
D2L web site - under construction
Will hold protected course material (e.g., grades) as well
as mirror images of public web site files (e.g. HWs).
Accessible by your IdentiKey & password

4. Public Web Site Homepage Image
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5. Schedule-at-a-Glance Sheet
In your handout,
but in B&W

6. Course Events Lectures: TuTh 12:30-1:45 pm @ ECCR 265
Labs: Fr 1 and 3pm, Mo 3pm, ITLL
9 recitations at 1B50 (smart room)
4 formal exp labs (1 w/computer), Plaza or 1B50
1 demo-only lab (no report), 1B50
RQs Tuesdays, first 10’ of lecture
Midterms 4 Thursdays, reviews previous Mo eve
Final exam Tu Dec 12, 4:30pm
HWs Usually due Th except midterm weeks
Office Hrs next slide
See Schedule-at-a-Glance sheet (handout) for more details

7. Office Hour Proposal Monday: TAs 11am-3pm (Lab at 3pm)
Wednesday: TAs 10am-2pm, instructor 2-4pm
Start: Monday Aug 29
Comments?

8. Coursework Weights Individual Work: 60 % Group Work: 40 % *
Midterms (4) % each %
Final exam %
Reading quizzes (up to 8) %
Course participation grade %
Group Work: 40 % *
Lab reports: 5% + 10% + 5% %
Homework (10 or 11, lowest score dropped) %
* Only counted if individual work score is C or better
See Coursework on handout for further details

9. Lab Sections are Unbalanced :-(
Sec 11 (Fr 1pm) enrollment: 56
Sec 12 (Fr 3pm) enrollment: 32
Sec 13 (Mo 3pm) enrollment: 37
Need ~ 8 volunteers to move from Sec 11 to 12 or 13
Incentive: +15 bonus points in Midterm 1
If you take up the offer, pls me with name + old/new Sec

10. Textbook
Course has no required textbooks (used to have 2 until 2010). All lecture material is web posted.
Savings: ~ $350 - use ~ $12 of that to buy engineering paper at the CU Bookstore