ENGR 87
Introduction to Engineering Disciplines
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, four hours; outside study, four hours. Introduction to engineering as professional opportunity for freshman students by exploring difference between engineering disciplines and functions engineers perform. Development of skills and techniques for academic excellence through team process. Investigation of national need underlying current effort to increase participation of historically underrepresented groups in U.S. technological work force. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2016 - Had Professor Audrey Pool O'neal for MAE 103: Fluid Mechanics. Course is fine. The professor isn't. Let's start with her mastery of the material: less than adequate. Many times students would ask her questions in lecture and she would be at a loss for words. She didn't know how to even approach an answer and usually resorted to something like "well I just had that equation up a few slides ago" or "check your book." Next up: preparation. Her lectures are very underprepared. She constantly complains during class about how it is so tiring to write all the equations out on the board, but it's also far too time consuming to type all the equations on a PowerPoint. This wouldn't be so annoying if she didn't make so many mistakes in her equations. Half way through the course she resorted to hiring another professor to proof-read her equations. When inconsistencies continued to show up, the motto of the class soon became "don't trust the slides just look it up in your book". Her time management in class was extremely selfish and self serving. She would end class an hour early before thanksgiving and long breaks, but would cram multiple "final material" topics in up to 15 minutes overtime on other days. Additionally, she would use anywhere from 20-40 minutes of class time each week to hand back graded homework assignments and exams (one. by. one.). She could have easily given this job to the TA’s to do, as they usually finish discussion early. Finally I'll make a comment on her social skills. It appears that she uses humor, personal anecdotes, and slang to mask over her poor grasp of the material. Furthermore, the wording on her test questions is very ambiguous and she is not very welcoming when students ask her questions about exam grades and scoring. So as to not end this review on a bad note, she has an up-beat, fun personality. I don't know who really reads these reviews, but if there are any students out there who are serious about their engineering careers, do not take classes from Professor Audrey Pool O'Neal. However, if you are looking for a lax, party-type-atmosphere of a class, this teacher might just work out for you. Hope this helps! (ps if Audrey is reading this, your students didn’t really need a 30 minute ping-pong ball demo to explain that denser objects sink and less-dense objects float.)
Fall 2016 - Had Professor Audrey Pool O'neal for MAE 103: Fluid Mechanics. Course is fine. The professor isn't. Let's start with her mastery of the material: less than adequate. Many times students would ask her questions in lecture and she would be at a loss for words. She didn't know how to even approach an answer and usually resorted to something like "well I just had that equation up a few slides ago" or "check your book." Next up: preparation. Her lectures are very underprepared. She constantly complains during class about how it is so tiring to write all the equations out on the board, but it's also far too time consuming to type all the equations on a PowerPoint. This wouldn't be so annoying if she didn't make so many mistakes in her equations. Half way through the course she resorted to hiring another professor to proof-read her equations. When inconsistencies continued to show up, the motto of the class soon became "don't trust the slides just look it up in your book". Her time management in class was extremely selfish and self serving. She would end class an hour early before thanksgiving and long breaks, but would cram multiple "final material" topics in up to 15 minutes overtime on other days. Additionally, she would use anywhere from 20-40 minutes of class time each week to hand back graded homework assignments and exams (one. by. one.). She could have easily given this job to the TA’s to do, as they usually finish discussion early. Finally I'll make a comment on her social skills. It appears that she uses humor, personal anecdotes, and slang to mask over her poor grasp of the material. Furthermore, the wording on her test questions is very ambiguous and she is not very welcoming when students ask her questions about exam grades and scoring. So as to not end this review on a bad note, she has an up-beat, fun personality. I don't know who really reads these reviews, but if there are any students out there who are serious about their engineering careers, do not take classes from Professor Audrey Pool O'Neal. However, if you are looking for a lax, party-type-atmosphere of a class, this teacher might just work out for you. Hope this helps! (ps if Audrey is reading this, your students didn’t really need a 30 minute ping-pong ball demo to explain that denser objects sink and less-dense objects float.)
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