Reviews of professor Derek Gransden

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Gransden attempts to teach and truly does care about students. But he is all over the place and doesn't follow the syllabus. His assigned projects are challenging and he provides little to no feedback. His biggest flaw is that you don't get any marks back for anything in the semester. It's hard to know where you're at with no feedback.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Gransden is one of the best professors in the engineering department. He gives a great feedback and cares about every student. Makes lectures very interesting. Very knowledgable. Fair grader. It's not an easy course but if you attend lectures regularly, pay attention and practice problems, you'll do well. Very helpful during office hours.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He needs to figure out how to organize himself because his lack of communication and being all over the place has consequences for the students

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
So here's the thing, Gransden is a great guy but when it come to the teaching portion of the course this is where he lacks. The lessons are somewhat all over the place and at times confusing. We were also told to get one textbook, however he used a different one for teaching as well as for test questions; many of which hadn't been covered.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Decent lectures and is always trying to relate things to his professional experience. Project was tough, but fair. Engineering is about challenging yourself and he makes sure it does. Tests are fair but be ready to explain the 'why'. He isn't a fan of textbook answers and is very focused on the ability to demonstrate your knowledge of the subject

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Gransden is an amazing prof I've ever had. He has an in depth knowledge of aircrafts, materials and manufacturing. Grading is fair enough. Attend the lectures and pay attention. The project was hard but you get a decent grade if you try. He makes sure everyone is doing well in class. Very helpful prof. I definitely recommend him for any course.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Gransden is a little all over the place and hard to follow. It may have something to do with him being new but he really enjoys questions. Be sure to own dimensioning because it's probably the hardest part. Very smart guy, funny, accepts when he can't do something. I never attend class but he teaches through slides but attend once in a while.