Best engineering professor I've had at UCLA! He is excellent at teaching and really focuses on helping his students understand the fundamental concepts. He does A TON of example problems in class, some of which actually show up on his midterm(s)/final but with different numbers. There were 2 midterms for this class. The second was more difficult than the first, but not too difficult overall. The final was much trickier and focused mainly on material from the second half of the class. Prof Amar is GREAT! He is the reason I'm actually a fan of thermodynamics.

Great professor! He makes thermodynamics very easy to understand. Didn't read the book, just followed his lecture notes and got an A in the class. Make sure to bring the book to class because during lectures he has students do problems and you need the book for the steam tables. Tests can be tricky, but if you know the concepts, you'll be fine.

Prof. Amar is one of the best professors I've had here. You don't really need to read the books except for clarification or homework problems. I studied with his lecture notes and exampels. also, did many problems from the book. the final was pretty hard, but if you can firmly grasp the concepts, 1st law and 2nd law of thermodynamics, you should be able to know what to do right away when you see the exam problems.