HI 5001 / BME 387J (Fall 2007)

Instructor Information:

Vittorio Cristini, Ph.D., FAAN	Email via webform
Paul Macklin, Ph.D.	Email via webform

Meeting Information:

Time:	Tuesdays, 11:00am to 2:00pm
Dates:	9/4/2007 to 12/4/2007
Location:	ETC 2.146 (Austin)
	UCT 1414 (Houston)

Homework Assignments:

p. 9: #22; p. 18: #24; p. 19: #35 (optional); p. 25: #18; p. 26: #22 (optional); p. 33: #25; p.33: #31
due: Tuesday, September 18, 2007
due: Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Solutions: HW1_Solutions.pdf (7 pages - 490 KB)
p. 52: #23, #24; p. 59: #33; p. 68: #8 (team); p. 69: #13; p. 69: #18 (optional); p. 83: #1, #9, #15; p. 115: #12; p. 116: #18; p. 116: #19 (optional); p. 122: #10
due: Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Solutions: HW2_Solutions.pdf (17 pages - 1.10 MB)
p. 135: #2; p. 136: #14, #16; p. 146: #15, #19, #20 (optional); p. 150: #13; p. 158: #11; p. 159: #17; p. 162: #5, #16;
due: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Solutions: HW3_Solutions.pdf (15 pages - 963 KB)
p. 170: #8; p. 170: #10; p. 176: #10; p. 176: #12; p. 176: #23; p. 181: 7; p. 181: #14 (team); p. 187: #12; p. 187: #15; p. 187: #17; p. 197: #16; p. 197: #17; p. 197: #19; p. 198: #32 (team);
due: Friday, October 5, 2007
Solutions: HW4_Solutions.pdf (34 pages - 2.12 MB)
p. 226: #5; p. 227: #19; p. 227: #20; p. 227: #31; p. 227: #36; p. 227: #48; p. 227: #53; p. 232: #6; p. 232: #11; p. 232: #12; p. 233: #21; p. 233: #26; p. 233: #29; p. 233: #32; p. 240: #7; p. 240: #15; p. 240: #20; p. 240: #26; p. 240: #29; p. 240: #33; p. 240: #38; p. 241: #7; p. 241: #41; p. 241: #43; p. 241: #47; p. 247: #5; p. 247: #9; p. 247: #16;
due: Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Solutions: HW5_Solutions.pdf (23 pages - 1.55 MB)
p. 287: #28 (not optional); p. 295: #14; p. 295: #16; p. 296: #21; p. 296: #22; p. 314: #20; p. 314; p. 315: #23; p. 315: #24; p. 322: #2; p. 322: #4; p. 323: #15; p. 323: #17;
due: Friday, October 19, 2007
Solutions: HW6_Solutions.pdf (12 pages - 869 KB)
p. 339: #10; p. 339: #21; p. 339: #23-4; p. 339: #30; p. 343: #6; p. 343: #11; p. 344: #19; p. 344: #23; p. 348: #12; p. 348: #15; p. 348: #18; p. 349: #20;
due: Monday, October 30, 2007
Solutions: HW7_Solutions.pdf (13 pages - 986 KB)
p. 370: #34, 36; p. 376: #22; p. 383: #29, 39; p. 389: #6, 7, 10; p. 409: #2, 6, 10, 17, 31, 34; p. 410: #41, 43 (optional); p. 413: #9-11; p. 414: #16, 20; p. 416: #9, 11;
due: Monday, Nov. 5
Solutions: HW8_Solutions.pdf (11 pages - 701 KB)
p. 425: #2, 12; p. 432: #8, 10, 17; p. 444-5: #8, 12, 16, 20; p. 456-7: #8, 18, 22-3; p. 463: #5, 13, 20, 24; p. 473: #5-6, 15, 19;
due: Tuesday, Nov. 27
Solutions: HW9_Solutions.pdf (21 pages - 1.54 MB)
p. 486: #15, 17, 20, 23; p. 490: #7, 10, 12, 20 (optional); p. 496: #4, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 22; p. 537-8: #1, 6, 9, 16, 23, 26 (optional), 27; p. 546-7: #8, 11, 14 (optional), 15-20;
due: Tuesday, Nov. 27
Solutions: HW10_Solutions.pdf (32 pages - 2.25 MB)
p. 561-2: #10-13, 24, 31, 34; p. 568: #10;
due: Wednesday, Dec. 5
Solutions: HW11_Solutions.pdf (16 pages - 998 KB)

Midterm exams

p. 42: #30; p. 102: #24; p. 122: #10; p. 163: #22; p. 217: #14; p. 217: #24 (do the substitution and cleanup only); p. 268: #36;
due: Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Solutions: MT1_Solutions.pdf (11 pages - 673 KB)

Final exam

Final exam assignment

Reading Assignments:

For 9/25/2007: Chapter 5

Past Lectures

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News

December 13, 2007 at 12:58 pm: I posted solutions to HW11. Work continues on your homework grading. Thanks -- Paul

December 2, 2007 at 11:05 pm: I posted solutions to HW9 and HW10. Please try to have questions prepared for HW8-HW10 (or any homeworks) by Tuesday, Dec. 4. Thanks -- Paul

Novmeber 27, 2007 at 9:05 am: I posted solutions to HW6, HW7, and HW8 a few moments ago. I'll try to get HW9-HW10 solutions posted in the next several days. Thanks -- Paul

Novmeber 11, 2007 at 3:30 am: I posted Midterm 1 solutions; your grades should follow shortly. -- Paul

October 29, 2007 at 1:05 pm: I posted HW8 and the midterm assignment; the due dates have been changed accordingly. Thanks -- Paul

October 23, 2007 at 4:58 am: I posted (partial) HW 5 solutions. Sorry for the delay. Only the RLC problems are missing, as I thought it best to post what I had for you, rather than wait any longer. Best wishes -- Paul

October 14, 2007 at 10:56 am: I wrote out the first half of the HW5 solutions this morning, so the full solutions should be posted soon. At that point, you will have full information on studying for the midterm. -- Paul

October 14, 2007 at 1:28 am: This is a long time in coming, but I've just posted HW4 Solutions. This was a challenging homework, and so I wanted to be sure to leave plenty of tips on how to work them for future reference. HW5 Solutions hopefully coming soon! -- Paul

October 14, 2007 at 1:05 am: This is just a word about scanning. I'm using a Canon LiDE 90 scanner, which costs about $80 at places like MicroCenter and Newegg.com. I'm using the 300 DPI grayscale option, treating individual pages as photographs (not documents), and using maximum PDF compression. This has kept the average page size to around 70 KB per page with an acceptable level of quality. I'm giving this information so that you can try to configure your scanners similarly, particularly if you decide to buy the same kind of scanner.

In general, some of the things you want to look for when scanning include: (a) not scanning to ridiculous resolutions (e.g., scanning at 1000 DPI, when even most laser writers won't print above 600 dots per inch); (b) scanning as grayscale instead of color (color data takes around 3 times as much space as grayscale; because we're interested in writing / text, we don't need color); (c) make sure there's enough contrast: if the writing is too faint, then it's impossible to distinguish from the white background of your page (up the contrast with your scanner software, or rewrite in pen instead of pencil); (d) use compression (don't send bitmaps, PNG's, or TIFF's), such as jpeg or PDF compression; (e) print out a sample page: if it looks good on your printer, it probably will on mine, too. -- Paul

October 12, 2007 at 7:04 am: I just posted the HW6 assignment. I'm sorry for my delay. I pushed the due date back to compensate. -- Paul

October 12, 2007 at 6:58 am: The midterm will be assigned on Tuesday, Oct. 23rd, and due on Tuesday, October 30th. -- Paul

October 7, 2007 at 11:23 am: I just posted HW3 solutions. Please note that HW4 was due yesterday, and I will no longer accept them once HW4 solutions are posted. So, turn it in if you haven't already! -- Paul

October 5, 2007 at 11:25 pm: I bought a scanner tonight (just for you guys!), and so HW1 and HW2 solutions are now posted. HW3 and HW4 solutions should follow shortly, certainly by the end of the weekend. Thanks -- Paul

October 2, 2007 at 1:00 pm: Your midterm will cover chapters 1 to 6, and will take the form of a one-week takehome. -- Vittorio

September 11, 2007 at 11:12 am: I'm sorry for the typo on the due date. The homework was intended to be due today. If you need additional time due to this mistake, please let me know. However, I'd recommend that you try to keep pace with the material and complete the first homework today. -- Paul

September 6, 2007 at 10:39 pm: I haven't had time to implement a file upload script yet. For this week's homework submission, please email it to Paul [dot] T [dot] Macklin [at] uth [dot] tmc [dot] edu. Hopefully, this will be resolved soon. Thanks -- Paul