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ESM-3064: Mechanical Behavior of Materials Laboratory

Description: Laboratory experiments on behavior and mechanical properties of solid materials. Tension, compression, bending, hardness, nano-indentation, and impact tests; behavior of cracked bodies; fatigue and crack growth tests; creep deformation; microstructure-property relationships; laboratory equipment, instrumentation, and computers.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 1 credit

Prerequisites: ESM-2204

Required By: ESM-3444

Corequisites: ESM-3054

Crosslist: MSE-3064

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 128

Average GPA: 3.50 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 63.54%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.30%

Syed E Islam201190.3%9.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.903
Anthony J Nelson201180.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.801
Staff Cholewa201280.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.802
Behrouz Tavakol201387.3%4.6%0.0%2.9%1.8%3.4%3.765
Staff Khandaker201580.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%20.0%0.0%3.021
Staff Emami201680.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.801
Alexander O Aning201825.0%55.0%5.0%5.0%10.0%0.0%2.822
Bilel Aidi202051.1%31.9%8.0%2.1%6.7%0.0%3.2312
Christopher L Galitz202056.6%29.1%0.0%0.0%14.2%0.0%3.142
Staff Gottipati200933.3%66.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.381
Kevin G Wang201091.7%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.922
Kenneth A Mccord201580.3%10.3%3.2%0.0%6.2%0.0%3.559
Anand Banerjee2011100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
Douglas A Harold201166.7%16.7%0.0%16.7%0.0%0.0%3.231
Staff Safdari2012100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.001
Staff Kalhor201568.2%18.2%0.0%4.5%9.1%0.0%3.312
William H Mason201583.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%16.7%0.0%3.281
Sneha P Davison201945.5%40.1%10.3%4.2%0.0%0.0%3.274
Stevan R Jackson200857.1%28.6%0.0%14.3%0.0%0.0%3.201
Zheying Guo200965.2%24.4%10.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.555
Aaron C Caba200538.3%38.3%15.8%7.5%0.0%0.0%3.113
Carmine Senatore200761.6%34.8%3.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.662
Dennis E Anderson200812.5%62.5%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%2.381
Arnab Gupta201079.8%20.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.768
Norman E Dowling201466.6%21.6%4.3%4.5%1.6%1.4%3.5016
Staff Chadegani201387.5%0.0%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.671
Christopher C Chabalko200671.7%20.3%3.8%0.0%4.3%0.0%3.515
Piyush Grover200791.9%3.9%2.3%0.0%1.9%0.0%3.764
Gautam Gopinath200785.3%9.1%0.0%5.6%0.0%0.0%3.723
Staff Tizard201168.8%26.1%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.582
Alper Erturk200690.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.751
Davide Locatelli200755.9%40.0%0.0%4.2%0.0%0.0%3.492
Staff Wadhwa201180.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.831
Naveed Ahmad201180.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.831
Haik Marwan Al201382.0%3.0%8.3%0.0%6.7%0.0%3.503
Rohit Pandey201380.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%10.0%0.0%3.471
Shima Shahab201690.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.901
Timothy B Hartman200836.4%63.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.341
Gregory W Vogl200566.0%20.8%11.6%0.0%1.7%0.0%3.444
Steven E Boyd200555.4%28.0%0.0%8.3%8.3%0.0%3.112
Skandani Amir Alipour201275.0%16.6%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.641
Mojdehi Ahmad Rezaei201466.7%16.7%8.3%0.0%8.3%0.0%3.211
Bryan C Mosher200552.6%24.9%14.9%0.0%7.7%0.0%3.182
Angela Madeo200538.5%53.8%7.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.281
Attilio Arcari2009100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.981
Stephen L Kampe200750.0%28.6%21.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.291
Frances M Davis200864.3%21.4%14.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.441
Boroujeni Ayoub Yari201280.0%13.4%0.0%0.0%6.7%0.0%3.601

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