ME 170B: EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
University of California, Riverside
4 Units, Lecture, 2 hours; laboratory, 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): ME 103; ME 110; ME 113; ME 116A; ME 170A. Analysis and verification of engineering theory using laboratory measurements in advanced, project-oriented experiments. Involves fluid flow, heat transfer, structural dynamics, thermodynamic systems, and electromechanical systems.
Average GPA: 3.34
Grade distribution records: 1,236 students across 16 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 27 | 2.2% |
| A | 224 | 18.1% |
| A- | 295 | 23.9% |
| B+ | 264 | 21.4% |
| B | 211 | 17.1% |
| B- | 131 | 10.6% |
| C+ | 50 | 4.0% |
| C | 16 | 1.3% |
| C- | 13 | 1.1% |
| D+ | 2 | 0.2% |
| D | 2 | 0.2% |
| F | 1 | 0.1% |
Based on 1,236 student grade records across 16 terms and 10 professors.
Instructors
- Heejung Jung 176 students, Average GPA 3.46
- Jonathan Realmuto 92 students, Average GPA 3.25
- Boshen Li 72 students, Average GPA 3.17
- Tamar Mentzel 72 students, Average GPA 3.54
- Xiangxi Yin 64 students, Average GPA 3.30
- Sundararajan Venkatadriagaram 63 students, Average GPA 2.92
- Erfan Kosari 60 students, Average GPA 3.49
- Yi Ma 58 students, Average GPA 3.32
- Brenda Lopez Reyna 53 students, Average GPA 3.20
- Baurzhan Muminov 32 students, Average GPA 3.54