MEE 390 Spring 2002: Homework (HW) & Project Assignments:
Class Picture *  Class email list * Syllabus *  ©2002 M. Kostic * 
Any verbal change/info announced in class supercedes any printed or Web posted Info!

BACK to KOSTIC Homepage * * HW: 200 390 452
 Let's get acquainted: First Things First!*[PDF] ***
Read 1st * Lab Safety Rules***Some Suggestions for Problem Solving
Project Instructions* Handouts Etc.** Class/HW/Lab/Exam Policies

HW#1a HW#1b HW#2 HW#3  HW#4  HW#5  HW#6  HW#7  HW#8 
HW#9  HW#10  HW#11  HW#12  HW#13  HW#14  HW#15  HW#16 

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 Homework No. 7: Assigned in week of  Mo, 02/25/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise)

There is no new HW this week to give you extra time to research, prepare and get approved your individual project proposal and start working on it immediately since it is very important. Please see the 'Special Assignment' for deadlines and other info. Click here for more instructions, and for an Individual Project Sample.
 

IMPORTANT:

  1. You have to type your project proposal before you see me for its approval (before the Spring Break!).
  2. I will keep a copy for my record of our meeting and if you want you may bring another copy for you.
  3. After we review your proposal in my Office, I may give suggestions for modification if appropriate.
  4. Then the same proposal (modified if necessary) must be emailed to me before the deadline, after which I will officially approve it via email.
  5. You may attach a Word or other file to you email, but you must cut-and-paste or type project title and description in the body of your email, even if you are attaching formatted Word file for example (so that I do not have to do it for every student).
  6. Your email must have the following subject line:
    390sp02xx-PROPOSAL-project short title (if you are in MEE 390, where xx are your initials).
  7. If proposal is for more than one student, than put initials of all students, like 390sp02xxyy-, for student xx and yy, for example. Every email sent to me should have the first formatted part of the email subject as already explained.

I am repeating this because not all students follow the rule.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
See additional instructions at: http://www.kostic.niu.edu/390-Individual_Project_Poster.htm

See you soon during my Office Hours or by appointment.

4) Study corresponding Lab Handout before you come for demonstration of that lab as per TA schedule for your group and verbal explanations given in class and lab (you have to bring printed lab handout with your name on it for every lab). Be ready for a short Quiz related to the lab handout and see also the related Lab notes).

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 Homework No. 6: Assigned in week of  Mo, 02/18/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise)

1) Study thoroughly Chapter 4, p.109-143 in our Textbook (Sect.4.5informational, see Lecture Notes, also in PDF). Do Problems 4.15, 4.25, 4.28. MathCAD files are provided for you to conveniently calculate Gaussian and Student-t distributions, and Polynomial and Arbitrary cure fit using Least-Square-Method (LSM).

2) Email to me your mid-semester feed-back about the lectures, labs, homework and midterm experiences so far (skip items that do not apply to our class if any). Your constructive comments and criticism will be very valuable for future improvements. Please comment the following:
  (a) Material/topics that you found interesting or valuable:
  (b) Material/topics that you found to have little interest or value:
  (c) Your comments about Internet and multimedia usage and suggestions for course delivery improvement:
  (d) Your comments about lectures, labs, assignments, instructor and TA meetings, and suggestions for course delivery improvement:
  (e) Additional comments:
NOTE: Your comments are voluntary, however you must submit the above feed-back assignment with all listed items, with or without your specific comments.

3) Special Assignment: As explained in class, research and prepare one-page proposal for Individual Project of your choice and have it approved by me before the Spring Break. The first draft of the project report will be due one week after the Spring Break. Click here for more instructions.

4) Study corresponding Lab Handout before you come for demonstration of that lab as per TA schedule for your group and verbal explanations given in class and lab (you have to bring printed lab handout with your name on it for every lab). Be ready for a short Quiz related to the lab handout and see also the related Lab notes).

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 Homework No. 5: Assigned in week of  Mo, 02/11/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise)

MIDTERM EXAM NOTE: Last parts of Chapters 2 & 3, assigned as informational reading only, are not covered (in details) and will not be on the exam. Check carefully the reading assignments. One page of your notes (but without solved problems), will be allowed on the exam and must be turned in (with your name on it) together with your exam work.

1) Study thoroughly Chapter 1-3 again, review all previous homework and other assignments for our Midterm, scheduled for We, 02/13/02.

2) (Due Mo, 2/18/02): Study thoroughly Chapter 4, p.109-124 (125-143 will be covered next week) and do Examples 4.1 and 4.3 in our Textbook (See also Lecture Notes) (also in PDF). MathCAD files are provided for you to conveniently calculate Gaussian and Student-t distributions, and Polynomial and Arbitrary cure fit using Least-Square-Method (LSM).

3) (Due Mo, 2/18/02): Toss a coin 40 times (i.e. about the total number of class experiments) and record the outcomes, 2 for head or 0 for tail. Calculate the mean (average) value, sample standard deviation (called standard error in some books) and the standard deviation of the mean. NOTE: The TA/instructor will calculate new average (average of the averages) and standard deviation of your average values and compare it with the standard deviation of the mean.

Study corresponding Lab Handout before you come for demonstration of that lab as per TA schedule for your group and verbal explanations given in class and lab (you have to bring printed lab handout with your name on it for every lab). Be ready for a short Quiz related to the lab handout and see also the related Lab notes).

NOTE: Special Assignment is coming soon (next week): Individual Project and Poster/Presentation of your choice. Start thinking about your proposal which I have to approve before you start working on the project, research the Web and Library...

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 Homework No. 4: Assigned in week of  Mo, 02/04/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise)

1) Study thoroughly Chapter 1-3 again, review all previous homework and other assignments for our Midterm, scheduled for We, 02/13/02.

Study corresponding Lab Handout before you come for demonstration of that lab as per TA schedule for your group and verbal explanations given in class and lab (you have to bring printed lab handout with your name on it for every lab). Be ready for a short Quiz related to the lab handout and see also the related Lab notes).

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Homework No. 3: Assigned in week of  Mo, 1/28/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise):

Study thoroughly Chapter 3, p.70-96 (p.96-104 informational) in our Textbook (See also Lecture Notes) (also in PDF) and do Problems 3.12, 3.22, 3.32. The Problem 3.23 is solved for you using MathCAD ( or PDF format) as a demonstration to help you with the Homework.

Study corresponding Lab Handout before you come for demonstration of that lab as per TA schedule for your group and verbal explanations given in class and lab (you have to bring printed lab handout with your name on it for every lab). Be ready for a short Quiz related to the lab handout and see also the related Lab notes).

NOTE: Useful engineering and physics site http://230nsc1.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

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 Homework No. 2: Assigned in week of  Mo, 1/14/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise):

1) Study thoroughly Chapter 2, p.35-57 in depth (and p.58-64 informational) in our Textbook (See also Lecture Notes) (also PDF format) and do Problems 2.4, 2.6, and 2.16 . The problems  2.5, 2.7, and 2.17 are/will be done for you as a HW examples.

2) For next class redo Examples 2.2 and 2,4 (see Note about Reading and Example Homework).
Example 2.3 was worked out in class using MathCAD.

Study corresponding Lab Handout before you come for demonstration of that lab as per TA schedule for your group and verbal explanations given in class and lab (you have to bring printed lab handout with your name on it for every lab). Be ready for a short Quiz related to the lab handout and see also the related Lab notes).

NOTE about HW rules:
 Every electronic correspondence (email etc.) must have subject line with the course number and semester-year-and-your-initial abbreviation (without spacing) and a relevant heading in it (key words are fine, e.g., 390sp02mk lab safety, for MEE390 Spring 2002 and Milivoje Kostic, related to lab safety). Your email must finish with your full name "signature," since many of you use an alias for your email address. Otherwise your email may be discarded.

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Homework No. 1b: Assigned in week of  Mo, 1/14/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise):

1)  Lab Safety Rules and Our First Lab:

We are starting with our labs as announced in class. Attendance is mandatory for all students, and without full lab attendance your grade will be incomplete, which may result in unsatisfactory final grade and repetition of the course.

As discussed in the class, during our work in the laboratories, there is a risk of injury and/or damage to the equipment. That is why you are requested to be careful and responsible and to use a good judgments and common sense, as well as to follow all written and verbally given safety rules.

The Lab Safety Rules are posted on our class Web site [ http://www.kostic.niu.edu/LabSafetyRules.html ]. You have to print, read and understand them before doing any work in the lab. You have to send me  a confirmation e-mail (and copy to our TA) that "you have read, understood and will obey all Lab safety rules". You may be asked to sign the same statement before starting any work in our Labs. Please, review the Lab Safety Rules and discuss your concerns if any with me or TA before signing the above statement.

Have a safe, productive and satisfying work in our Labs!

Our First Lab is tentatively scheduled for Fr, 1/25/02.

NOTE 1 ABOUT THE LAB EXPERIMENT: You must finish experiment in the lab at least one day before the next scheduled experiment (usually within a week, afterwards the lab setup may be disassembled in order to prepare new experiment's setup).  Your previous Lab assignment and Lab report are due on the day, but before the demonstration of the next Lab, or in a week time period. It is the best for you if you do your lab experiments right after the demonstration while TA is still in the Lab.

NOTE 2 ABOUT THE LAB REPORT: As explained in class and lab, you have to perform every demonstrated experiment as a homework assignment, individually calculate results (show work for each characteristic sample with units) and submit the corresponding lab report, as per related handout and posted and verbal instructions by TA and Instructor. There is no formal format for the lab reports and esthetics is not important, but neatness and substance are. In addition to required calculation and presentation of results in tabular and graphical form, you should be very specific and write as little as necessary, like key words and titles and short paragraphs for peculiar comments and conclusions. Avoid unnecessary general or repetitive descriptions from the handouts and references, but make specific reference to appropriate source instead.  

NOTE 3 ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT: As discussed in class start thinking about individual experimental project ASAP (it will be officially assigned around the middle of the semester, see Project Proposal Assignment etc.). There will be requirements for professional (technical/formal) report, see Instructions.

2) Study thoroughly Chapter 1, p.1-29 in our Textbook (See also Lecture Notes) (also PDF format and Animated Part) and do Problems: 1.8; 1.18; 1.28; 1.38. (Quiz#1)

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Homework No. 1a: Assigned in week of Mo, 01/14/02 (Due as per rules if not specified otherwise):

  1. Print our class Syllabus and Class/HW/Lab/Exam Policies, posted on my Web site, www.kostic.niu.edu, sign and bring it for our next class meeting. Read the syllabus and its relevant links very carefully, and clarify with me all your concerns and doubts during our next class meeting.
  2. Revew Let's get acquainted-First Things First!*[PDF format is convenient for printing].
  3. Send me an email (kostic@niu.edu) with the subject line (exactly but without quotes, you may cut-and-paste): " MEE 390 Spring 2002 Student E-mail Contact ," and a 100-150 word free-assay by introducing yourself and expressing your expectations and concerns about the subject after reviewing the syllabus. I need this email immediately to get your email address and make up email group list for our class, so that I could send you future class information via email. [check]

Textbook:
R.S. Figliola, and D.E. Beasley, Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements - 3rd Edition, Wiley, 2000

References (newer editions may exist for some):
R.H. Bishop, Learning with LabVIEW, Addison Wesley, 1999
A.J. Wheeler and A.R. Ganji, Introduction to Engineering Experimenntation, Prentice Hall, 1996
E.O. Doebelin, Measurement Systems - Application and Design, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1990
J.P. Holman, Experimental Methods for Engineers, 5th Edition, McGraw­Hill, 1984.
J. W. Dally, W. F. Riley, and K. G. McConnell, Instrumentation for Engineering Measurements, John Wiley & Sons, 1984.

Additional references will be given during the lectures along with handouts. *