Course policies

Important

Referencing the content in this course:

Bulusu, Kartik V. (2025). MAE 3127 Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University.

Grading - List of what will be counted and percentages (in Fall 2025 - changed from Fall 2024).

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• Lab 0: 5%
• Lab 1: 10%
• Lab 2: 10%
• Lab 3: 10%
• Lab 4: 10%
• Lab 5: 10%
• Recitation Problems: 20%
• Ethics poster/assignments: 25% [Note: Gradiing rubric for the poster presentation will be provided to the students]

Grading policy

• Late submissions on Homework and projects will not be acceptable.
• There is no required final exam.
• There may be instances in the presentations where peer-evaluations may be introduced at the discretion of the instructor.
• The instructor will seeks inputs from the class and decide if course projects will be done individfually, in groups or in a combination.

The grade for the laboratories, recitations and ethics poste will be awared only the student demonstrates all the following:

1. Attendance
2. Satisfactory performance and conduct during the laboratory and recitation sessions and
3. Maintains Academic Integrity

The instructor may at any time escalate, academic intergrity issues with any potential incident of academic dishonesty, before Conflict Education & Student Accountability (CESA) in The George Washington University.

Classroom Policies and Student responsibilities

The course is designed with experiential learning modules provided in each session. This course requires a combination of individual and group work entailing hands-on activities and frequent interactions with the instructional team. The laboratory and recitation sessions and, office hours are available for interacting with your group and the instructor. We ask that all students adhere to the course policies throughout the duration of the semester.

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• Be respectful:
  • Listen to the instructor. Keep an open mind to the course material presented.
  • Limit the use of personal devices.
  • Be aware that you are working in a group.
  • Respect each other’s opinion during dicusssions.
• Be responsible:
  • Arrive on time.
  • Submit the course deliverables on time.
  • Help your team members
• Be a communicator:
  • Observe, Ask questions and Try out the materials presented during the course.
  • Communicate with your team effectively and politely.
  • An email informing the instructor about your absence is necessary, if you are not planning to attend the lecture and lab session during the course.
    • The requests about making up graded-labs or any in-class activities will be considered but with prior initmation and time constraints of the course.
• Be a problem solver:
  • Explore options to complete hands-on tasks.
  • Make your own notes.
  • Stay positive about the course outcomes.

Communication during extenuating circumstances

When you need to communicate with us directly regarding extenuating circumstances, please use Blackboard to send email or email the instructor directly.

• The instructor will check emails on Mondays and may respond at their earliest convenience.

Late work policy

Late work is not accepted, with the following exceptions:

• Extensions will be granted should there arise due to circumstances beyond your control that impede your ability to complete coursework and turn in a deliverable on time.
• Notify your professor as soon as feasible in these cases. Examples of such circumstances include (but are not limited to) illness, death in the family, and loss of housing.
• To ensure fairness toward all students, the instructor will request documentation of such circumstances.

Statement on the classroom activities

The instructor intends to support the course needs of all students with diverse backgrounds and perspectives in this course. The instructor believes that the diversity that the students bring to this class is a resource, strength, and an asset. The instructor will strive to present material that is respectful of the diverse backgrounds and characteristics of the student body and the instructional team. The course materials and activities presented in this course are intended to be respectful of: age, race, ethnicity, country of origin, language, religion, spiritual practice, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, introversion/extroversion personality dimensions, and socioeconomic and mental/physical status. Each of us, whether student or instructional team member, is expected to treat all others with respect. Disrespect in any form will not be tolerated.

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Please let the instructor know ways to improve the effectiveness of the course.

Use of chatGPT or any other AI-based models for in-class work and deliverables

The use of chatGPT or any other generative AI-based models is not permitted by the instructor unless the instructor provides prioir approvals for all the students registered in the course.

• If there are instances where chatGPT or any other generative AI-based models are allowed they will be explicitly communicated by the instructor on select assignments and programming projects.

• In all other instances where a course deliverable does not entail permitted use of chatGPT or any other AI-based models, the instructors will have the students sign a disclosure form. This form will require that the students document specific prompts used and the outputs generated.

• Any violations of the aforementioned policy will be reviewed under the Academic Integrity Code and Student Rights and Responsibities

Furthermore, the ethical issues regarding the use of chatGPT or any other AI-based models will be discussed in-class and course policy will be ammended according to the findings. The findings of any such discussions will be summarized and placed in-context of the Academic Integrity Code

Resources that will guide the course policy changes during the course:

• chatGPT Course policy formulation

• chatGPT chatbot

• How ChatGPT Could Transform Higher Education

University Policies

Use of Electronic Course Materials and Class Recordings

Students are encouraged to use electronic course materials, including recorded class sessions (if any), for private personal use in connection with their academic program of study. Electronic course materials and recorded class sessions should not be shared or used for non-course related purposes unless express permission has been granted by the instructor. Students who impermissibly share any electronic course materials are subject to discipline under the Student Code of Conduct. Please contact the instructor if you have questions regarding what constitutes permissible or impermissible use of electronic course materials and/or recorded class sessions. Please contact Disability Support Services if you have questions or need assistance in accessing electronic course materials.

University Policy on Religious Holidays

1. Students should notify faculty during the first week of the semester of their intention to be absent from class on their day(s) of religious observance.
2. Faculty should extend to these students the courtesy of absence without penalty on such occasions, including permission to make up examinations.
3. Faculty who intend to observe a religious holiday should arrange at the beginning of the semester to reschedule missed classes or to make other provisions for their course‐related activities. For details and policy, see “Religious Holidays” at https://provost.gwu.edu/policies-procedures-and-guidelines

Support for Students Outside the Classroom

Disability Support Services (DSS) 202‐994‐8250

Any student who may need an accommodation based on the potential impact of a disability should contact the Disability Support Services office at 202‐994‐8250 in the Rome Hall, Suite 102, to establish eligibility and to coordinate reasonable accommodations. For additional information please refer to: https://disabilitysupport.gwu.edu/

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) 202‐994‐5300

The University’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) offers 24/7 assistance and referral to address students’ personal, social, career, and study skills problems. Services for students include: crisis and emergency mental health consultations confidential assessment, counseling services (individual and small group), and referrals. https://healthcenter.gwu.edu/counseling-and-psychological-services

Academic Integrity Code

Academic dishonesty is defined as cheating of any kind, including misrepresenting one’s own work, taking credit for the work of others without crediting them and without appropriate authorization, and the fabrication of information. You are not allowed to collaborate on the home works and lab assignments; for programming projects and hardware lab assignments, you can work in teams only if they are designated as team projects (labs). Unless otherwise specified, you cannot search for solutions or code on the web – but you can use any code that is included in the textbook or lecture notes (but please cite them). I will be using a SW tool that checks for program code similarities – any pair of programs or written reports with greater than 10% similarity will be closely examined.

The Office of Academic Integrity maintains a permanent record of the violation. More information is available from the Office of Academic Integrity at https://students.gwu.edu/cesa. The University’s “Guide of Academic Integrity in Online Learning Environments” is available at https://students.gwu.edu/cesa. Contact information: rights@gwu.edu or 202-994-6757.