Reviews of professor Cyrus Aidun

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
HWs are not collected for a grade, and you can choose to never attend lecture and instead just watch the uploaded lecture videos at 1.5x speed. I nearly got an A by never attending lecture, and watching 8-10 hours of lecture videos the days leading up to the midterms. Exams are usually quite similar to practice problems given.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Mediocre professor. Your entire grade is exams, so it pays to do well on them. Homework is optional, so it's hard to stay motivated to do it. He posts video lectures and expects you to watch them, but his in class lectures are the exact same thing, so one of them is a waste of time. Boring class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Boring and slow lectures. He does not come prepared for the class at all. Exams are not based on the course material. As a midterm he wants you to do a literature review and write a review paper regarding his research. Easy A.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
Easy A. Extremely boring lectures. Does not care about teaching. Expects you to study his reasearch.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Idk why the high ratings. They're wrong. I made an A, but he screwed the class by making the cutoff 91% for A and 82% for B. His lectures are so boring I felt like napping every class. His HW's are just him selecting random book probs. with untaught content you have to Chegg. I did well on tests (90%) by putting slide problems on formula sheet.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Aidun's lectures provided us with great notes even though lectures were not always the most engaging. Your grade is basically made up of just tests. I did well by putting the notes slides in my crib sheet, but I am not sure I actually learned the concepts. The cutoffs for A, B, etc. are decided at the end of the semester (they could go up!)

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Aidun is a solid choice for fluid mechanics. Grading in the class is based upon four tests with an optional final and nothing else. Lectures are somewhat dry, but important in getting a basic handle on concepts. Test questions are often similar to the optional practice problems he assigns. He also posts older recordings of lectures for review.