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Bongtae Han ENME473 Expecting a C- Anonymous 12/16/2023	This class is a waste of time. I thought we were going to do machanical and thermal analysis on electrical components, however it is all memorization and technical jargon. You learn "Rules of the Trade" when it comes to electrical manufacturing, which is very boring. It doesn't help the Professor Han yaps about irrelivant stuff for over half of the lectures. The class is fine if you want a memorization class, but the material is so niche and so boring. There is a reverse engineering project where you take apart a smartphone, but you can't really do anything hands on as an undergrad. Theres no actual hands on approach to designing or manufacturing electronics, very few analytical tools are given for verification of design, and some are given for validation, but only for graduates. This class is extremely boring and only relevant if you know you are getting into microchip manufacturing.
Abhijit Dasgupta ENME473 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/12/2022	Dasgupta is very passionate about this subject, but I just want to caution anyone reading this thinking about taking 473. 473 is a very boring class, and is really more of a vocabulary memorization class than anything else. There's only 6 relatively easy homework assignments, 1 mid-term, 1 class project for undergrads, a 2nd project for grads, and a final exam. The mid-term you get a 2 page DIY formula sheet that you can put anything on. The test itself had 1 calculation on it that was worth maybe 10% of the grade, the rest was reciting acronyms, listing pros/cons of different technologies, listing off manufacturing steps, and identifying parts based on pictures. This may sound easy, but there is an insane amount of material to cover and you won't possibly be able to fit enough on the formula sheet. I believe there was a massive curve or the grading was extremely lenient on this. I know for a fact that I did poorly on the test but somehow got a B. The course project is easy if you make it easy, but if your group picks a hard device to disassemble and "redesign" you can make way more work for yourself. As it is, the group sizes are way too large and not everyone will really be able to participate. We had 6 in our group, and 3 of us basically did nothing, because only 1 person per group can go to the lab. Which brings up my primary issue with this course. It's supposed to be about mechanical design of electronic systems. But there's no hands on portion to this class at all, unless you're a grad student with CALCE lab access. The lectures are basically straight vocabulary and lists, while the homeworks are a handful of simple stress/strain calculations. If you're searching for something groundbreaking or interesting, I'd suggest going elsewhere. Also grading took an absolute eternity in this class. We didn't get mid-term results back until a week before the end of the semester.
Abhijit Dasgupta ENME473 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/21/2022	The man. Really excellent lecturer, he puts in a lot of effort to be prepared for class and delivers interesting content. He's an expert in the field. Make an effort to ask questions and you'll get back ten times what you put in. He definitely is a harsh grader though. But I was able to get an A because he saw me patiently in so many office hours and he always responded to my emails and such.

Bongtae Han
ENME473

Expecting a C-
Anonymous
12/16/2023

This class is a waste of time. I thought we were going to do machanical and thermal analysis on electrical components, however it is all memorization and technical jargon. You learn "Rules of the Trade" when it comes to electrical manufacturing, which is very boring. It doesn't help the Professor Han yaps about irrelivant stuff for over half of the lectures. The class is fine if you want a memorization class, but the material is so niche and so boring. There is a reverse engineering project where you take apart a smartphone, but you can't really do anything hands on as an undergrad. Theres no actual hands on approach to designing or manufacturing electronics, very few analytical tools are given for verification of design, and some are given for validation, but only for graduates. This class is extremely boring and only relevant if you know you are getting into microchip manufacturing.

Abhijit Dasgupta
ENME473

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
12/12/2022

Dasgupta is very passionate about this subject, but I just want to caution anyone reading this thinking about taking 473. 473 is a very boring class, and is really more of a vocabulary memorization class than anything else. There's only 6 relatively easy homework assignments, 1 mid-term, 1 class project for undergrads, a 2nd project for grads, and a final exam. The mid-term you get a 2 page DIY formula sheet that you can put anything on. The test itself had 1 calculation on it that was worth maybe 10% of the grade, the rest was reciting acronyms, listing pros/cons of different technologies, listing off manufacturing steps, and identifying parts based on pictures. This may sound easy, but there is an insane amount of material to cover and you won't possibly be able to fit enough on the formula sheet. I believe there was a massive curve or the grading was extremely lenient on this. I know for a fact that I did poorly on the test but somehow got a B. The course project is easy if you make it easy, but if your group picks a hard device to disassemble and "redesign" you can make way more work for yourself. As it is, the group sizes are way too large and not everyone will really be able to participate. We had 6 in our group, and 3 of us basically did nothing, because only 1 person per group can go to the lab. Which brings up my primary issue with this course. It's supposed to be about mechanical design of electronic systems. But there's no hands on portion to this class at all, unless you're a grad student with CALCE lab access. The lectures are basically straight vocabulary and lists, while the homeworks are a handful of simple stress/strain calculations. If you're searching for something groundbreaking or interesting, I'd suggest going elsewhere. Also grading took an absolute eternity in this class. We didn't get mid-term results back until a week before the end of the semester.

Abhijit Dasgupta
ENME473

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/21/2022

The man. Really excellent lecturer, he puts in a lot of effort to be prepared for class and delivers interesting content. He's an expert in the field. Make an effort to ask questions and you'll get back ten times what you put in. He definitely is a harsh grader though. But I was able to get an A because he saw me patiently in so many office hours and he always responded to my emails and such.

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