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Peter Chung ENME470 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 08/15/2024	I took this course a few semesters ago and did pretty well. I was expecting an A but I think he curves a little after the semester is over because a friend was expecting a B but got a B+. I just finished an internship where I actually got to use some of what he teaches, so I now know it is useful. I'll be starting a job soon based on that internship.
Peter Chung ENME470 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 07/14/2023	Yeah it's a tough class in the beginning because the concepts are tough but once you get in stride it starts to make sense. Once you get it, it's very rewarding and a little mind blowing. Homework is a completion grade and worth 60%. If you go to every class and do the homework you will probably get an A. Chung tries his best and is sort of funny. I'd recommend it, actually a class you could use in a job.
Peter Chung ENME470 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/18/2022	He's a nice guy. Course started off well but then he just stopped actually writing out example problems, making it very difficult to learn. The only option is to use his textbook which is very disorganized, theory-heavy (i.e. very few worked our example problems), and not in line with the breakdown of the course at all. Haven't had a class since freshman year where I actually felt like I didn't have adequate materials to prepare myself for exams. Homework is graded on completion, but each one takes at least 8 hours so be prepared for that. Overall, would not recommend this class, there is too much material that I do not think I can actually master anything FEA related no matter how much time I put in.
Peter Chung ENME470 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/17/2022	This is an extremely challenging course. If you happen to have the time to succeed in the course you will gain a good skillset, however the course lacks tools which help students do well. There are no practice exams, review sessions, or any kind of guidance from the professor about topics on the exam. The final is exceptionally difficult to prepare for because the last three homework's are very software heavy. Since the tests are all about theoretical problems you don't really know what to expect. Peter Chung is a very knowledgeable, and empathetic professor. He has fairly good notes and releases them after class so you can review material while doing the homework. I feel like he enjoys making the class harder on the students though. From his own admission, our class was ahead a lecture. He did not use this time to have a review session of the topics before the exam.
Peter Chung ENME470 Expecting a C Anonymous 09/22/2022	Dr. Chung is a very hard professor, but he tries his best to teach students in class. His main motto through his classes is "you must figure it out yourself", so just be prepared to learn material on your own.
Peter Chung ENME470 Expecting a C Anonymous 01/17/2022	Chung's FEA class is nowhere near easy. I agree with the below comment that Chung teaches this class as if students already have good understanding of FEA. However, he is very well-prepared every lecture. Exams can be long and difficult even though Chung would tell you he can do it in 30 minutes. His homework assignments with the software part are the worst. He would have you watch his videos that have no audio and not many written instructions to do FEA stuff in SolidWorks, ANSYS, CREO, and etc... Sometimes he doesn't even know what he was doing in those videos. He would click on things and close them out without making any changes or click through many things until he finds the function/option he is looking for.
Peter Chung ENME470 Expecting a C Anonymous 05/21/2019	The FEA course has been redesigned starting Spring 2019, and it is significantly harder now that the course is half theory, half software. Peter Chung teaches it all as if you know everything about FEA already, and in particular the theory is very dense and hard to understand. The class itself isn't too bad, but the exams are well beyond the difficulty level of the homeworks or anything done in class. I would not recommend this class to anyone, and I would warn against it now, especially if you have heard it is an easy A.
Guangming Zhang ENME470 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/30/2015	Dr. Zhang is probably one of the best professors on campus. All he cares about is can you operate the CAD programs. Class is literally him doing the homework problems in the program, and if you can follow him (or his book, which is unpirateable but useful) you will have half the homework done each class. Homework can take a while, but he has office hours every week and really wants you to succeed. Middle Button!
Guangming Zhang ENME470 Expecting an A edlevin 01/21/2012	Great class, really get to learn more about pro/e and other FEA software. For best experience I would recommend taking 414 first and then 470, 470 will be much much easier this way because you will already know the basics around the software. The tests can be nerve racking when you first get them but it is nice that attendance and homework's count as a good portion of your grades. Zhang is the best! Take as many classes with him if he is an option.

Peter Chung
ENME470

Expecting an A+
Anonymous
08/15/2024

I took this course a few semesters ago and did pretty well. I was expecting an A but I think he curves a little after the semester is over because a friend was expecting a B but got a B+. I just finished an internship where I actually got to use some of what he teaches, so I now know it is useful. I'll be starting a job soon based on that internship.

Peter Chung
ENME470

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
07/14/2023

Yeah it's a tough class in the beginning because the concepts are tough but once you get in stride it starts to make sense. Once you get it, it's very rewarding and a little mind blowing. Homework is a completion grade and worth 60%. If you go to every class and do the homework you will probably get an A. Chung tries his best and is sort of funny. I'd recommend it, actually a class you could use in a job.

Peter Chung
ENME470

Expecting a B
Anonymous
12/18/2022

He's a nice guy. Course started off well but then he just stopped actually writing out example problems, making it very difficult to learn. The only option is to use his textbook which is very disorganized, theory-heavy (i.e. very few worked our example problems), and not in line with the breakdown of the course at all. Haven't had a class since freshman year where I actually felt like I didn't have adequate materials to prepare myself for exams. Homework is graded on completion, but each one takes at least 8 hours so be prepared for that. Overall, would not recommend this class, there is too much material that I do not think I can actually master anything FEA related no matter how much time I put in.

Peter Chung
ENME470

Expecting a B
Anonymous
12/17/2022

This is an extremely challenging course. If you happen to have the time to succeed in the course you will gain a good skillset, however the course lacks tools which help students do well. There are no practice exams, review sessions, or any kind of guidance from the professor about topics on the exam. The final is exceptionally difficult to prepare for because the last three homework's are very software heavy. Since the tests are all about theoretical problems you don't really know what to expect. Peter Chung is a very knowledgeable, and empathetic professor. He has fairly good notes and releases them after class so you can review material while doing the homework. I feel like he enjoys making the class harder on the students though. From his own admission, our class was ahead a lecture. He did not use this time to have a review session of the topics before the exam.

Peter Chung
ENME470

Expecting a C
Anonymous
09/22/2022

Dr. Chung is a very hard professor, but he tries his best to teach students in class. His main motto through his classes is "you must figure it out yourself", so just be prepared to learn material on your own.

Peter Chung
ENME470

Expecting a C
Anonymous
01/17/2022

Chung's FEA class is nowhere near easy. I agree with the below comment that Chung teaches this class as if students already have good understanding of FEA. However, he is very well-prepared every lecture. Exams can be long and difficult even though Chung would tell you he can do it in 30 minutes. His homework assignments with the software part are the worst. He would have you watch his videos that have no audio and not many written instructions to do FEA stuff in SolidWorks, ANSYS, CREO, and etc... Sometimes he doesn't even know what he was doing in those videos. He would click on things and close them out without making any changes or click through many things until he finds the function/option he is looking for.

Peter Chung
ENME470

Expecting a C
Anonymous
05/21/2019

The FEA course has been redesigned starting Spring 2019, and it is significantly harder now that the course is half theory, half software. Peter Chung teaches it all as if you know everything about FEA already, and in particular the theory is very dense and hard to understand. The class itself isn't too bad, but the exams are well beyond the difficulty level of the homeworks or anything done in class. I would not recommend this class to anyone, and I would warn against it now, especially if you have heard it is an easy A.

Guangming Zhang
ENME470

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/30/2015

Dr. Zhang is probably one of the best professors on campus. All he cares about is can you operate the CAD programs. Class is literally him doing the homework problems in the program, and if you can follow him (or his book, which is unpirateable but useful) you will have half the homework done each class. Homework can take a while, but he has office hours every week and really wants you to succeed. Middle Button!

Guangming Zhang
ENME470

Expecting an A
edlevin
01/21/2012

Great class, really get to learn more about pro/e and other FEA software. For best experience I would recommend taking 414 first and then 470, 470 will be much much easier this way because you will already know the basics around the software. The tests can be nerve racking when you first get them but it is nice that attendance and homework's count as a good portion of your grades. Zhang is the best! Take as many classes with him if he is an option.

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