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ME112 Mechanical Systems Design Wed, Fri Lectures in ApPhy200 Sun, Mon LabSections in MERL 126 Assignments, Handouts, Syllabus, and Grades: Stanford Coursework: W09-ME-112-01. Schedule & Office Hours in MERL 126 Discussion Forum (student editable) -- post news, links, ideas, questions/ answers on problems. Note: You need to login to use Search or Discussion Forum and to view most pages. Instructor: Mark Cutkosky (Office hours Mon 3:15-4:15, Wed, Fri 2:30-3:30 in MERL 126 & by appointment) TAs: (office hours in MERL 126) LauraShane EganGans EzraSchiff

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Assignment 1

Assignment 1 (due Friday Jan 16) handed out in class & posted on Coursework

• Extra notes on Problem I
• Extra notes on Problem II
• See DiscussionArea.AssignmentOne for questions and answers from the class
• Copies of spreadsheets, Matlab program shown in class, etc. are uploaded to Coursework Materials/Week1 notes folder.
• 25Jan: Solutions posted on Coursework

Assignment 2

Assignment 2 (due Wed Jan 21) is posted on Coursework under Assignments

• Gear example and spreadsheet also posted on Coursework under Week2 notes
• See DiscussionArea.AssignmentTwoQuestionsAndNotes for more help on the problems
• See ExtraLectureNotes for extra links on gear design, etc.

Assignment 3

Assignment 3 (due Wed Jan 28) is handed out & posted on Coursework under Assignments

• Extra notes and tips in DiscussionArea.AssignmentThreeNotes
• Backup copy of class notes also posted on Coursework

Crawler Project (various due dates)

Wed Jan 28 - Crawler project posted on Coursework

• See DiscussionArea.CrawlersDiscussionForum -- updated for 2009
  • Also special page on DiscussionArea.PowerLossQuestions
• Also see CrawlerNotes -- updated for 2009
• Team signup page started - feel free to start filling it in.

Final Project (various due dates)

• Final Project Description
  • FinalProjectDueDates
• Elephant Seal Design Teams
• Check out Final Project Q&A and DiscussionArea.MaterialsAndSupplies
• Extra linkage notes
• Team signup page #2 Sign up here. Time slots start Sunday/Monday and are for the rest of the quarter.
• See Coursework for final document instructions
  • Check out the DiscussionArea.FinalReportDraftComments
• Movie from demonstration day (195MB Quicktime)

Other links: staff page