Raymond Sedwick

This professor has taught: EDSP652, ENAE398H, ENAE457, ENAE464, ENAE488I, ENAE663, ENAE667, ENES232, GEMS296

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Raymond Sedwick ENES232 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/24/2024	I loved how he posted lecture videos so we could reference information outside of class. He was always so nice and always had a smile on his face. He obviously knew the information so well and was very good at teaching it and trying to find the best ways for students to remember and understand the concepts. He also has six cats which is pretty cool, as well as the story behind them. Anyway, I would very much recommend Dr. Sedwick.
Raymond Sedwick ENAE667 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 05/15/2024	Mans is an actual goat. I suggest taking him if you have a very logical brain and like being challenged!
Raymond Sedwick ENES232 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/11/2024	After looking at his reviews, I was a little scared to take this professor for thermo but I was pleasantly surprised. Compared to many other Thermo professors, Sedwick arguably has some of--if not the best and most organized notes. Instead of lectures you watch very detailed lecture videos and come to class with any questions about that. This is where I would say the main downside of the class is. The lecture videos can be pretty tedious to get through, especially by the end of the semester. I sometimes would just look at the slides he posted instead of watching the videos just because that would shave off like 1.5+ hours of time. Still, he's great at explaining things, super approachable, and was absolutely a professor I'd take again.
Raymond Sedwick ENAE457 Anonymous 11/27/2023	I literally had the worst ever experience in his space propulsion class. The fact that you have to write up notes from his videos, and you have to write down everything word by word is beyond disgusting. Everyone learns differently, and this just don't benefit some students (like you are just trying to get the notes done to get a perfect score for the notes instead of trying to comprehend the concepts behind the notes) to learn effectively. Also he doesn't allow you to bring any formula sheets (or even provide any formulas) on the exams, which you also have to memorize all of the difficult formulas by heart, heavily defeats the purpose for learning these concepts.
Raymond Sedwick ENES232 Anonymous 04/20/2023	Sedwick, from what I can understand from friends in other sections, runs the class a bit differently. Other professors have the class set up so that you have two lectures, and a discussion with graded group work. Sedwick has it set up so that you only have one lecture and one discussion with no graded discussion worksheet. Instead, he has it so that you watch and write notes for two ~50 minute videos a week due before lecture. This comes with both upsides and downsides which I'll get to later. As far as a lecturer, professor Sedwick has a high expectation for student engagement in the course and material, he is a strong believer in deriving formulas and understanding where they came from opposed to memorizing just the formulas. As such do not expect a formula sheet in any of the exams. His lectures mostly review the content from the lecture videos, and provide an opportunity for questions. He answers questions very thoroughly, what I would think were quick questions have gotten lengthy explanations. This means you'll definitely not come away with any misunderstandings if you pay attention, but also slows down the pace of class a bit. As for the upsides and downsides I mentioned earlier, the lecture videos mean 12% of your grade is free points for writing notes, and you don't have to go to class one day a week. The downside is they can be very tedious and take about 40-80% longer than the videos themselves since he expects you to write all the writing on the slides verbatim for full credit, and there is a lot to copy down (granted I do tend to write slow). I think overall I have put in more time in Sedwick's class than I would have put in other sections, but came away with a better understanding of thermo as a result. Overall i'd recommend him if you are OK with a more no-nonsense type professor and want a good understanding of thermo and are willing to put in the requisite time.
Raymond Sedwick ENES232 Expecting an A- Anonymous 03/22/2023	I had a terrible experience with this professor. Snarky doesn't begin to describe how arrogant he is. He was very rude and unprofessional towards me, including with direct insults. Furthermore, he had a policy where he would force us to take notes on his lecture videos and then force us to submit pictures of those notes twice a week, while still making us come to class by taking attendance. In class, he said nothing of value, only inefficiently explained example problems that he already thoroughly covered in the video lectures. He also refused to answer my questions in class about the material, instead replying, "look at your notes again," several times. If I had the answer in my notes I wouldn't have asked! If you want a professor who wastes your time, is rude and mean-spirited, and is generally unhelpful and wants nothing more than to satisfy his own enormous ego, this is the professor for you.
Raymond Sedwick ENES232 Expecting an A Anonymous 03/07/2023	I have a good grade in this course in spite, not because, of his teaching, and I am shocked that he has any positive reviews, since my experience with Raymond was terrible. He is an incompetent lecturer and grader, rude, and refuses to answer basic questions, telling students to just look at their notes again. Of course, if they had the answer in their notes, the wouldn't ask! Additionally, he has this extremely annoying policy of forcing students to take notes on his mind-numbingly boring video lectures, and then submit pictures of those notes, and still forces us to come to class where he not only takes attendance, but also gives useless, slow paced lectures which cover the exact same material as the video lectures. All of these are just some examples of his infuriating behavior. I would give this "professor" 0/5 stars if I could and 5/5 for wasting my time. Avoid him at all costs if you want a professor that actually teaches anything and doesn't assign endless busywork. Thank you Sedwick for making thermodynamics my least favorite class of my college career.
Raymond Sedwick ENAE457 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/17/2021	He can come off a bit snarky but understand that he really is quite helpful and is receptive to student concerns and questions. Very concise and to-the-point notes from lecture. He doesn’t really big you down with things you don’t need. The only thing is the homeworks are pretty hard but exams are significantly easier.
Raymond Sedwick ENAE663 Expecting an A- Anonymous 01/04/2021	Dr. Sedwick is one of the best professor's I've experienced. I had him for ENAE 663 as an independent study and he was very helpful whenever I asked questions concerning his lecture notes. He even set time aside to answer questions via zoom. I can tell he actually cares about his students.
Raymond Sedwick ENES232 Expecting an A- aeroterp 01/02/2018	Dr. Sedwick was overall a pretty good professor and nice guy. His lectures were sometimes difficult to follow, but he was willing to help students out in class by answering questions. I sometimes felt that I had to teach myself some of the material. The homework assignments were the most useful tool for learning the material. He gave the numerical answers to the homeworks, but not solutions. This was helpful in checking work. Quizzes were given during discussion. Most of them were pretty difficult and had low averages. Exams were fair and slightly easier than the homework problems.
Raymond Sedwick ENAE457 Expecting an A angryfred 05/15/2012	Had him for both 464 and 457. His 457 is excellent. His notes are self-contained and you really learn alot in his propulsions course. As long as you put the effort in this course you should get an A. for 464, it was his first time teaching it and it was a bit rough. He tried to go off Dr. Yu's syllabus but didn't seem to do to well at that. The lab reports were long and tedious. However, grading was generous and more than 3/4's of the class got A's. Definitely worth the effort.
Raymond Sedwick ENAE457 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/14/2012	Average professor, really. Not great, but not bad. He gets an extra star for not making us take a final exam, which was nice.
Raymond Sedwick ENAE414 Anonymous 12/22/2008	Dr. Sedwick is a overall a great professor. His lectures were pretty clear and he was very helpful if you needed help on homeworks. His exams were thorough, but graded on a nice curve.