Problem solving review session: Thursday, May 3, 3:30pm - 5:30pm, MEC 205.

April 25, Wednesday

We will have the Final Exam next Saturday, May 5. The exam will have the same style as the tests (60% multiple choice, 40% problems) but will include twice more questions/points as compared to the test (40 multiple choice questions, 80 points worth of problems).

75% of the exam is comprised of questions/information from the first three tests (please review your tests and make sure you understand all the mistakes you made! Ask me if you have any questions), and 25% of the exam is from Chapters 16 and 19 (material not covered in previous tests).

We will have a review session next week; I will propose times/dates for the review session in e-mail to the class tomorrow or Friday.

April 11, Wednesday

Homework assignment #10 includes the following problems from the textbook: 16.3, 16.18, 16.29, 16.41 and is due April 19, Thursday.

Homework assignment #11 (the last one!) includes the following problems from the textbook: 19.5, 19.11, 19.13, 19.28, 19.30, 19.52 and is due April 26, Thursday.

We will have Test #3 next Thursday, April 19. It will cover material from Chapters 10, 11, 13, 14, 15.

We will spend part of our Tuesday lecture to review the material covered in the test.

April 7, Saturday

Homework assignment #9 includes the following problems from the textbook: 15.3, 15.9, 15.11, 15.23, and is due April 12, Thursday.

March 31, Saturday

Homework assignment #8 includes the following problems from the textbook: 13.3, 13.15, 13.32, 13.38, and is due April 5, Thursday.

March 21, Wednesday

Homework assignment #7 includes the following problems from the textbook: 10.12, 10.15, 11.D9 and is due March 29, Thursday.

We will have Test #2 next Tuesday, March 27. It will cover material from Chapters 6 - 9.

Brian Mays will hold an additional problem review session on Sunday, March 25, in MEC 205 at 7:00 pm.

We will also have a review session on Saturday, March 24 in Olsson Hall 005 at noon.

Do not forget to check the Guide to Phase Diagrams web site. It could help you to better prepare for the test.

March 2, Friday

Homework assignment #6 includes the following problems from the textbook: 9.6, 9.12, 9.15, 9.20, 9.33, 9.53 and is due March 8, Thursday.
This is the last homework assignment before the spring break.

February 23, Thursday

Homework assignment #5 includes the following problems from the textbook: 8.3, 8.5, 8.29, 8.43, 8.44, and is due March 1, Thursday.

We will have Test #2 on March 27, Tuesday. It will cover material from Chapters 6 - 9.

February 14, Wednesday

Homework assignment #4 includes the following problems from the textbook: 7.4, 7.12, 7.25, 7.D4, and is due February 22, Thursday.

February 7, Wednesday

We will have Test #1 next Thursday, February 15. It will cover material from Chapters 1 - 5. We will have a short (10-15 min) review of these Chapters at the end of our Tuesday class, February 13.

The solutions for homework #1 have been posted on the common MSE 209 web page at http://toolkit.virginia.edu/2001_Spring_MSE209-ALL under "Materials" link.

Homework assignment #3 includes the following problems from the textbook: 6.3, 6.7, 6.9, 6.23, 6.28, and is due February 15, Thursday.

February 1, Thursday

Homework assignment #2 includes the following problems from the textbook: 4.2, 4.7, 4.8, 4.18, 5.7, 5.22, 5.23, and is due February 8, Thursday.

January 25, Thursday

Homework assignment #1 includes the following problems from the textbook: 2.3, 2.17, 2.20, 3.3, 3.8, 3.9, 3.15, and is due February 1, Thursday.

January 22, Monday

Information about an interesting summer opportunity at the Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NSF-funded REU program) can be found at http://www.rpi.edu/dept/materials/surp.
Note the application deadline: February 23, 2001.

January 16, Tuesday

Welcome to your first Materials Science class! I look forward to meeting you all Thursday! Please download the handouts from the Supplemental Materials page and Notes for chapter 2 (I will print the notes for chapter 1 for you). The notes are in pdf format, in two forms, one slide per page and 4 per page. Please choose the form that is convenient for you and make an attempt to get the files printed. You can use one of the computers in the computer labs around the grounds; most of them have the adobe software for printing pdf files. I just started to construct the class web pages and material will appear here as course progresses.

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