Spring 2027

Energy Systems Laboratory

Energy Systems Laboratory covers experimental evaluation and analysis of performance for energy conversion systems including turbines, compressors, refrigerators, and fans.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Luca Mastropasqua

Summary

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Past student reviews · Tom Krupenkin, Arganthael Berson

Students reported a large amount of work, including a 15-page report and 45-minute presentation with minimal lecture support. Labs required substantial effort, but one student noted it was hard to get a bad grade on them.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Characterize the performance parameters for common energy systems

  • Safely measure the operation of energy system equipment

  • Utilize software tools to analyze the data from the operation of energy system equipment

  • Work cooperatively in a team configuration

  • Communicate findings from energy system experiments in written, oral, and discussion formats

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

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Prerequisites

Course map

M E 363 and (M E 364 or concurrent enrollment)

ME 370

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.40 GPA, 73.1% A/AB (n=78 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.26 GPA, 53.0% A/AB (n=183 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ARGANTHAEL BERSON is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DANNY AERTS is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOHN PFOTENHAUER is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LUCA MASTROPASQUA is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TOM KRUPENKIN is recorded teaching in Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2025, 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

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Online (some classroom)0 / 1820
LAB 302Online (some classroom)0 / 260
LAB 303Online (some classroom)0 / 260
LAB 304Online (some classroom)0 / 260
LAB 308Online (some classroom)0 / 260
LAB 301Online (some classroom)0 / 260
LAB 309Classroom Instruction0 / 260
LAB 307Classroom Instruction0 / 260

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Tom Krupenkin

ME 370 is a demanding capstone lab course that requires significant group work and independent problem-solving. Students reported the class was brutal with large amounts of work, but rewarding for those willing to engage deeply with the material.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.26 GPA, 53.0% A/AB (n=183 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.08 GPA, 35.4% A/AB (n=82 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.07 GPA, 26.7% A/AB (n=217 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Tom Krupenkin, Arganthael Berson

Students reported a large amount of work, including a 15-page report and 45-minute presentation with minimal lecture support. Labs required substantial effort, but one student noted it was hard to get a bad grade on them.

Past student reviews · John Pfotenhauer

One student found exams challenging and low-scoring because they took material out of context. They noted that while grading was not easy, following the rubric made it possible to achieve high scores.

Topics

  • Performance evaluation of turbines, compressors, refrigerators, and fans
  • Energy conversion system components

Skills

  • Characterizing performance parameters for energy systems
  • Safe measurement of energy system equipment operation
  • Using software tools to analyze experimental data
  • Cooperative teamwork
  • Communicating experimental findings in multiple formats

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 · 0.20 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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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

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
ME 370 · Spring 2027

Energy Systems Laboratory

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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    "title": "Energy Systems Laboratory",
    "credits_min": 3,
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Grade history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
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Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.

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Model & dataset provenance 
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