Fall 2026

Manufacturing: Polymer Processing and Engineering

Introduction to polymer processing and engineering, covering material properties, manufacturing methods, design, performance, recycling, ethics, and modeling techniques.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Chung-Yin LinEdward ChenGuan-Yu Wu +4 more

Summary

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Historical reviews of Tim Osswald: Reviewers report that exams are surprisingly difficult and studying is hard because labs differ significantly from lecture material.

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Prerequisites

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(M E 306 orE M A 303) andM E 231

ME 310 used by

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.40 GPA, 60.6% A/AB (n=137 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.40 GPA, 64.4% A/AB (n=160 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.30 GPA, 61.1% A/AB (n=131 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.40 GPA, 64.4% A/AB (n=160 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Tim Osswald: Tim Osswald is knowledgeable and passionate but struggles with course structure and technology. Reviewers cite disorganized labs, confusing exams, and tangential lectures as major issues, though he avoids trick questions.

LIH-SHENG TURNG is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TIM OSSWALD is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

XIAO KUANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. 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

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction185 / 1970
LAB 301Classroom Instruction15 / 180
LAB 302Classroom Instruction18 / 180
LAB 303Classroom Instruction18 / 180
LAB 304Classroom Instruction16 / 180
LAB 305Classroom Instruction17 / 180
LAB 306Classroom Instruction18 / 180
LAB 307Classroom Instruction18 / 180
LAB 308Classroom Instruction15 / 180
LAB 310Classroom Instruction16 / 180
LAB 309Classroom Instruction18 / 180
LAB 312Classroom Instruction16 / 180

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews for Tim Osswald describe a knowledgeable but disorganized instructor with poor course structure and technology issues, making exam preparation difficult despite his passion.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.40 GPA, 60.6% A/AB (n=137 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.40 GPA, 64.4% A/AB (n=160 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.30 GPA, 61.1% A/AB (n=131 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Tim Osswald: Reviewers report that exams are surprisingly difficult and studying is hard because labs differ significantly from lecture material.

Historical reviews of Tim Osswald: Students find lectures engaging due to the instructor's passion, but struggle with tangents, confusing exam questions, and disorganized lab structures.

Topics

  • Polymeric materials and properties
  • Processing methods
  • Part performance
  • Post-consumer recycling and upcycling
  • Societal responsibilities and ethics
  • Modeling techniques: dimensional analysis, design of experiments, analytical solutions, computer simulation

Skills

  • Modeling techniques including dimensional analysis, design of experiments, analytical solutions, and computer simulation
  • Polymer material properties, processing methods, and design considerations

Grades

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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.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
ME 310 · Fall 2026

Manufacturing: Polymer Processing and Engineering

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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