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Don DeVoe
ENME202 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/02/2024 |
Don DeVoe really cares about his students and you can tell. This class was tough, especially with no coding experience but he tried to help the best he could. Lecture times are atrocious so not many people would show up and honestly whenever I did show up I just went on my phone but he posted all the notes. As someone with no coding experience, I never found the homework or the studios to be too difficult, and very managable. DeVoe really urged students to come see him whenever they might be worried about failing the course and there is supposedly a curve. He excludes the top scores from the average that he uses to curve because he understands those students probably had coding experience before. Overall a very caring professor and really wants students to succeed |
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Don DeVoe
ENME441 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/24/2023 |
ENME441 was really enjoyable right up until the final project. I had DeVoe for 202 as well, so I knew going in that he is great at teaching coding. The lectures for this course were a bit more boring than in 202, and most people did not really pay attention to them. The labs could be difficult, but they felt very worthwhile and I definitely could feel myself learning Python and mechatronics in general. The final project was really, really time consuming, and didn't really work out at all. Nobody's project worked, the instructions had to be edited multiple times, and he ended up just giving everyone an A and admitting defeat on it. It was pretty frustrating to work so hard for no end result, but I think he will try to improve this for future semesters. Overall, I highly recommend DeVoe as a professor and even would recommend 441 despite the frustrating project experience. |
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Don DeVoe
ENME202 Expecting an A- Anonymous 05/21/2023 |
DeVoe was a great professor overall. The lecture times for his class were horrible but that was not something that he could control and you can tell that he tried his very best to teach the material and what you needed to know for the class. Exams were fair but they can be hard. One tip for this class is that if you have coding experience for other languages but not MATLAB, do not be cocky as the programming language is not similar to really any other but C++ is a lot easier to understand if you have prior experience with object oriented languages like Java. For those with no experience whatsoever, do not fear as DeVoe is very accommodating and teaches the class on the basis that you have zero experience for programming. He is very knowledgeable with these programming languages and while I have a good amount of experience with programming, having a refresher on some important topics were well appreciated. One of the best professors you will have in college. |
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Don DeVoe
ENME441 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/21/2022 |
Lecturing on how to code is never easy. He put in a lot of effort though. We had a lot of technical difficulties this semester. He never let things outside of our control (technical difficulties, his errors, etc) affect our grades and he granted extensions for the class often. If you reach out he'll likely accommodate you. The class was challenging, but fun. I hardly listened to lectures because they were so hard to pay attention to and learn from. Lecture slides are your friend. |
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Don DeVoe
ENME202 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/20/2021 |
DeVoe was an okay teacher, but a chill person that likes to joke from time to time. His lecture notes were simple to follow and review, but the studio and homework assignments were more complex than what was taught in the lecture. A big way to learn the material came from going to TA/TF office hours. Since this was done virtually, not sure how the class will run in person, but if possible, going to office hours and working with friends is a big way to be successful in the course. DeVoe struggled with online learning as he had technical difficulties throughout the semester, but he was very knowledgeable about MATLAB and C++. DeVoe tried his best, but the course itself is challenging if you are unfamiliar with coding. |
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Don DeVoe
ENME489B Expecting an A Anonymous 06/08/2020 |
Great professor. Really cares about his students. Though if you're not good at learning the material, you'll have a harder time. |
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Don DeVoe
ENME202 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/20/2020 |
Best professor I have had so far. Explains concepts really well, and takes the time to create really engaging course material. |
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Don DeVoe
ENME202 Expecting a B+ Anonymous 05/25/2019 |
Good. Hard course and slightly boring lectures, but fair exams. Homework was not easy, but good for learning material |