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MEAM550 Modeling and Design of MEMS
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
Instructor: (Suresh) G. K. Ananthasuresh, 218 Towne Bldg., Tel: (215) 898-7191, gksuresh@seas.upenn.edu
Lectures: MW 3-4:30 in Towne 305; Office hours: F 2-4 in Towne 218
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Grading policies


As you can see above, all components of course work are weighted more or less uniformly. So, bad performance in one exam is not going to ruin your course grade very badly.

Undergraduates will be assigned less work than graduate students and will have to answer one less question in the exams. Grading will be uniformly done.

Collaboration policy
You can consult each other or the instructor while working on the homeworks or the project, but all the work that you submit must be your own.

Late submissions
Late submissions will be penalized using rand function in Matlab as follows.

Modified grade for a late submission = grade * (rand)^n
where n = number of days after the due date counting less than 24 hours as a full day like car rental companies do (OK, we will give a grace period of one hour).

The above stochastic scheme to modify the grade of a late submission tells you something loud and clear: don't leave it to chance; submit on time.

The penalities can be avoided if you obtain permission from the instructor in advance for a valid reason.