This is the last problem set this semester. It is due on Friday, Dec. 14, 2007.

See attachment for ES 240 lecture notes on plasticity.

See attachment for ES 240 lecture notes on viscoelasticity.

This problem set is due Friday, Dec.7, 2007.

ES 240 notes for Bending of plates is attached.

This problem set is due Monday, Nov.26, 2007.

This computer assignment is due Friday, Nov. 16, 2007

ES 240 notes for Principle of virtual work and FEM. Please see attached.

This problem set is due on Nov.2, 2007.

Each year, several new students begin their studies of Solid Mechanics for PhD degrees at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.  The students come from all over the world.  We have no constraint on where they come from.

Faculty members in Solid Mechanics.   The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is not divided into departments, but faculty do self-assemble into programs.  Faculty members directly responsible for the program of Solid Mechanics are

This Problem Set is due on Friday, Oct. 26. 

This problem set is due on Friday, Oct. 19

This problem set is due on Friday, Oct. 12.

To all students in ES 240 this semester,

Due to popular demand my office hour is moved from Tuesday to Thursday 4~5pm starting from this week. The location is changed to Rm. 123, Maxwell Dworkin (33 Oxford Street).

Nanshu

This problem set will be due on Friday, Oct. 4th.

This problem set is due on Friday, Sep. 28, 2007 in class.

The lecture notes are prepared by Prof. Joost Vlassak based on a set of course notes put together by Prof. Suo when he taught ES 240 in 2006, as well as on course notes developed by Prof. Vlassak for ES 246.

Please see attached. 

I wish that this thought had come to me earlier, so that I could have posted it on April First.  No, I'm unaware of such a program.  Instead, Harvard faculty have just emerged from a multi-year review of curriculum, and reaffirmed the commitment to liberal education, after voting out a president not too long ago.

On the other hand, the thought of Google videotaping all Harvard classes may not be so crazy.  Let me quote the mission of Google:

"Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful."

The New York Times carried an article the other day, reporting on a document titled "A Compact to Enhance Teaching and Learning at Harvard".  I happened to be at the faculty meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences when the documment was discussed.  I heard eloquent speeches, but couldn't say that I heard anything really innovative.   Many of my colleagues spend much time teaching and find the experience rewarding.  So, what is the problem?

We have just heard the great news that our colleague (iMechanician number 12), Joost Vlassak, has been promoted to Full Professor with Tenure at Harvard.

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