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I never actually took NE425 with Couet but "PhD dissertation" wasn't a course option. Couet required that my justifications of all theory/calculations were rigorous but not excessively as to be impossible, so "difficult but not in excess". any worthwhile PhD is a bit difficult. I graduated in a reasonable period (A+). 10/10 would recommend.Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Couet is a very interesting professor to listen to. His class requires a little bit of autonomy and efforts outside of class, but it allows to dive into very interesting material. I also encourage people to look at some other classes taught by Professor Adrien Couet that are not listed on Rate My Professor such as NE541 or NE545.Rate My Professors ↗
Adrien is an amazing professor and really supports his students in all of their education. I've worked with him for over 5+ years of grad school and he's tough but fair and he works incredibly hard to really teach people, he truly deserves a 10 out of 5, I've met a lot of professors, but Adrien stands far above any others.Rate My Professors ↗
Lots of material is covered and it's important to have the prerequisites taken care of, but you can tell Prof. Couet is very knowledgable and has a vested interest in his students understanding the underlying material.Rate My Professors ↗
Prof. Couet is an excellent teacher. The only down side is that he is a AS Monaco fan.Rate My Professors ↗
NE 423 Nuclear Engineering Materials is suppose to be difficult. If you put in the work, you can learn a lot from the course. Dr. Couet is clearly an expert on the subject and he goes above and beyond to help students, but you have to reach out. Just be ready to treat it as a 4 credit course.Rate My Professors ↗
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MS&E 699 is an independent study course in Metallurgical Engineering requiring consent of the instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Fall 2022 · limited sampleMS&E 790 is a master's research or thesis course conducted under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
MS&E 890 is a supervised research course for pre-dissertator students.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
MS&E 990 is a research and thesis course for Ph.D. students under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
NE 699 is an advanced independent study course where students engage in directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.62 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleNE 790 is a Master's Research and Thesis course involving directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
NE 890 is a research course for Ph.D. students conducting work before becoming dissertators.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
NE 990 is a flexible research and thesis course where students conduct directed study projects arranged individually with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | MS&E 699 | Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | MS&E 790 | Master's Research or Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | MS&E 890 | Pre-dissertator's Research |
| Fall 2026 | MS&E 990 | Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | NE 699 | Advanced Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | NE 790 | Master's Research and Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | NE 890 | Pre-dissertator's Research |
| Fall 2026 | NE 990 | Research and Thesis |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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