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ME-4005: Mechanical Engineering Lab

Description: Principles of measurement, measurement standards and accuracy, detectors and transducers, digital data acquisition principles, signal conditioning systems and readout devices statistical concepts in measurement, experimental investigation of engineering systems, technical report writing.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ECE-2054 and ME-3524 and (STAT-3704 or STAT-4604 or STAT-4705 or STAT-4714)

Required By: ENGE-4735, ME-4006, ME-4015

Corequisites: ME-3534

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 135

Average GPA: 3.05 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 20.97%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.27%

Matthew J Rice202037.7%39.7%16.3%2.2%3.2%0.9%3.079
John P Bird200740.6%46.9%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.291
Brittany L Gater201821.9%62.5%12.5%3.1%0.0%0.0%3.001
Adam A Donato201228.1%53.5%6.9%5.0%6.5%0.0%2.922
Balasubramanya Staff Bharath202140.6%37.9%13.6%5.4%0.0%2.7%3.161
Matthew C Clontz201767.7%26.3%4.7%1.3%0.0%0.0%3.593
Prasenjit Ghorai202459.4%19.0%13.4%3.3%4.1%0.6%3.284
Michael A Perry200520.8%50.0%20.8%4.2%4.2%0.0%2.791
Nastaran Hashemi200822.4%57.1%12.2%8.2%0.0%0.0%2.971
Mark H Showalter20069.4%66.0%20.8%3.8%0.0%0.0%2.861
Ya Tien Chiu200469.0%31.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.681
Scott T Huxtable201720.1%62.1%15.3%1.1%1.2%0.1%2.9952
Ricardo A Burdisso202157.6%28.1%7.1%1.9%1.4%4.0%3.432
Ry Long202346.6%37.8%9.9%2.4%1.5%1.7%3.264
Douglas J Nelson201813.7%63.6%18.2%2.2%1.7%0.6%2.852
Harry H Robertshaw200624.4%53.7%18.2%1.8%1.9%0.0%2.8912
Martin E Johnson200928.6%57.7%11.5%2.1%0.1%0.0%3.1136
Marcus M Alley200610.0%70.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.881
Scott V Perino201326.9%46.2%19.2%3.8%3.8%0.0%2.921

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