1. Introduction to Engineering Analysis:IEA Instructor: Prof. Zvi Rusak Office Hours: Tuesday: 4:00-6:00 PM JEC Room 4009 Tel.276-3036 Email: rusakz@rpi.edu www.rpi.edu/~rusakzrusakz@rpi.edu TA: Silvia Marpicati, marpis@rpi.edu Undergrad TA: Avetis Ioannisyan, ioanna@rpi.edu Course web site: http://www.rpi.edu/WWW/IEA

2. Students Instructors:SI Ben Smith: –M, W: 7:00-8:00pm –Email: smithb3@rpi.edu Rooms to be announced

3. Course Objective Integrated treatment of –static mechanics –computer laptop for solving engineering problems

4. Lecture 1: Outline IEA Web Site Preview Modeling of Problem Newtons’s Law Units Accuracy Vectors

5. Format of Course Mini-lectures In-class activities (some graded) Homeworks (hand-written and computer) 3 Exams: 20% Each = 60% total –Time:110 minutes each: 1 Final Exam: 20% Quiz & Homework: 20% –A quiz will be given every two weeks.

6. Format of Course Bring your laptop, pencil and paper, book. Your laptop should have: – WORD –Netscape –MAPLE & Excel

7. Mechanics Statics: Equilibrium: –F=0 –Mo=0 Dynamics: Motion –F = ma

8. MAPLE V A powerful symbolic computation package Only use computer tools when necessary.