Professor
D Kim
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Most Helpful Review
Fall 2024 - Dennis was not a helpful professor at all. He writes way too fast on the blackboard, and his writing is often incomprehensible. When asked a question, there's never a clear answer from him. He also tends to throw in a lot of terminology and theory that has not been introduced in lecture yet, confusing students out of their wits. His homework always contains at least one problem about something which has not been taught in class yet. He even recorded students taking the midterm exam without any form of written or verbal consent, to prevent cheating (is this even legal??). The midterm solutions were never comprehensive, would only contain answers without any proper working. The material itself felt like it was being taught in an extremely disorganized fashion, out of order. Several students and faculty alike were surprised at the fact that the concept of Laplace transforms was moved to the end of the course, which makes absolutely no sense given that they are critical for understanding the purpose of the transfer function and frequency response functions. The only saving grace for my interest in the course was the TAs and the Labs that involved using MATLAB. Overall, though I gained a minor interest in further studying the subject on my own, I did not gain an appreciation or flavor for the applications of these concepts in the real world at all through the course alone and was largely clueless. It is my sincere plea to the department to remove this lecturer and only have Dr M'Closkey teach this course.
Fall 2024 - Dennis was not a helpful professor at all. He writes way too fast on the blackboard, and his writing is often incomprehensible. When asked a question, there's never a clear answer from him. He also tends to throw in a lot of terminology and theory that has not been introduced in lecture yet, confusing students out of their wits. His homework always contains at least one problem about something which has not been taught in class yet. He even recorded students taking the midterm exam without any form of written or verbal consent, to prevent cheating (is this even legal??). The midterm solutions were never comprehensive, would only contain answers without any proper working. The material itself felt like it was being taught in an extremely disorganized fashion, out of order. Several students and faculty alike were surprised at the fact that the concept of Laplace transforms was moved to the end of the course, which makes absolutely no sense given that they are critical for understanding the purpose of the transfer function and frequency response functions. The only saving grace for my interest in the course was the TAs and the Labs that involved using MATLAB. Overall, though I gained a minor interest in further studying the subject on my own, I did not gain an appreciation or flavor for the applications of these concepts in the real world at all through the course alone and was largely clueless. It is my sincere plea to the department to remove this lecturer and only have Dr M'Closkey teach this course.
Most Helpful Review
Winter 2021 - This is a decent class that is taught well by Kim, but the material is just so challenging. Its a LOT of material that feels really rushed through at times, and requires a lot of outside study in order to fully understand it. Kim writes VERY quickly and it is a challenge to keep up and get all the information. The homework assignments are challenging but are the most important way to study and understand the material. The midterm was pretty rough because it relied on a lot of principles that weren't stressed in class (like principles from EE 100 or conceptual proofs we hadn't discussed). The lab sessions were kind of a joke because it would be a pre-written Matlab script where we had to change 3-4 lines and then upload a report with screenshots of the resulting plots. The TA you have for this can make or break your experience with the labs. Overall, a rough class but there is good support available.
Winter 2021 - This is a decent class that is taught well by Kim, but the material is just so challenging. Its a LOT of material that feels really rushed through at times, and requires a lot of outside study in order to fully understand it. Kim writes VERY quickly and it is a challenge to keep up and get all the information. The homework assignments are challenging but are the most important way to study and understand the material. The midterm was pretty rough because it relied on a lot of principles that weren't stressed in class (like principles from EE 100 or conceptual proofs we hadn't discussed). The lab sessions were kind of a joke because it would be a pre-written Matlab script where we had to change 3-4 lines and then upload a report with screenshots of the resulting plots. The TA you have for this can make or break your experience with the labs. Overall, a rough class but there is good support available.
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