MLE3111
Materials Processing Laboratory
Assignment workload: 3 MCs
[Taken from MSE Dept Website]
Laboratory class in which students will conduct hands on experiments to probe the mechanical (e.g. hardness, strength, etc), chemical (e.g. corrosion) and electrical (e.g. semiconducting, superconducting) properties of polymers, ceramics, metals and composites as well as their processing methods.
Laboratory class in which students will conduct hands on experiments to probe the mechanical (e.g. hardness, strength, etc), chemical (e.g. corrosion) and electrical (e.g. semiconducting, superconducting) properties of polymers, ceramics, metals and composites as well as their processing methods.
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Taken in: Semester 1, AY18/19
Assignment workload: 3 MCs
Grading Breakdown: 8% Attendance, 42% Lab Reports (6 X 7% per report), 50% Final Quiz in Week 13 (25 questions)
Pros:
Relatively light workload, as there are only 6 lab sessions for the semester. If you are allocated to be in the first groups, you would actually finish the mod (except the quiz) by Week 7.
Groupings are randomized, meaning no group has advantage over another.
Lab topics are pretty straightforward, so drafting of lab reports shouldn’t be too difficult.
Cons:
Final quiz questions are utterly random, so the difficulty of the paper varies.
Lab Sessions can be potentially frustrating, as most sessions are 6 hours a week (2 x 3hrs sessions).
Depending on grouping, some groups may only start lab in Week 5/6 and will end in Week 12/13, which will cause a tight schedule.
Journal intensive for references.
Expected Grade / Final Grade: A- / B+
Advice: I think the lab report grading is more or less consistent among all groups, so the biggest differentiating factor is the final quiz. The final quiz is quite random, as the difficulty and types of questions fielded fluctuates from year to year. Perhaps, the best way to prepare is to understand the topics thoroughly, memorization is not that important actually.
Assignment workload: 3 MCs
Grading Breakdown: 8% Attendance, 42% Lab Reports (6 X 7% per report), 50% Final Quiz in Week 13 (25 questions)
Pros:
Relatively light workload, as there are only 6 lab sessions for the semester. If you are allocated to be in the first groups, you would actually finish the mod (except the quiz) by Week 7.
Groupings are randomized, meaning no group has advantage over another.
Lab topics are pretty straightforward, so drafting of lab reports shouldn’t be too difficult.
Cons:
Final quiz questions are utterly random, so the difficulty of the paper varies.
Lab Sessions can be potentially frustrating, as most sessions are 6 hours a week (2 x 3hrs sessions).
Depending on grouping, some groups may only start lab in Week 5/6 and will end in Week 12/13, which will cause a tight schedule.
Journal intensive for references.
Expected Grade / Final Grade: A- / B+
Advice: I think the lab report grading is more or less consistent among all groups, so the biggest differentiating factor is the final quiz. The final quiz is quite random, as the difficulty and types of questions fielded fluctuates from year to year. Perhaps, the best way to prepare is to understand the topics thoroughly, memorization is not that important actually.