Taken online during covid. This class is basically just doing the problem sets over and over and using the solutions as a guide in order to teach yourself will be on the exams (also do the extra practice problems before each exam they help). The problem sets take a very long time, do not wait until the night before to do them it will not be fun. His lectures were long and somewhat helpful, but they are a lot of information so it is hard to find the examples and equations you need. He's a nice guy, and definitely very knowledgeable, and his office hours are pretty helpful as well as discussions.

He is very knowledgeable and passionate about the material that he teaches. However, office hours are kind of mandatory to get a good grade in this class and going to office hours can take up a significant number of time.

Don't take 4 classes if you are taking a class with Kamei. Curves aren't the best because Bioengineering has a very smart group of people, around 60% and keep in mind that his tests have a mix of easy, medium, and impossible hard questions.

Dr. Kamei is a great professor and a friendly guy, but this class is HARD. The exams and weekly problem sets are very challenging, so fall behind at your own risk. Exams shouldn't have anything surprising: all the main concepts are drilled in on the problem sets. Midterm averages were in the 60% range if I recall correctly.

This was the last class I took with Prof. Kamei, and it's actually quite fun and interesting. The problem sets are "hard" after pset 5 or 6 (they're harder than the homework you'd get for your typical engineering class), but not as hard as BE110 and BE100. The early problem sets are quite easy if you know MATLAB coding already.

He curves this much generously than those other classes, and there aren't office hours problems to do. The project is fun to do, just don't be one of the bozos who does the project <12 hours left.

Very challenging class. Problem sets are HARD, and the exams are difficult but doable if you do lots of practice problems. Lectures cover lots of material pretty quickly, so don't fall behind

I felt BE 110 was more straightforward then 100. Basically as long as you do and understand all the practice problems and problem sets he gives you, the tests are pretty much the same. He tends to pull from old problem sets/practice tests so definitely as least look over every problem/solution because things tend to reappear. His office hours are decently helpful, but more so if you have questions as the office hour problems just elaborate a little further than lecture.

This class applies math 33b to some different biology-related systems. The main topics are diffusion of molecules, bioreactors, receptor/ligand binding, and fluid mechanics/mass transfer. I enjoyed and understood this class much more than BE 100, and as a result did much better grade wise.

A big part of doing well in this class is simply doing as many problems as you can that Kamei gives during OH, discussion, and lecture, and then not bs-ing the psets. This class tests the ability to translate the word problems into math problems and then solving those math problems correctly.

The class did 'well' this year, so Kamei curved to an A-/B+ average (Above the mean gets an A- and below the mean gets a B+). The Exam 1 average was 67, Exam 2 average was 73, and Final average was 69.

Do all the homework early, go to all the office hours, attend every discussion, and when you study the problems, don't just regurgitate. You need to practice problems from memory, and come up with variations of the core concepts.

The class is difficult, but completely doable and reasonable. The concepts are all abstract and new, which is why it is hard at first.

Professor Kamei deserves the 10/10. If you ever take his class, you're lucky to have just one professor in your college career who cares that much about us students and the learning experience.

If you're a bioengineer, this will be your first upper-division course. Kamei's a great guy. He's very interactive and really wants his students to learn the material. If you've been around and about as a 1st year bioengineer (i.e. BMES and etc.) you will have seen this guy around. Pretty chill.

Regarding the class, your first homework assignment and your first two lectures will seem like cake. The second problem set is more difficult but is mostly the same sort of probability stuff. Then Problem Set #3 (yes you see I even capitalized the first letters) hits, and all hell breaks loose. Even with what he does in the lectures, you will be completely clueless as to what to do. At that time I thought that was the hardest homework assignment I've ever gotten.

After your 1st midterm, which is pretty fair, you get a break and learn some easy stuff. Then he launches into the biggest part of the class: chemical potentials. This is essentially where the core of the class lies. The problem sets aren't as gigantic as PS#3 but are difficult in their own ways. Midterm #2 hits, which is about the same difficulty as #1, and then you learn about a few more things and finish off the class. The final has one more problem than a midterm. For our final, I finished #2 to #5 in an hour and spent the rest of the time on #1. It's not uncommon for Kameizing to put a WTF curveball question on his exams.

So how do you do well? Go to every single office hours session because he does extra problems that really help drive home the material. Discussions are a must too. Kamei posts everything on CourseWeb. You may not be used to going to OH for other classes, but for BE100 it will seem like just another lecture session, except you get to ask questions and see example problems done. Problems are generally derivation-based with no numbers; you will most likely have the entire lower-case Greek alphabet memorized by the end of the course. The exams WILL take up the whole time for most people as well.

And near the end Kamei advertises positions in his lab. Beware though, he requires a lot of work from his researchers. So have fun with the class, it'll be a blast.

such a cool professor, cares so much about student learning and wants the best for UCLA's BE program. i respect him so much. beware though, his tests are challenging, and bioengineers here are the cream of the crop, so curves aren't the most ideal. although the grade does work in your favor, as he curves to a B/B+ average, be prepared to put in a lot of effort. a LOT.

in terms of success, MAKE SURE YOU ONLY TAKE 3 CLASSES when you are signing up for this class, as it demands time like none other. review lecture notes the day of lecture itself, keep up with the material, GO TO OFFICE HOURS- almost like an extra discussion, do ALL the problems he assigns, discussion, office hours AND problem sets, ask questions, and you'll be fine.

his tests will have short answer questions that are just factual recall questions to reward people that work hard, you should put conceptual explanations down on your cheat sheet that you can use, these are easy pts so nail them. there will be a couple medium frq questions- make sure you REVIEW lecture notes and his EXAMPLE PROBLEMS because these help with such questions. and there will be one impossibly hard wtf question that no one knows how to do. dont panic, just write down whatever you know. as long as you nail all the other questions you WILL be above the curve.

most importantly, enjoy the material. thermodynamics, the core of this class, can be challenging and dense, but kamei makes it bearable