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MatSE443 (Spring 2008):
Introduction to the Materials Science of Polymers
- Assignment Deadlines:
This web-course includes seven home-works and three quizzes, as well as
a final exam. All these assignments are mandatory and must be
completed sequentially by the closing date indicated below in the table.
- On the midnight of the closing date, the respective homework/quiz shall be 'closed' (i.e. you will not be able to take it in the future, you will be assigned a zero grade for the respective assignment, and you will automatically progress to the next assignment).
- Note: If you choose to do so, you may also pace yourself faster than the pace dictated by these deadlines, all the quizzes and home-works are already open and ready to take.
- In either case, the natural flow (sequence) of homeworks and quizzes is as shown below. Heads-Up: not all chapters are of equal difficulty and thus not all chapters require the same amount/time of work (e.g. chapter 1 is extremely simple and fast, whereas chapter 11 will take up much more time).
- Review Sessions:
Review sessions prior to each homework will be held in 301 Steidle
at 5:45pm, on the dates specified below.
The purposes of the review sessions are to address the students'
questions based on their studying the course material that
correspond to the next assignment (homework or quiz). The review
sessions will not be lectures or presentations of the
course materials.
- Note: Selected Lectures may be given -if needed- on mathematically involved or conceptually complicated course segments, after a request from the students and before the respective homework is due. Such lectures will be held in 301 Steidle on a afternoon/evening time and will be announced via email to all in the class.
- Review sessions and/or lectures -if any- are not mandatory.
- Office Hours: Office (325-D Steidle) hours will be on FRIDAYS 10am-1pm, walk-ins at any other time are also ok, please call/email ahead to make sure that I am around and available. Specific questions by email will also be replied, general questions (e.g. can you please explain me the thermodynamics of crystal formation?) will not be addressed via a detailed email (e.g. for the previous question, one needs to type 30 pages of the book to explain the thermodynamics of crystal formation).
Assignment Deadlines and Schedule of Review Sessions
Please see also important notes above
| Review Date | Place | Material Covered | Assignment | Assignment CLOSED on: |
| Jan 28 | 301 Steidle | Chapter 1,2 | 1. Homework #1 | Jan 30 |
| Fed 07 | 301 Steidle | Chapter 3 | 2. Homework #2 | Feb 10 |
| Fed 14 | 301 Steidle | Chapter 4,5 | 3. Homework #3 | Feb 17 |
| Chapters 1-4 | 4. Quiz #1 | Feb 20 | ||
| Feb 28 | 301 Steidle | Chapter 7 | 5. Homework #4 | Mar 02 |
| Mar 20 | 301 Steidle | Chapter 8 | 6. Homework #5 | Mar 23 |
| Apr 03 | 301 Steidle | Chapter 9,10 | 7. Homework #6 | Apr 06 |
| Chapters 7-10 | 8. Quiz #2 | Apr 09 | ||
| Apr 22 | 301 Steidle | Chapter 11 | 9. Homework #7 | Apr 25 |
| Chapter 11 | 10. Quiz #3 | Apr 27 | ||
| May 01 | 301 Steidle | All chapters | 11. Final Exam | May 08 |
| All chapters | 12. Extra Credit | May 09 |