Current instructor
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Don is a nice guy, and he is doing his honest-to-goodness best as a lecturer. If you can get past his awkwardness, he's really a brilliant guy, but he isn't a stellar lecturer. For MSE330, he was a bit out of his depth, and tended to go in circles. For 331, he's working off of notes, and has worked out some kinks.Rate My Professors ↗
Don is a really nice guy. He's very accessible out of class and wants to see students do well. The issue is that he is a poor lecturer, but his accessibility outside of class and his being a pretty easy grader make up for it.Rate My Professors ↗
He is the worst professor in my life. Avoid him if you can!Rate My Professors ↗
Don Stone's lectures are completely useless, and arguably will confuse you more on the material. That being said, he tries very hard to engage students and wants people to succeed. He is a very easy grader.Rate My Professors ↗
Met him a couple of times outside class and he's like the uncle that you could count on if you want to prank somebody else in the family. Weird description but this is why - I get the impression that he's unaware of how clueless students are in his class during lectures. However, he let's you get away with it because he grades fairly well.Rate My Professors ↗
Don is an absolutely horrid professor. I hope that he never has the opportunity to waste anyone else's time or money ever again. He was never EVER prepared for class. he cancelled every exam due to disorganization and ill preparation.Rate My Professors ↗
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Introduction to ceramic materials covering crystal structure, phase equilibria, defects, transport phenomena, and processing technologies.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2007: 3.40 GPA, 65.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2008: 3.17 GPA, 41.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025MS&E 470 is a capstone course focusing on materials design, selection, and application through creative problem solving and experimental analysis.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2025MS&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
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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