Courses

• MSE 2010 Introduction to Materials Science (Fall 2026)
• MSE 3020 Materials Characterization Laboratory (Spring 2025/2026)
• MSE 3010 Materials Synthesis and Fabrication Laboratory (Fall 2024/2025/2026)

Outreach Programs

• EUREKA! Undergraduate Research Program by Clemson University Honors College, Summer 2026 • CEES Sponsored Summer Internship Program by South Carolina State University, Summer 2026 • Clemson Research Experience for Teachers (RET), Summer 2024/2025
• Virginia Tech Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), KAUST Gifted Student Program, Summer 2021

Materials Science Collection

• Website intro of Clemson MSE Program. Also check our intro video.
• Clemson MSE Facilities Tour video 2024. Clemson CECAS video playlist. • Engineering Innovations and Human Evolution (EIHE). MSE episodes made by Dr. DP Aidhy.
• Beautiful physics demonstrations from Show the Physics
• TMS Plenary Talk 2025, Making Materials Science Go Viral, by Dr. Taylor Sparks. Also check the podcasts.

• "Teaching is not my job, it's my passion; getting better at it, that's my job."
• "The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one." - Malcolm Forbes
• "I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of." - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Agony to Assign Final Grades

Collection, MSE 3020 Evaluations

• "I thought that Hou was very good at explaining concepts and was usually enthusiastic about answering our questions. He seemed to care a lot that we fully understood the material and was helpful in providing resources and support to aid us."
• "When Dr. Hou graded our lab reports, he provided a lot of really helpful feedback. I really appreciated that. It gave us a chance to actually understand what we need to improve. He was also really great at answering questions and encouraging us to be excited about the lab."
• "Dr. Hou does a good job of communicating what is expected to use. He is easy to understand in lecture and is very willing to help with any lab report questions. His feedback on the lab reports has, also, been very help allowing us to know how to make the next one better."
• "I enjoy all the labs and I enjoyed all the experience I have gained from this class. He enjoys his job and it shows. He is very smart and wants us to gain a lot of experience with the equipment we used in the labs. Even though this is a required class I recommend it to everyone."
• "I enjoyed Dr. Hou's lectures and appreciated his effort to engage the class with relevant information before we went into the lab."
• "The labs were well-made, and had good instruction on how to report the findings in the post-lab report."
• "I think the lectures were great but I think he makes the questions for the finals a bit much."
• "The course went smoothly and I feel like we learned a ton of information that will be useful in the industry."

Collection, MSE 3010 Evaluations

• "In lectures with Dr. Hou, he was clear in his explanation of concepts."
• "The instructor is very good at teaching the material and giving feedback on the reports."
• "Hou was polite and decent at lecturing. He was happy to answer questions even if the class was not always super interested in the course material ... His lectures were my favorite of the course. I would recommend him to someone taking the lab lectures."
• "I think everything was very organized and helped my learning."
• "There were a few fun labs during this course. The inorganic labs that dealt with ceramic processing and mechanical testing were extremely fun and really helped students to understand more about the course and the practices of engineers in industry."
• "Dr. Hou structured this course in a way that was challenging yet satisfying. And the workload was not insurmountable as long as I stayed engaged with it week to week."
• "The instructor gave some insightful lectures which provided excellent context for the work that we were doing in lab."

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