STRUCTURES & PHASES LAB

MS&E 360

Course Description

Laboratory instruction in sample preparation for and applications of quantitative microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and properties measurement in the context of structure-property relationships in materials.

Prerequisties

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

Satisfies

MS&E 363 and MS&E 361

Credits

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average

3.65

1.36% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

1.59% from Historical

A Rate

58.82%

13.04% from Historical

Class Size

-49.37% from Historical

2025 Fall Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

Sorted by ratings from Rate My Professors

Franklin Hobbs

[email protected]

4.9

Rating

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