ETME 3100L: Junior Design Practicum Lab
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
A Junior-level design practicum focused on a more complex, but defined, thermo-fluids and energy system based design challenge. Projects are completed in teams (3-4) and introduce students to group project dynamics, advanced machine shop techniques, data acquisition and analysis. Also reinforces topics learned in previous courses such as the design process, project management, formal report style writing, math modeling (Excel, MATLAB, MathCad and/or EES), documentation generation (Drawings + Procedure), final project demonstrations, and analytical modeling. Meets for one 3-hour laboratory session each week.
Average GPA: 3.76
Grade distribution records: 670 students across 18 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A | 560 | 83.6% |
| B | 72 | 10.7% |
| C | 27 | 4.0% |
| D | 5 | 0.7% |
| F | 4 | 0.6% |
| W | 2 | 0.3% |
Based on 670 student grade records across 18 terms and 4 professors.
Instructors
- Brian Barringer 545 students, Average GPA 3.88
- Joel Pritchard 97 students, Average GPA 3.09
- Hilary Martin 16 students, Average GPA 3.88
- Daniel Hoch 12 students, Average GPA 3.75