Instructors

• Professor Nicholas M. Patrikalakis, Room 5-428, x3-4555, nmp@mit.edu
• Professor Jerome Connor, Room 1-238, x3-8435, jjconnor@mit.edu

Teaching Assistant

• Mr. KwangHee Ko, Room 5-435, 3-7798, khko@mit.edu
  Office Hours: Wednesdays 4-7 PM

Course Schedule

• Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-11:00 AM, Room 5-134
• Recitations: Thursdays 4-5 PM, Room 1-150

Course announcements frequently by email. Please read your email daily.

Credit

• H-Level, 4-0-8 units

Prerequisites

• Calculus and Ordinary Differential Equations (18.03)
• Elementary Mechanics of Materials (2.01 or 2.001)

Grading Policy

• Final Open Book Exam 45%
• Two one and a half hour quizzes during recitation hour 30% (15% each)
  (Excuses should be directed to one of the instructors)
• Homework (Individual Effort) 25%
  Homework usually assigned each Thursday and due the following Thursday (unless otherwise specified). Graded homework will be returned the following Tuesday. There is a penalty for late homework. Excuses should be directed to the TA in advance. Our plan for homework is as follows.

  Schedule for Homework
  Problem Set	Out	Due
  1	Sep. 9	Sep. 16
  2	Sep. 16	Sep. 23
  3	Sep. 23	Sep. 30
  4	Sep. 30	Oct. 7
  5	Oct. 7	Oct. 14
  6	Oct. 14	Oct. 21
  7	Oct. 21	Oct. 28
  8	Oct. 28	Nov. 4
  9	Nov. 4	Nov. 16
  10	Nov. 16	Nov. 23
  11	Nov. 23	Nov. 30

Final Exam

• 5-233, 9AM-12AM, Wednesday, December 15th

Required Textbook Available at Coop

Further Course Material

Copies of some of the lecture notes, advanced material and marine and civil applications will be handed out in class.

Web Site

Web Site Access

Registered students and registered subject listeners will get login ID and password by email to access problem sets and other class materials.