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Oded Rabin
ENMA301 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/26/2015 |
His teaching was decent and his tests were challenging but (barely) reasonable, but his TAs graded the homework really harshly (75 average for the homeworks) and he was rude and disrespectful, both during class and in person. Plus in an email to the entire class discussing the paper we wrote he said, "The other common problem was that the opening paragraph of the paper was truly poorly written (to the extent of inspiring suicidal thoughts)." Make of that what you will. |
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Oded Rabin
ENMA300 Expecting an A mreese 05/24/2011 |
Dr. Rabin is a very friendly, soft-spoken individual who cares about students learning the material well. He's not the most exciting lecturer in the world, but he does a good job of covering the most important topics and spending time to explain certain concepts that are more involved. I found Dr. Rabin to be responsive to e-mails, and he tried hard to make time to see students outside of class. Seeing him in his office was nice, because although it is painfully obvious how intelligent he is, he does not come off as condescending whatsoever. There isn't a lot to say because 300 isn't a super intense class, but I'm glad to have Rabin for 301 next semester. Edit for students figuring out when to take 301: Workload varies a bit throughout the semester, but I'd figure an average of about five hours per week. There is a three page (single spaced) paper due before the final exam that can be time consuming. Exams were harder than in 300; despite the class being all materials students, averages were slightly lower (65-75%). The actual content is focused more on applications, which is refreshing. Also, I don't know if Rabin was trying to be mean this semester, but he was very misleading when it came to informing the class about the midterms. "Midterm two will focus mainly on the biomaterial journal articles." Everyone pores through long, complex journal articles. Midterm two has no questions concerning the biomaterial journal articles. "Yes, you will get a formula sheet for midterm three." Midterm three has no formula sheet, and primarily tests knowledge of new formulas. Seriously balls. |
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Oded Rabin
ENMA300 Expecting a B Anonymous 12/12/2010 |
He is an interesting teacher to say the least. Generally about half of the class is asleep during his power point lectures. He really knows his stuff but has trouble teaching it to his students. Not a terrible class, but not a fun class either. |
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Oded Rabin
ENMA300 Expecting a B kvizzle321 12/12/2010 |
Smart guy, good teacher, boring lecturer. Based on other students complaining about their ENMA300 professor, I would suggest taking this guy for intro to materials as he is not a bad teacher at all. |
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Oded Rabin
Expecting a B Anonymous 12/21/2009 |
I took this course with a bunch of grad students and undergrads and he gives the same tests to both groups. The class itself was really interesting, an Rabin did a decent job of teaching it but he would never give you a clear idea of what your grade was throughout the class. Sometimes he would just give you a letter grade, and other times it would be a number. It also seems as though he graded both the undergrads and grads at the same level. He was approachable though and made time to help students, but at time when you had a question via email, he just wouldnt respond if he didnt feel like it. Overall class is interesting but he isnt the best of teachers. |
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Oded Rabin
ENMA300 Expecting a B Anonymous 06/17/2009 |
I expect to hear about Dr. Rabin in the news one day as a recipient of the Nobel Prize. Man is way smart, but can't teach. Very nice and approachable, and the class was really interesting, but a struggle since it was difficult for him to teach it to us. |