Spring 2027

Introductory Transport Phenomena

Introductory Transport Phenomena covers mass, momentum, and energy transport, including transport coefficients, viscous flow, heat conduction, diffusion, and dimensional analysis.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 John Yin

Summary

1 / 6

Past student reviews · Daniel Klingenberg

The class involved a significant amount of homework that often took a long time to complete. Exams were described as tough and expected high standards, though they were generally considered fair and well-prepared for.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Setup and solve shell balances for conservation of momentum, energy, and mass

  • Reduce and solve the appropriate equations of change to obtain desired profiles for velocity, temperature and concentration

  • Reduce and solve appropriate macroscopic balances for conservation of momentum, energy and mass

  • Utilize information obtained from solutions of the balance equations to obtain engineering quantities of interest

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Prerequisites

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(PHYSICS 201, 207, 247, orE M A 201) and (MATH 319, 320 or 376), or member of Engineering Guest Students

CBE 320 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.11 GPA, 44.4% A/AB (n=45 letter grades); Spring 2022: 2.89 GPA, 35.4% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.03 GPA, 44.4% A/AB (n=45 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DANIEL KLINGENBERG is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOHN YIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2022, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 600
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 240
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 230

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Daniel Klingenberg

Students found the course challenging but praised the clear explanations of complex concepts. Instructors were noted for their approachability and willingness to help students succeed through various support channels.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.12 GPA, 52.8% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.07 GPA, 40.0% A/AB (n=75 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.06 GPA, 51.1% A/AB (n=45 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Daniel Klingenberg

The class involved a significant amount of homework that often took a long time to complete. Exams were described as tough and expected high standards, though they were generally considered fair and well-prepared for.

Past student reviews · Daniel Klingenberg

Students appreciated the structured format, including mandatory discussion sections where instructors attended to ensure understanding. Multiple practice exams and helpful office hours were cited as effective preparation tools for the assessments.

Topics

  • Mass, momentum, and energy transport; transport coefficients; viscous flow, heat conduction, and diffusion; dimensional analysis; overall balances

Skills

  • Set up and solve shell balances for conservation of momentum, energy, and mass
  • Reduce and solve equations of change to obtain velocity, temperature, and concentration profiles
  • Calculate transport coefficients and apply dimensional analysis to viscous flow, heat conduction, and diffusion problems

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.21 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
CBE 320 · Spring 2027

Introductory Transport Phenomena

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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