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- Flexible material distribution according to most students' background and interests. - Strong feeling that he expect us to learn instead of punishing us. - Super positive outside class to help us. - He can be pushy sometimes, but I think this is not a big deal. Would Take againRate My Professors ↗
Teaching style is great, but some stuff could be better explained by going through problems slowly. Most of the confusion can be cleared up in office hours as he's better at explaining things 1 on 1. He also tends to ask tough questions to push your understanding of the material. (Side note: he likes talking about football a lot.)Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Rhodes should not be teaching a laboratory class. He does not provide grading rubrics because he considers it to be cheating. He leaves the 3 hour class after 15 minutes without further explanation, leaving the TA's to figure things out. Gives the most condescending feedback and will not miss the chance to look down on students.Rate My Professors ↗
I loved my lab classes before I had to take MSE 362 with Professor Rhodes. He's rude, condescending, and dismissive, and leaves lab after dumping a ton of difficult information and instructions on us, leaving us to figure out the lab with little to no help. He doesn't provide a rubric, grades harshly and leaves very little or no feedback.Rate My Professors ↗
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CHEM 990 is a research course where students conduct supervised research projects with individual faculty members.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
MS&E 550 is an accelerated introduction to materials fundamentals, focusing on the materials paradigm for problem solving and research.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.25 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.67 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2023–Fall 2024 · limited sampleMS&E 699 is an independent study course in Metallurgical Engineering requiring consent of the instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).
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
PHYSICS 990 is a research course where students conduct supervised research projects with individual faculty members.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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