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CHE-4104: Process Materials

Description: Basics of materials science as it relates to the interest of the chemical engineer. The course emphasizes the three fundamental areas of material science being polymer materials, metallics, and ceramic/inorganic glasses. The general molecular structure property - application behavior of each area will be presented but with a focus when possible on topics related to the field of chemical engineering.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: CHE-2164 and (CHEM-2535 or CHEM-2565)

Required By: MACR-5016, MACR-5015

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.17 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 21.25%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.93%

Erdogan Kiran202121.1%47.8%27.8%0.0%0.6%2.8%2.892
Abby R Whittington202243.0%46.0%8.3%2.1%0.6%0.0%3.322
Padmavathy Rajagopalan202441.8%45.0%13.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.302

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W