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UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

EGN 3321 Engineering Analysis - Dynamics (Spring 2022)

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Instructor Information 

Teaching Assistants 

Course Information

  • Term: Spring 2022
  • Course Number & Section: EGN 3321
  • Course Name: Engineering Analysis - Dynamics
  • Credit Hours: 3, 0
  • F2F Class Meeting Days: Monday
  • F2F Class Meeting Time: 11:30 AM – 1:20 PM
  • F2F Class Location: CB2 0106
  • Course Modality: M

Enrollment Requirements 

Course Prerequisites: "C" (2.0) or better in EGN 3310 and MAC 2313 or equivalent. If you have not obtained a C in these two courses, please drop this course - EGN 3321.
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Course Description

Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies; mass and acceleration, work and energy, impulse and momentum, introduction to kinematics of mechanisms; introduction to 3D rigid body dynamics; central force. 

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Instruct students on the use and application of kinematics and kinetics as applied to practical engineering problems involving particle and planar rigid body motions.
  • Help students develop the ability to visualize and model physical configurations of machines and structures.
  • Students will be evaluated via homework and exams. 

Course Materials and Resources

Required Materials/Resources

  • Beer, Johnston, Cornwell, and Self, Vector Mechanics for Engineers - Dynamics, 12th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2018.
  • For online assignments you MUST obtain an access code (comes with the book or purchased separately) for Connect.

McGraw Hill Connect Information

OPT-IN Option - UCF_OptIN__Connect_withConnectRegistrationProcess_SPRING2022.pdf

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF FIRST DAY™?

Some of the benefits of the First Day™ program are:

  • All students have immediate temporary courtesy access to the required materials via Webcourses on the first day of class - leading to  greater student
  • No access codes are required when using the First Day program.
  • First Day™ materials are accessible through the Internet so it goes where students go, on whichever device they want.
  • The cost of First Day™ course materials has been negotiated to be the lowest price available from the publisher.
  • Students can apply financial aid and scholarship funds to their First Day purchases.

To enhance your learning experience and provide affordable access to the right course material, this course is part of an inclusive access model called First Day™. You can easily access the required materials for this course at a discounted price, and benefit from single sign-on access with no codes required in Webcourses.

UCF will bill you at the discounted price as a course materials charge for this course.

When the term starts, you have temporary courtesy access to Connect. In order to keep your access at the discounted price, you must Opt In. If you are Opted In and you drop this course during the term add/drop period, you will NOT be charged and your access to Connect will be terminated.

Please be aware of the Opt In deadline of 01/16/2022. If you Opt Out or take no action, you will lose your courtesy access shortly after the deadline date. The work you have completed until that time has been saved and will be available when you activate a purchased access code.

For more information and FAQs go to customercare.bncollege.com.

“Course Materials/First Day” Bookstore Customer Care Contact Information

Customer Care is available 24/7 to help students with questions about accessing their course material, using their eTextbook, or opting-out or in to the First Day program. 

Call the Customer Care team: 1-844-9-EBOOKS (1-844-932-6657)

Connect App - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-e1b5iktuM&t=20s

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Optional Materials/Resources

  • Meriam and L. Kraige, Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics, 7th ed. (or later).
  • Hibbeler, Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics, 13th ed. (or later).

Course Activities

  • Lectures
    • Video lectures via Webcourses modules. Most of the concept lectures will be recorded. You are expected to watch these videos and understand the basic concepts and equations before problem solving examples in F2F classes.
    • F2F classes will focus on problem solving examples with a short overview of the related concepts.
  • Assignments.
    • SmartBook (SB) assignments via Connect. You will read the textbook (ebook) and answer some related questions. You can choose to do this before or after watching the corresponding video lectures.
    • Homework (HW) assignments via Connect. You will complete these after the problem solving examples.
  • Exams.
  • No extra credit will be given besides assignments and exams.
  • The students are expected to have regular access to the internet and plan on logging into the course at least twice each week.

Attendance/Participation

Attendance in F2F classes is not required, but strongly encouraged. The F2F classes should be streamed/recorded via Panopto.

I also strongly encourage wearing face coverings (even if you are vaccinated), and you should stay at home if you have COVID symptoms. Because we are still in the middle of the COVID pandemic, the course participation policy may be updated during the semester based on UCF's policy (see https://www.ucf.edu/coronavirus/). 

Assignments submission

  • All assignments are auto-submitted at midnight of the due date, and auto-graded.
  • SB assignments: No extension will be given.
  • HW assignments: You can request for extension (typically 1 week) for up to three times. 

Make-up Exams  

  • F2F exams: Students are only allowed to take make-up F2F exams for the following situations. Documentation or notices must be provided to the instructor to allow reasonable arrangement. No penalty will be applied.
    • Students who represent the university in an authorized event or activity (for example, student-athletes) and who are unable to attend the exam due to a conflict with that event
    • Religious observance or legal obligations (such as jury duty)
    • In the case of illness, a student may provide a Dr. note (or COVID test result) within 24 hours before the exam.
  • Online exams: There will be no make-up online exams unless the situations listed above last for the entire week of the exam.

Assessment and Grading Procedures

Your final grade consists of:

  • 12 SB assignments (Total 6%)
  • 12 HW assignments (Total 24%)
  • 3 exams (Exam 1 - 20%, Exam 2 - 20%, Exam 3 - 35%)
  • Total 105%

 

The table shows the range for each letter grade and uses a plus/minus system.

Letter Grade

Points

Letter Grade

Points

A

93 – 105 points

A-

90 – 92 points

B+

87 – 89 points

B

83 – 86 points

B-

80 – 82 points

C+

77 – 79 points

C

73 – 76 points

C-

70 – 72 points

D+

67 – 69 points

D

63 – 66 points

D-

60 – 62 points

F

59 and below

 

Course Schedule

The F2F classes will be used to briefly talk about theory. Most of the F2F time will be used for questions/answers and problem solving. Students are expected to have read the material and watch video lectures before coming to class or attending the live-lecture. The course schedule can be found in the Course Schedule page.

 

University Services and Resources

Academic Services and Resources

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Non-Academic Services and Resources

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Policy Statements

 

 

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