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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-4714 or STAT-4705)

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

Corequisites: ME-3534

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 18

Average GPA: 3.32 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 38.17%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.13%

Matthew J Rice202051.4%37.9%6.8%1.5%2.4%0.1%3.336
Prasenjit Ghorai202459.4%19.0%13.4%3.3%4.1%0.6%3.284
Ry Long202346.6%37.8%9.9%2.4%1.5%1.7%3.264
Ricardo A Burdisso202157.6%28.1%7.1%1.9%1.4%4.0%3.432
Matthew C Nowinski202474.1%18.5%3.7%3.7%0.0%0.0%3.591
Balasubramanya Staff Bharath202140.6%37.9%13.6%5.4%0.0%2.7%3.161

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Summer II 2019Spring 2020Summer I 2020Spring 2021Summer I 2021Spring 2022Summer I 2022Spring 2023Summer I 2023Spring 2024Summer I 2024Term050% W