Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.55 GPA, 86.6% A/AB (n=67 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
Fall 2026
Process Design
CBE 450 teaches the analysis and design of chemical processing systems and equipment.
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Styliana Avraamidou
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Historical reviews of Ross Swaney: Students report that project information is scattered across multiple PDFs and lectures may not align with tests, requiring significant self-directed learning and trial and error.
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Fall 2026Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Ross Swaney: Ross Swaney receives mixed reviews for CBE 450. Some students find him helpful and challenging, while others criticize the course as uninspired and poorly organized. One review notes significant frustration with the lack of structure and relevance of lectures to projects.
ROSS SWANEY is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
STYLIANA AVRAAMIDOU is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. 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
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| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 26 / 60 | 0 |
| DIS 302 | Classroom Instruction | 16 / 35 | 0 |
| DIS 303 | Classroom Instruction | 10 / 27 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Ross Swaney: Ross Swaney is helpful and challenges students to think independently, though his lectures can be long-winded and the course structure is often disorganized.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.27 GPA, 57.5% A/AB (n=73 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.27 GPA, 59.4% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.55 GPA, 86.6% A/AB (n=67 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Ross Swaney: Students report that project information is scattered across multiple PDFs and lectures may not align with tests, requiring significant self-directed learning and trial and error.
Historical reviews of Ross Swaney: Some reviewers found the course uninspired and poorly thought out, noting that they learned more from TAs and classmates than from the lectures.
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Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Fall 2026.
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About this comparison
1283 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.
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UW–Madison
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Process Design
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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