ME 170A: EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
University of California, Riverside
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): EE 005; ME 018B with a grade of C- or better. Covers the principles and practice of measurement and control and the design and implementation of experiments. Topics include dimensional analysis, error analysis, signal-to-noise problems, filtering, data acquisition and data reduction, and statistical analysis. Includes experiments on the use of electronic devices and sensors and practice in technical report writing.
Average GPA: 3.16
Grade distribution records: 1,376 students across 10 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 73 | 5.3% |
| A | 185 | 13.4% |
| A- | 240 | 17.4% |
| B+ | 262 | 19.0% |
| B | 209 | 15.2% |
| B- | 166 | 12.1% |
| C+ | 114 | 8.3% |
| C | 68 | 4.9% |
| C- | 23 | 1.7% |
| D+ | 19 | 1.4% |
| D | 10 | 0.7% |
| D- | 2 | 0.1% |
| F | 1 | 0.1% |
| S | 2 | 0.1% |
| W | 1 | 0.1% |
Based on 1,376 student grade records across 10 terms and 1 professor.
Instructors
- Hideaki Tsutsui 780 students, Average GPA 3.08