Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.77 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).
Spring 2027
Nuclear Materials Laboratory
Laboratory course on practical materials issues for nuclear systems, covering welding, NDE, microscopy, radiation damage, and corrosion.
offering recorded1 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Kumar Sridharan
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.77 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Conduct metallographic sample preparation and follow it up with optical and scanning electron microscopy for microstructural characterization and analysis
Perform hardness and tensile and impact toughness testing of materials to assess their mechanical behavior
Use the x-ray diffraction technique to determine the crystal structure of materials, identify the phases present, and measure residual stresses
Perform simulations of ion-material interaction to determine the penetration depth of ions as a function of ion energy, type, and substrate material
Comprehend the various components and work of the ion beam accelerator
Describe the operational issues of a nuclear reactor and some of its inner workings
Identify and address the challenges of radioactive sample handling and characterization
Source: UW Guide
Grade history
↗ average GPA
127127 letter grades
A55.9%55.9%
AB41.7%41.7%
B2.4%2.4%
BC0.0%0.0%
C0.0%0.0%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
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Prerequisites
Course mapM S & E 350 or 351, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students
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Professors
Spring 2027Historical instructors & teaching patterns
KUMAR SRIDHARAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, 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 2027Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAB 001 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 11 | 0 |
| LAB 002 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 11 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.77 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).
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Topics
- Welding, non-destructive examination, optical and electron microscopy, radiation damage, and corrosion in nuclear systems
- Nuclear reactor operational issues and inner workings
- Radioactive sample handling and characterization
Skills
- Metallographic sample preparation and optical/scanning electron microscopy
- Hardness, tensile, and impact toughness testing
- X-ray diffraction for crystal structure, phase identification, and residual stress measurement
- Simulation of ion-material interactions
Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.
average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor
Grade distribution · % of letter grades
A56.5%56.5%
AB43.5%43.5%
B0.0%0.0%
BC0.0%0.0%
C0.0%0.0%
D0.0%0.0%
F0.0%0.0%
Grades over time
Through Spring 2026
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Nuclear Materials Laboratory
Recorded 2026-10-14Raw records
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