Fall 2026

Structures & Phases Lab

MS&E 360 is a laboratory course teaching sample preparation and application of quantitative microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and properties measurement for structure-property relationships.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Franklin Hobbs4.3/5 Fengdan Pan

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.67 GPA, 89.7% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.65 GPA, 76.5% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.66 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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M S & E 350 or (M S & E 351 or concurrent enrollment) and declared in Materials Science and Engineering BS or Applied Mathematics, Engineering and Physics BS

- - MS&E 350
  - - MS&E 351 · prior_or_concurrent
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  - declared in Materials Science and Engineering BS
  - Applied Mathematics, Engineering and Physics BS

Professors

Fall 2026

Franklin Hobbs

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.67 GPA, 89.7% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.65 GPA, 76.5% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.66 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Fengdan Pan

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

FRANKLIN HOBBS is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity
LAB 301	Classroom Instruction	17 / 17
LAB 304	Classroom Instruction	13 / 17
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	30 / 40

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.67 GPA, 89.7% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.65 GPA, 76.5% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.66 GPA, 89.3% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).

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Topics

Quantitative microscopy and material structures.
X-ray diffraction techniques.
Properties measurement and structure-property relationships.

Skills

Sample preparation for quantitative microscopy and x-ray diffraction.
Applying microscopy, XRD, and properties measurement to analyze structure-property relationships.

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MS&E 360 · Fall 2026

Structures & Phases Lab

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records

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