HigherEd 2.0

This is it. You can feel free to peruse the site, but I must warn you that I am in the midst of actually taking down a bunch of the content from previous semesters. The practical reason for this is that I am up against my disk quota (2 GB) and needed to remove […]

 

 An example video solution.: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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So the grades are in, and I wanted to give you some statistics for the course. Final exam class average: 82.5%. That was a challenging exam, and I am really impressed with the class performance. In particular, the average on the machine/frame problem was (drumroll, please) 17.7/20! My 4-year-old, Mr. Mixed […]

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As we talked about in class today and on Wednesday, here’s some last-minute advice on the exam. First, we will have at least 4 regular problems (like on the previous exams) and at least 2 “short” problems. Short problems are things like: here’s a truss…how many zero force members are there? […]

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And the winners are…

Best Picture: The Brooklyn Bridge. This is a really good one, I especially like the history and the truly tragic story of the bridge’s designer. Excellent use of music and overall a really great effort.
Best Screenplay: Empire State Building. Another really good one, lots of […]

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As promised, I recorded a short narration of the lecture slides on centroid and moment of inertia, specifically in the context of problem 9-57. You have seen this twice in lecture (not recorded), so he is the archival version for you. Once more time, here are the important part:

Always start by making […]

 

 Lecture Module 40, November 30 2007: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Here is our OPTIONAL homework assignment…a few light problems from Chapters 8 and 9. If you are handing these in, they are due on Wed. 12/5 at 4 pm.
Chapter 8: 8-6, 8-19 (a final exam problem in previous years), 8-35, 8-37, 8-40
Chapter 9: 9-57 (already done, several times!), 9-59, 9-61, 9-129
Use this […]

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Exam 2 is now ready for pickup in the folders outside my office. The overall average was 76%, with the grade breakdown much more uniform than on the last exam. As I mentioned in class on Wednesday, Problem 3 on machines and frames had the lowest average; a grade breakdown for this […]

 

 Exam 2, problem 1 solution: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Exam 2, problem 2 solution: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Exam 2, problem 3 solution: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Exam 2, problem 4 solution: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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All 17 entries in our little contest are listed below. The rules are simple:

Each group will evaluate 5 other groups according to this scheme. Group i will evaluate groups (i+1) through (i+5). For instance, Group 1 will evaluate Groups 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Group 2 will evaluate Groups […]

 Group 1. Custom Pyramids: Download
 Group 2. Delta Works: Download
 Group 3. Machu Piccu: Download
 Group 4. Channel Tunnel: Download
 Group 5. Brooklyn Bridge: Download
 Group 6. World's Tallest Structures: Download
 Group 7. Golden Gate Bridge: Download
 Group 8. Bering Strait: Download
 Group 9. Prefab Bridges: Download
 Group 10. Ozone Layer: Download
 Group 11. Ski Dubai: Download
 Group 12. Empire State Building: Download
 Group 13. Panama Canal: Download
 Group 14. Langeled Pipeline: Download
 Group 15. Water Scarcity: Download
 Group 16. Roman Aqueducts: Download
 Group 17. Hong Kong Airport: Download

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Wow. It’s been two weeks since the last post, and everyone is done with their podcast project. At a quick glance, the results all look great. The evaluation period will start on Wednesday 11/28. We had a little discussion in class today, so I wanted to just quickly recap it here […]

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We will have a few brief GarageBand training sessions in the DML in the coming days. But I also recorded another video which starts the process from scratch and shows you the salient features of GarageBand. In the video I show you how to create a new podcast project, drop images into the […]

 

 GarageBand demo, from scratch: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Test podcast created in the video above, about my car and my kid: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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