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ME 471: Finite Element Analysis

82% of the 1,195 students who finished ME 471 at UIUC got an A or B, across 22 sections and 7 instructors.

A 46%B 36%C 11%D/F 7%W 1%

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InstructorGrades givenStudents
Mercer, Brian S
4 sections · last Spring 2025
50% A · 30% B · 12% C · 8% D/F
296
Chew, Huck Beng
5 sections · last Fall 2025
37% A · 41% B · 13% C · 9% D/F
232
Past instructors (5) · last taught before 2022
Aluru, Narayana R
4 sections · last Spring 2021
46% A · 50% B · 2% C · 2% D/F
187
Hamed, Elham
1 section · last Spring 2015
74% A · 18% B · 3% C · 5% D/F
63
Sohn, Mariana S
2 sections · last Spring 2017
63% A · 21% B · 10% C · 7% D/F
121
James, Kai
5 sections · last Fall 2021
35% A · 43% B · 16% C · 6% D/F
247
Safdari, Masoud
1 section · last Fall 2018
33% A · 26% B · 22% C · 18% D/F
49

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