Revised Aug. 24, 2004
Instructors:
| Dr. Martin S. High
Chemical Engineering Oklahoma State University 423 Engineering North (405)744-5280 mhigh@okstate.edu http://blackboard.okstate.edu/ |
Dr. Peter M. Moretti
Mechanical & Aero. Engrg. Oklahoma State University 218 Engineering North (405)744-5900 moretti at ceat.okstate.edu moretti.ceat.okstate.edu/moretti.html |
Course Prerequisites: CHEM 1515, PHYS 2014, MATH 2145.
Textbook: Michael J. Moran & Howard N. Shapiro, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, Fifth Edition, Wiley, New York, ©2004, ISBN 0-471-27471-2.
Class Hours: 10:30 to 11:20 a.m. MWF in EN 108 (Engineering North Auditorium).
Discussion Sessions: Tuesdays, starting August 31, at the following times and locations:
| Section | Time | Location |
| 1. | 7:30 - 8:20 a.m. | CLB 309 |
| 2. | 8:30 - 9:20 a.m. | CLB 306 |
| 3. | 11:30 - 12:20 p.m. | CLB 309 |
| 4. | 2:30 - 3:20 p.m. | CLB 108 |
| 5. | 3:30 - 4:20 p.m. | CLB 309 |
Final Exam: 10:00 to 11:50 a.m. Monday, Dec. 13, 2004, in 108 EN.
Course Content: Properties of pure substances; principles governing changes in forms of energy; first and second laws of thermodynamics; analysis of simple cyclic processes.
Course Conduct: Class periods will be used for formal lectures, discussing your questions regarding material covered in the textbook, providing guidance in solving homework, solving example problems, and administering quizzes and exams. The smaller Discussion Sessions offer more opportunities for asking questions. Civility, courtesy, and promptness are required.
Course Objectives: At the conclusion of the course, a student should be able to:
Office Hours: Individual help with homework and other course-related matters will be available from Teaching Assistants (TAs) and the Instructors. Questions relating to the lectures, readings, and homework are encouraged. Office hours for individual help will be posted on the bulletin board between the doors to the classroom (EN 108). On homework, you should seek assistance first from TAs. Before seeing a TA, please think through your questions and bring your work with you. On all other matters, you may see Professors High and Moretti during their office hours or by appointment - this includes any follow-up questions you have on homework, after seeking assistance from a TA. The TAs do not discuss grading issues.
Class Attendance: You should attend all classes, punctually. The Syllabus information is tentative, and you are responsible for any changes or additions announced in class (e.g., homework assignments, test dates, schedule changes, modifications of the syllabus, etc.). Unannounced quizzes will be administered in class during the semester, and missing quizzes can adversely affect your semester grade. Material covered in the quizzes will include material discussed in class, previously assigned homework, and reading assignments for the day the quiz is administered. If you come to class late and a quiz has already begun, you will not be permitted to take the quiz. Also, no make-up quizzes will be given.
Bulletin Board Information: You should check the bulletin board outside of 108 EN for solutions to homework and exams, grade records, etc. Posted materials are removed from the board after two weeks and are thereafter unavailable. Grades for homework, quizzes and exams will be posted periodically on the bulletin board. Posted grades will not be changed after they have been on the board for one week, so be sure to check the posted materials thoroughly and in a timely manner.
Examinations: Four (4) one-hour examinations and a two-hour final examination will be given. No make-up examinations will be given. Examinations will be open-book and closed-notes; however, you may use a single two-sided page of notes (8.5 x 11-inch paper) that you have prepared. Quizzes may be open- or closed-book and open- or closed-notes, as announced at the beginning of the quiz. On exams and quizzes, hand calculators may be used, but neither books, notes, nor calculators may be shared. Partial credit will be given on exam questions, when appropriate. You are responsible for bringing a textbook and calculator to every class meeting.
Homework: Assignments will be due in the appropriate drop box, located near the Northeast exit on the first floor of Engineering North, before the beginning of class (10:30 a.m.) on the due date. Be sure to use the correct box (2213)! No late homework will be accepted. Each homework problem set must be stapled,
folded, and marked with ENSC 2213, your name, your discussion section number, and the due date. (A sample will be posted on the bulletin board.) Three points will be deducted from a homework set if these instructions are not followed. In each assigned homework set, the individual problems will be scored as follows:
10 pts. - Two (2) problems chosen at random in each set will be graded in detail for a maximum score of 10 points per problem;
2 pts. - The rest of the problems in an assigned homework set will be scanned to see if a serious attempt has been made to solve it;
0 pts. - No serious attempt has been made to work the problem.
Missed Work: From the above information, you see that no makeup work will be permitted. However, if you must miss a homework assignment, quiz or hour examination, you may be excused if you either (a.) receive permission in advance from the instructors, or (b.) present a doctor’s verification of an illness.
Pick-Up of Exams, Quizzes, and Homework: Graded hour exams, quizzes and homework may be picked up from a TA during discussion class. Graded exams not picked up in discussion sessions may be picked up from the Chemical Engineering receptionist in Engineering North 423. Graded quizzes and homework not picked up in discussion sessions, may be picked up in Engineering North 202, where they will be placed in pigeonhole files (by section number). Homework (or a quiz) is usually available one week after the date the homework is due (or the quiz is administered). Please make sure to make copies of homework before turning them in for study purposes and in case homework is lost or misplaced in the pigeonhole files. Homework and quizzes will be discarded one month after they are placed in the pigeonhole files, so be sure to pick them up promptly.
Questions Regarding Grading: For any administrative problems involving grading of assignments including homework, quizzes or exams, you must write a note explaining why you think additional credit is deserved, attach the note to the assignment in question, and give it to one of the Instructors. This explanatory note must include a thermodynamic argument of why your grade should be changed; requests for a grade change based on the argument that the grading was "harsh" or "unfair" are typically not heeded since extraordinary effort is made to insure consistency in the grading of homework, quizzes, and exams. TAs are not authorized to discuss or change grades. The Instructors will not review any grade after more than one week has passed since that homework, quiz or exam has been returned or the grade posted.
Semester Grades: Your "Semester Average" will be determined as follows:
| Four (4) one-hour exams (100 pts. each) | 400 points |
| Final exam | 150 points |
| Quizzes (normalized to maximum of 100 pts.) | 100 points |
| Homework (normalized to max. of 100 pts.) | 100 points |
Students are interested in their performance in the class and routinely ask where the grade cut-offs will be drawn for the course. Based on our experience in the class, we anticipate the following cut-off points: A-B: 88; B-C: 78; C-D: 68%. Students with less than a 55% class average should not expect to receive a passing grade for the course. These cut-off points will not be raised. However, the instructors reserve the right to revise these cut-off points slightly downward, depending on the overall class performance, but students should not rely on any significant departure from these guidelines. When appropriate, alterations in these estimates of grade cut-off points will be discussed in class, posted on the bulletin board or made available on the internet. In any case, grade distributions and cutoff points discussed throughout the semester are only estimates and the final grade determination will be made at the end of the semester.
Academic Dishonesty and Misconduct:
Academic Dishonesty - the academic dishonesty policy at OSU applies to faculty, staff and students and is generally described as "behavior in which a deliberately fraudulent misrepresentation is employed in an attempt to gain undeserved intellectual credit, either for oneself or for another." The situations that issues of academic dishonesty or misconduct might typically arise in this course involve in-class examinations, quizzes and homework. Academic misconduct differs from dishonesty in that the intent to obtain undeserved intellectual credit is absent from academic misconduct.
Examinations - Looking at others' papers, exchanging information, or using any forbidden resources during an examination or quiz is considered academic dishonesty. A zero-tolerance policy on cheating will be enforced in this class. Violations will result in a grade reduction in the course, including a grade of "F" for serious infractions. Continuing to work on exams or quizzes after being instructed to stop is an attempt to "gain underserved intellectual credit" and is treated as academic misconduct. Exams (and quizzes) will not be accepted if you continue to write after the instructor has issued an instruction to stop and the student involved will receive no credit for the exam or quiz.
Homework - Submitting homework copied from others, from files or from solution manuals is plagiarism and is academic dishonesty. Copying homework solutions from other sources will result in a failing course grade and disciplinary action.
- Learning through discussions with fellow students is encouraged; having others do your work for you is counterproductive to learning and dishonest. If you start a problem by yourself, and then discuss it with others, you are learning; if you look at a file before beginning the problem, you are engaging in unethical conduct. Paraphrasing without giving a reference to the source is still plagiarism and will be treated as such Do not run the risk of submitting homework that is essentially identical in appearance to another student’s work, from files, or to the solution manual - you may discuss the approach to solving the problems, but do the detailed work separately!
- Students who submit plagiarized homework copied from solutions from prior semesters, other students, or solution manuals will receive a failing grade in the course. Further, having students submit homework plagiarized from another student, will result in all students involved receiving a failing grade in class. The instructors reserve the right to recommend to the Office of Student Conduct that disciplinary action be taken against all students involved in the incident, including students who knowingly cooperate with another student's plagarism.
Drop-and-Add Policy: Please see the Academic Affairs Web Page http://www.okstate.edu/acadaffr/ for important drop/add dates. University policies control all procedures for drop and add. Substantive lectures begin on the first day of classes. Students adding the course late must make up the missed material through independent study.
Special Accommodations: If you feel that you have a disability and need special accommodations of any nature, the instructors will work with you and the Office of Student Disability Services, 326 Student Union, to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure that you have a fair opportunity to perform in this class. Please advise the instructor of such disability and the desired accommodations at some point before or immediately after the first scheduled class period.
Class Notes: Some class notes for this course will be posted on the Web in a directory at the following locations:
http://blackboard.okstate.edu/ - Log in, click on Thermodynamics Link (Chapters 1-4, Dr. High's notes);
http://www.mae.okstate.edu/Faculty/moretti/moretti.html (Chapters 5-6, 8-10, Dr. Moretti).
You can read and/or print the class notes for your use by following the steps listed below:
Please read the Syllabus Attachment that details additional University-level policies and holidays