Laurent Pilon
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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5.0
Overall Rating
Based on 2 Users
Easiness 4.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.0 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 4.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

TOP TAGS

  • Uses Slides
  • Engaging Lectures
  • Often Funny
GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS
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3.8%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

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16.7%
12.5%
8.3%
4.2%
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A
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C
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

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Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: NR
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March 12, 2022

Professor Pilon is a cool guy and his lectures are extremely engaging. He definitely has a lot of knowledge about energy production methods, and is great at explaining different concepts as well as answering student's questions in class. His class is also fairly entertaining in the way he will create dialogue with students or crack jokes every now and then.

Now for the complaints. Until week 7ish the material in the course was very interesting as we studied different methods of energy production including coal, petroleum, nuclear, wind, solar, etc. However, past this point, Pilon started using lectures to discuss newer technologies being researched which felt like a bit of a waste of time. Specifically, Pilon is obsessed with his "friend" Aldo Steinfeld who does research on concentrating solar power. The previous lectures were very dense with material so I felt like these could've been condensed into fewer lectures. I generally enjoyed Pilon commenting on contemporary energy related events (specifically Russia and Ukraine), but found it irritating when he strayed too far away into politics.

My main issue with Pilon was the disorganization of the class. The midterm date was up in the air until about a week before it, and it was EXTREMELY unclear as to what would actually be on the midterm. The grading rubric on the midterm must have been designed by a two year old, because despite having almost the right answer, I recieved a 74% on the free response portion. Additionally, the homeworks for the class were a weird mixture between questions relevant to the course and thermodynamics questions (which we do not cover what so ever). Make up your mind, goodness. Finally, despite portraying himself as someone that can be easily accessed by students, Pilon will frequently and randomly ignore student's requests to meet for office hours. He ignored me on two separate emails.

Overall, I enjoyed the class (especially if I get an A because I worked hard). I found the class content very interesting and certainly not too tough but wish that Pilon could improve the class organization and respond to emails.

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Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: A-
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Nov. 2, 2021

definitely would recommend taking this class as an elective! Pilon is a very good professor and my interest in power generation definitely grew because of this class. 11/10

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Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: NR
March 12, 2022

Professor Pilon is a cool guy and his lectures are extremely engaging. He definitely has a lot of knowledge about energy production methods, and is great at explaining different concepts as well as answering student's questions in class. His class is also fairly entertaining in the way he will create dialogue with students or crack jokes every now and then.

Now for the complaints. Until week 7ish the material in the course was very interesting as we studied different methods of energy production including coal, petroleum, nuclear, wind, solar, etc. However, past this point, Pilon started using lectures to discuss newer technologies being researched which felt like a bit of a waste of time. Specifically, Pilon is obsessed with his "friend" Aldo Steinfeld who does research on concentrating solar power. The previous lectures were very dense with material so I felt like these could've been condensed into fewer lectures. I generally enjoyed Pilon commenting on contemporary energy related events (specifically Russia and Ukraine), but found it irritating when he strayed too far away into politics.

My main issue with Pilon was the disorganization of the class. The midterm date was up in the air until about a week before it, and it was EXTREMELY unclear as to what would actually be on the midterm. The grading rubric on the midterm must have been designed by a two year old, because despite having almost the right answer, I recieved a 74% on the free response portion. Additionally, the homeworks for the class were a weird mixture between questions relevant to the course and thermodynamics questions (which we do not cover what so ever). Make up your mind, goodness. Finally, despite portraying himself as someone that can be easily accessed by students, Pilon will frequently and randomly ignore student's requests to meet for office hours. He ignored me on two separate emails.

Overall, I enjoyed the class (especially if I get an A because I worked hard). I found the class content very interesting and certainly not too tough but wish that Pilon could improve the class organization and respond to emails.

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Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: A-
Nov. 2, 2021

definitely would recommend taking this class as an elective! Pilon is a very good professor and my interest in power generation definitely grew because of this class. 11/10

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5.0
Overall Rating
Based on 2 Users
Easiness 4.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.0 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 4.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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  • Engaging Lectures
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  • Often Funny
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