Spring 2027

Advanced X-ray Scattering Methods in Materials Science and Engineering

Advanced x-ray scattering, diffraction, and spectroscopy methods for materials science, covering fundamental concepts, synchrotron experiments, and applications to metals, polymers, thin films, and magnetic materials.

no offering record for this termCredits unavailable
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

1 / 2

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.88 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles of x-ray scattering, spectroscopy, and diffraction

  • Apply quantitative x-ray analysis methods to characterization of important materials systems

  • Communicate the solutions to technical and scientific problems

  • Connect x-ray scattering to societal problems in energy and human health

  • Articulate the role of advanced x-ray characterization methods in materials research

  • Apply x-ray scattering methods to specific problems in their own graduate-level scientific research

Source: UW Guide

Grade history

↗
average GPA
letter grades
A
AB
B
BC
C
D
F

All recorded terms · compare terms & instructors

Prerequisites

Course map

M S & E 448, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

    • MS&E 448
    • graduate/professional standing
    • member of Engineering Guest Students
    take one
MS&E 648

This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.

Prerequisite text tree
  • Any of
    • MS&E 448
    • graduate/professional standing
    • member of Engineering Guest Students

Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

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

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

Schedule loads here as you scroll.

SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist

Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections.

Meeting source records

No records available.

Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 3.88 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

No workload feedback recorded.

Topics

  • Kinematic and dynamical diffraction, diffuse scattering, and optical coherence.
  • Experiments at synchrotron light sources and free electron lasers.
  • Structure of metals, ceramics, polymeric materials, thin films, nanostructures, and magnetic materials.

Skills

  • Applying quantitative x-ray analysis methods to characterize materials systems.
  • Understanding principles of x-ray scattering, spectroscopy, and diffraction.

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2024— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

A
AB
B
BC
C
D
F

Grades over time

Through Fall 2024

More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data

Not enough comparable courses for Spring 2027 in UW–Madison.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.

Download part 1
Selected offering source records

No offering records for the selected term.

Raw records 
[]
Rate My Professors

Student reviews

Original comments behind the course and instructor summaries.

Read original reviews

No records available.

Madgrades

Grade history

Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.

Explore recorded grades
Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

View the dataset on Hugging Face
Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
Download part 1
Full model traces

Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.

Download part 1
Model & dataset provenance 
{
  "model": "Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B",
  "model_revision": "1d4bf0f2ff6012fd82039f2fa52739d0dd7c60c0",
  "task_version": "17",
  "output_id": "b7e3a73bb55f2160704aca412e01eeae9beb01c0782b6d08ac2ab0765acfa8fe",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
  "dataset_revision": "fc1811fa52e581ea57a35c0cf3343f8740a8ffbf",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00"
}