MSE 2001 F - PRINCIPLES

AND APPLICATIONS OF
ENGINEERING MATERIALS
Josh Kacher

My research: Materials in
extreme environments

Expectations
Exams 45%
Quizzes

20%

Final Exam

35%

In case of Legitimate Excuse: The grade for the average term quiz
(or exam) can be used to replace the missed quiz or exam.
Final exam will be held Dec. 11th 11:30-2:20
Grading:

90-100%

80-89.9%

70-79.9%

60-69.9%

<60%

Class policy
No make-ups for any of the exams and pop-up
quizzes
Office hours:
9-10 a.m. on Mondays
2-3 pm on Wednesdays
Can also make an appointment through email
(josh.kacher@mse.gatech.edu)
The exceptions are: one hour before the exams
TAs: Weekly hours for TAs will be assigned
Questions on the homework problems
Questions on the subject materials
Please email them first so they get themselves ready for
your questions

Attendance policy
Attendance: Attendance is required and will be
checked periodically through pop-up quizzes. Two
absences are
accepted. Please:
arrive in class on time
do not leave the class before the end of the
class
do not ask for a make up for quizzes if you
are late or missed it for any reason
do not ask if you can violate the above for
any reasons
- do not take quizzes for others or ask others
to
take quizzes for you

T-Square and Response

card
T-Square will be used to post lecture
notes, homework, solutions. Important
announcements will also be sent to your TSquare account so please check it
regularly
ResponseCard Clicker Device:
It is a requirement that all students attending
this class purchase a clicker device.

References, Web Sites

Books:
James P. Schaffer et al., The Science
and Design of Engineering Materials,
2ND Ed., McGraw-Hill
Kelly, A. (2000)Crystallography and Crystal
Defects, G. W. Groves and P. Kidd, Wiley
Homework solutions will be posted on tsquare

ResponseCard Clicker
Device:
It is a requirement of this course that all students
attending
this class should purchase a clicker device.
- All students should purchase a ResponseCard NXT
from the campus store within the first week of
classes:
-http://store.turningtechnologies.com (school code is
GATECH)
- Please login to t-square and register your response
card using your GT account as the clicker user ID
before the next class.
- Note that the web-based clicker is not permitted in
this
class and all students should acquire a

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