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Laurent Pilon
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Spring 2020 - Pilon is alright, but this class was incredibly frustrating. (Taken as an online class). I felt like I had a good handle on everything before the midterm, but the midterm wrecked me so much I had to Pass/No Pass this class. There were two parts on the midterm, one for 'conceptual questions' where we weren't supposed to have a cheat sheet, but all the questions were about details of the equations or plain ridiculous (apparently we had to memorize the critical point of water). The second part, with in-depth calculations were more reasonable, but still more difficult than the homework, and not enough time was given. Because there is only one midterm I didn't feel confident in my grade after it and switched my grade type, which made me lose interest in the rest of the material. The lectures are fine, they are easy to learn from, but because they aren't live it is hard to ask questions or connect with the class. Homework assignments also take forever.
Spring 2020 - Pilon is alright, but this class was incredibly frustrating. (Taken as an online class). I felt like I had a good handle on everything before the midterm, but the midterm wrecked me so much I had to Pass/No Pass this class. There were two parts on the midterm, one for 'conceptual questions' where we weren't supposed to have a cheat sheet, but all the questions were about details of the equations or plain ridiculous (apparently we had to memorize the critical point of water). The second part, with in-depth calculations were more reasonable, but still more difficult than the homework, and not enough time was given. Because there is only one midterm I didn't feel confident in my grade after it and switched my grade type, which made me lose interest in the rest of the material. The lectures are fine, they are easy to learn from, but because they aren't live it is hard to ask questions or connect with the class. Homework assignments also take forever.
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I loved Pilon! He's a good professor and even tries to learn everyone's names. Don't be late for class or he'll call you out on it. His tests are actually pretty easy...half conceptual and half analytical. When you solve problems, don't make stupid mistakes cause they're pretty stingy on the partial credit. On the midterm, one of the problems asked you to compare two different values. I solved for the two different numbers (correctly) but since I didn't find the ratio I got 7 points marked down. Kinda unfair in my opinion. Just make sure you read the questions carefully! You kinda have to go to every lecture. He'll notice.
I loved Pilon! He's a good professor and even tries to learn everyone's names. Don't be late for class or he'll call you out on it. His tests are actually pretty easy...half conceptual and half analytical. When you solve problems, don't make stupid mistakes cause they're pretty stingy on the partial credit. On the midterm, one of the problems asked you to compare two different values. I solved for the two different numbers (correctly) but since I didn't find the ratio I got 7 points marked down. Kinda unfair in my opinion. Just make sure you read the questions carefully! You kinda have to go to every lecture. He'll notice.
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Fall 2019 - Pilon is a great guy, but this class was kinda tough for me. He's very particular about everyone being in class on time, no phones in class, etc. It's the exact same as 105D, but with a lot more math involved. He likes to focus on the derivations and proofs of the heat transfer equations, which I wasn't a fan of. The homework took a lot of time every week; without Chegg I would have been screwed. The exams weren't terrible, as long as you understand the fundamentals of the class and not just the equations. The project at the end of the quarter takes a long time, but it's pretty interesting and overall not too bad. I'd recommend taking this class just to get to know Pilon, but the math-emphasis diminished my interest in heat transfer.
Fall 2019 - Pilon is a great guy, but this class was kinda tough for me. He's very particular about everyone being in class on time, no phones in class, etc. It's the exact same as 105D, but with a lot more math involved. He likes to focus on the derivations and proofs of the heat transfer equations, which I wasn't a fan of. The homework took a lot of time every week; without Chegg I would have been screwed. The exams weren't terrible, as long as you understand the fundamentals of the class and not just the equations. The project at the end of the quarter takes a long time, but it's pretty interesting and overall not too bad. I'd recommend taking this class just to get to know Pilon, but the math-emphasis diminished my interest in heat transfer.
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This class was a lot of work: problem sets, case studies, project, but I learned a lot about radiation from these assignments. The project required many hours of effort and I felt that the topics were too open ended. Pilon often says a lot of things will happen but they never do.
This class was a lot of work: problem sets, case studies, project, but I learned a lot about radiation from these assignments. The project required many hours of effort and I felt that the topics were too open ended. Pilon often says a lot of things will happen but they never do.
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