This is my second class with Professor Davoyan. He is a really engaging lecturer that always makes sure things are clear for every student. You will never feel lost if you pay attention to his lectures. This was taken during COVID, but he was very forgiving with tests. Rather than a midterm, we had several small quizzes with a week to do each. For the final we had a few days. The questions were extremely fair. The homeworks helped prepare you for all the problems he could ask.

This was my second class with Professor Davoyan, and I would gladly take a third class if I had the chance to. Davoyan comes to class and gets started right away most times, with a lot of writing, but also a lot of good explanation. He has a slight accent, but it doesn't interfere with understanding. He can be very direct in what you need to know and understand, but he will keep driving a point until we get it. Davoyan clearly has an immense passion for aerospace and space exploration, and he will sometimes include slides at the end of lectures to reinforce our learning and give real examples of the topics we are covering, as well as giving us insight into the industry itself and the kind of thinking needed.

From what I've heard from classmates, Davoyan's teaching style can be a bit polarizing, with some people really enjoying it, and others disliking it. However, I can definitely recommend this class with him. The knowledge he possesses and the passion he has for this topic are reason enough to take it with him, and if you are passionate in this subject, you will love this class.

One of the most straightforward classes I've ever taken. The textbook is available for free on ScienceDirect, though paying attention in lecture and taking good notes was enough to complete the HW and quizzes and do well on the final, and the TAs even went over the specific HW problems in discussion (textbook is good for understanding some of the qualitative stuff in better detail than he covers in class, but you can do fine without looking at it or googling specific questions you have). Class comprised of a weekly HW assignment (usually only a few simple problems), three take-home quizzes (basically also HW assignments; he likes to give a few days to work on these then solve it in about 10 minutes in class), and the final. The material is very formula-heavy and the professor really cares about the students understanding the material, so he rarely tests on simple computation and focuses more on qualitative understanding (i.e., pay attention when he defines and explains things in class). He made the class pretty low-stress by giving A LOT of extra credit opportunities over the quarter and making the final (the only in-person test the whole quarter) completely open note.

In summary: not the most complicated class material, and a very considerate and fair professor. Put in the time to solve HW and pay attention and take good notes in class, and take advantage of extra credit opportunities. If you have a question in class, definitely ask it and he'll make sure you understand. 10/10 would highly recommend this class and professor, and would gladly take this class again.

Really cool class, and Artur was a cool professor. He wasn't very responsive outside of class, but he was fine over Zoom.