Timothy Fisher
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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4.0
Overall Rating
Based on 2 Users
Easiness 1.5 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.5 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.5 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 5.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS
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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: B-
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
July 12, 2024

I liked Dr. Fisher, I thought he was very approachable and explained concepts well. Occasionally, he would go on long tangents though. The material wasn't extremely difficult, but definitely keep up with the work. The midterm and final were a time crunch, I didn't even finish either of them. Granted, I did the bare minimum learning the concepts and paid for that in a major way on the midterm. The discussion sections were really helpful when I started going to them Week 8 lol. Something to keep in mind was that his online recorded lectures EXACTLY matched his lecture notes in person, so if you missed class it wasn't super bad.

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Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A+
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
April 3, 2024

Professor Fisher is greatly entertaining and knowledgeable in a variety of topics concerning thermodynamics and the engineering world at large. He is easy to reach, and willing to help during office hours. I would definitely take another class with him just because it was fun to be there.

That being said, it really feels like an upper-division STEM course in the sense that you are responsible for the majority of your learning. Lectures seem helpful, but once you start homework, you realize there's layers of depth that Fisher hasn't covered. Discussions are helpful because you can see a few examples done, but really, textbook reading and office hours are implicitly mandatory.

The group design project is actually pretty interesting, though if you don't work with other motivated people you'll definitely struggle, as it is not an easy assignment. Side note, but Colab absolutely sucks and is the worst, most annoying coding software I've worked with. That is the one thing I wish was changed about the project. Start early, ask lots of questions both to the professor and the TA responsible for grading your project, and you'll be fine.

Depending on your confidence in thermodynamics, the class might be more or less difficult, but regardless the worst thing you can do in this class is fall behind. Don't underestimate the course, there is a difficulty spike as soon as you start mixtures and chemical equilibrium. It's doable, just tread carefully.

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: B-
July 12, 2024

I liked Dr. Fisher, I thought he was very approachable and explained concepts well. Occasionally, he would go on long tangents though. The material wasn't extremely difficult, but definitely keep up with the work. The midterm and final were a time crunch, I didn't even finish either of them. Granted, I did the bare minimum learning the concepts and paid for that in a major way on the midterm. The discussion sections were really helpful when I started going to them Week 8 lol. Something to keep in mind was that his online recorded lectures EXACTLY matched his lecture notes in person, so if you missed class it wasn't super bad.

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Winter 2024
Grade: A+
April 3, 2024

Professor Fisher is greatly entertaining and knowledgeable in a variety of topics concerning thermodynamics and the engineering world at large. He is easy to reach, and willing to help during office hours. I would definitely take another class with him just because it was fun to be there.

That being said, it really feels like an upper-division STEM course in the sense that you are responsible for the majority of your learning. Lectures seem helpful, but once you start homework, you realize there's layers of depth that Fisher hasn't covered. Discussions are helpful because you can see a few examples done, but really, textbook reading and office hours are implicitly mandatory.

The group design project is actually pretty interesting, though if you don't work with other motivated people you'll definitely struggle, as it is not an easy assignment. Side note, but Colab absolutely sucks and is the worst, most annoying coding software I've worked with. That is the one thing I wish was changed about the project. Start early, ask lots of questions both to the professor and the TA responsible for grading your project, and you'll be fine.

Depending on your confidence in thermodynamics, the class might be more or less difficult, but regardless the worst thing you can do in this class is fall behind. Don't underestimate the course, there is a difficulty spike as soon as you start mixtures and chemical equilibrium. It's doable, just tread carefully.

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4.0
Overall Rating
Based on 2 Users
Easiness 1.5 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.5 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.5 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 5.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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