HigherEd 2.0

Just stumbled upon another shear and moment resource on the web. This one appears to be pretty good because you can solve the problems on your own, then use their graphical flash-based diagram drawer to check your work.
If you are still struggling somewhat with V & M, this might be a really […]

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Exam 1 is now sitting in your folder outside my office, ready for pick-up. This was a challenging exam, and here are the numbers, by problem:

16.50/20
(a) 9.28/10, (b) 4.00/10
16.96/20
14.66/20
18.71/20
Overall average: 80.11%

So this is quite positive, especially on Problem 5 (which I thought was going to be much […]

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Thursday at 7 pm! Based upon your votes (64 total), 45 said that Thursday 7-9 works. So let’s do it.
The exam will cover Chapters 1-4, including everything we covered in class. We will EXCLUDE thermal stress from the exam. Everything else is fair game.
Exam problems will be very much like the […]

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Based upon the limited input I received (11 comments on the blog, 1 email–that’s less than 15% of the class), it looks like the consensus is Wednesday night. The only concern is a possible conflict with one or two other review sessions. We will start NEXT WEEK (2/21) and see how it works. […]

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If you had any doubt that engineers can play an enormous part in shaping the World’s future, check out this recent announcement about a climate change competition largely funded by gajillionaire Richard Branson. This will surely get the world’s scientists and engineers mobilized, similar to the recent buzz around the Ansari X Prize […]

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My proposal: Wed. night at a time to be determined. Probably something like 6-8 pm. If you have an opinion, let it be heard as a comment on this post.

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I wanted to post two links for books in the CE 231 course. Click here for our textbook, and click here for a Schaum’s outline with lots of solved problems and practice problems. Obviously it’s important to have access to the textbook, especially since all our homework problems will be from the book. […]

 Module 24: an example lecture podcast: Download

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Okay, not that rapidly. It’s still almost a month away. But I had some idle time on break and decided to go ahead and restructure the blog a bit and organize things a little better. Some changes you will notice, now and later:

A new name. The moniker “HigherEd 2.0″ naturally […]

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