N. D. Ebrahimi

Room 405, ME Bldg.

Phone: 277-6294

E-mail: ebrahimi at unm dot edu

M W F 12:00-1:00

Course updates, announcements, etc. will be sent to you via your UNM e-mail account. If you prefer to receive e-mail through other accounts (addresses), you would need to forward your UNM e-mail to your preferred address. Instructions are available at "How to forward your electronic mail?"

Home works will be given regularly; each set of assignments will be due one week from the date it is assigned, unless otherwise specified. No late homework will be accepted under any circumstances. Answers to selected homework problems are available (see Answers).

Important note: Homeworks are inspected (and “graded”) for the level of effort exhibited by the student, not for the correctness of the answers. Working diligently on assignments constitutes the best path toward doing well in exams (and, therefore, receiving a good grade in the course). It is the responsibility of the students to make sure that they gain a high level of competency with the course subject through homeworks.

All exams will be taken during the class time (subject to change with advance notice by your instructor).

Exam I: Friday, Sept. 26, 2008

Exam II: Friday, Oct. 31, 2008

Exam III: Friday, Dec. 12, 2008

Note: To accommodate exam preparation by students, every effort will be made to avoid introducing new subjects during the last week of classes (approximately three class sessions before Exam III). The available class time during this particular period will be spent on activities such as resolving homeworks, one-on-one (or small-group) discussions of course topics, etc.

·         Non cumulative

·         Quantitative as well as concept type (multiple-choice, true-or-false, short answer, etc.) questions

·         Range of coverage: all home works (and their supporting material) that are due before the day of exam

·         One sheet of notes (8.5 × 11.0 in., only one side) and calculators are allowed

·         Cell phones and Laptops are not allowed

10%: Home-works

90%: Three (3) Semester Exams (equally weighted)

Note: Lively class participation (including appropriate humor that is shared by all) is strongly encouraged and (indirectly) rewarded (e.g., citations in letters of recommendation, etc.).

Grades will be assigned as follows: 

If your numerical score is equal to100, your Course Grade will be an A+.

If your numerical score is smaller than 45, your Course Grade will be an F.

Your textbook will be available through the UNM Bookstore or at online booksellers, such as Amazon (usually at a reduced cost). Paperback copies of the textbook (which are less expensive) do not include US Customary System of Units; therefore, we are not able to use these versions of the book in this course.

Required Textbook (see Reading Assignments):

TITLE: Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design
AUTHORS: Richard  Budynas and J. Keith  Nisbett
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
ISBN #:  0073312606
EDITION/YEAR: 8th Ed./2008 (important)

To be able to follow the lectures, you need to bring your textbook to class. References will be made, routinely, to charts, tables, and graphs presented in the textbook.

ME 459 Not-for-Public Web directory: This directory is available only to registered students; access will be provided at the beginning of the semester (see your UNM e-mail “Inbox” when the semester starts). In this directory, you are provided with course e-handouts as well as supplemental material (such as Supplementary Problems, Exam Keys, etc.). Please print the “Supplementary Problems” file (from this directory) and bring it with you to class. 

Use of cell phones (voice, text, games, etc.) is not allowed in the classroom. Turn off and conceal your cell phone before entering the room.