Professor
Mark Goorsky
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Fall 2020 - Professor Goorsky is an amazing professor. He explains everything clearly and doesn't rush through the topics. After having a bad experience in 104, his passion for the subject material was refreshing and got me excited about materials science again. He genuinely cares if the students in his class learn the material and is always willing to help kids out. The practice exams matched up really well with the tests so they prepared you for all the types of questions you could see on the exam. The TA was also super helpful.
Fall 2020 - Professor Goorsky is an amazing professor. He explains everything clearly and doesn't rush through the topics. After having a bad experience in 104, his passion for the subject material was refreshing and got me excited about materials science again. He genuinely cares if the students in his class learn the material and is always willing to help kids out. The practice exams matched up really well with the tests so they prepared you for all the types of questions you could see on the exam. The TA was also super helpful.
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Fall 2025 - Please like everyone else has said do not EVER procrastinate on this class. The moment you are done with the class, go home and start on it immediately. My advice is to start on the results and discussion part of the report, then everything else can be added later. This is due to you having a fresh memory of what just happened in lab so it will be easier to do these two sections without any issues IF YOU ARE EARLY!!! The lab themselves are pretty basic, more on the boring side due to there being only one XRD machine so it's more of a "the TA run the experiment while you just stand there and watch" kind of thing. Even though it is pretty boring, I think what you learn in this lab class overall is pretty cool and if your future career uses XRD, which is pretty basic in materials engineering, then the knowledge is pretty helpful. There will be 8 labs in total, and they are grouped together differently like so. You submit lab 1 first, then group 2 3, group 5, 6, 7, then lab 8. Lab 4,9 is more of an attendance lab with no real report to write besides a short form to fill in. Each lab will a have proportional amount of time to write, like lab 1 will have 2 to 3 week to write and submit, lab 2,3 will have 2 or 3 weeks, and so on. However the TA is pretty lenient and as long as you ask for a reasonable and infrequent extension, it will be granted. Gl on your journey with this class!
Fall 2025 - Please like everyone else has said do not EVER procrastinate on this class. The moment you are done with the class, go home and start on it immediately. My advice is to start on the results and discussion part of the report, then everything else can be added later. This is due to you having a fresh memory of what just happened in lab so it will be easier to do these two sections without any issues IF YOU ARE EARLY!!! The lab themselves are pretty basic, more on the boring side due to there being only one XRD machine so it's more of a "the TA run the experiment while you just stand there and watch" kind of thing. Even though it is pretty boring, I think what you learn in this lab class overall is pretty cool and if your future career uses XRD, which is pretty basic in materials engineering, then the knowledge is pretty helpful. There will be 8 labs in total, and they are grouped together differently like so. You submit lab 1 first, then group 2 3, group 5, 6, 7, then lab 8. Lab 4,9 is more of an attendance lab with no real report to write besides a short form to fill in. Each lab will a have proportional amount of time to write, like lab 1 will have 2 to 3 week to write and submit, lab 2,3 will have 2 or 3 weeks, and so on. However the TA is pretty lenient and as long as you ask for a reasonable and infrequent extension, it will be granted. Gl on your journey with this class!
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Spring 2021 - You get to do some cool stuff with silicon wafers in this lab. Reports are easy and experiments are pretty fun. There is a group presentation and a final quiz as a part of the course evaluation, but both are easy enough if you've paid attention in class. Recommended.
Spring 2021 - You get to do some cool stuff with silicon wafers in this lab. Reports are easy and experiments are pretty fun. There is a group presentation and a final quiz as a part of the course evaluation, but both are easy enough if you've paid attention in class. Recommended.
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Winter 2016 - Excellent professor. I heard he won a best teacher award...I'm not surprised. Dr. Goorsky gives engaging lectures and his exams contain very insightful questions that tests the most crucial key concepts. I walked away very inspired, so inspired I left my old research interest to pursue semiconductor research. Silicon and GaAs are so cool!
Winter 2016 - Excellent professor. I heard he won a best teacher award...I'm not surprised. Dr. Goorsky gives engaging lectures and his exams contain very insightful questions that tests the most crucial key concepts. I walked away very inspired, so inspired I left my old research interest to pursue semiconductor research. Silicon and GaAs are so cool!
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