Reviews of professor Jong Ryu

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall good, straight-forward lectures and requirements. 2 midterms and 1 final make up the majority of the grade. Midterms were pretty easy if you do the homework, the final was definitely more challenging than the midterms. Lots of example problems, tells you which ones will be similar to test material. Course follows the book for the most part.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Ryu is a nice guy, he wants the class to understand the material. Lectures are boring, but he has a ton of practice problems. His class is not too bad, with two simple midterms, a one question "quiz" before each class, and textbook homework. I've heard from previous students the final is super hard, though. OK choice for Solids.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Ryu is an excellent professor to take Solid Mechanics. I think his lectures are very helpful in learning the content and preparing for the midterms. He gives a good amount of partial credit too as long as you show your work. My only complaint is that the final exam is way harder than the midterms and he uses an odd letter grading scale.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a decent teacher. Funny, personable guy if you care about that. I learned a lot. His tests are online and if you get questions wrong you can talk to him about them and get a decent bit of partial credit. He rewards going to class by giving some extra credit at the end if you do answer enough tophat questions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Ryu has no respect for his students. All he does the whole class is lectures from his unhelpful PowerPoint and then makes you fill out worksheets that are already 95% filled out. And when you ask him a question, he will usually laugh at you about how incompetent you are. Avoid Ryu if possible.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His teaching skill is very sophisticated and science supported. He focuses on important concepts and clearly deliver them to the student. He knows what is must know and what is good to know. So, students have no confusion on what to study. He grades very fairly.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I was one of the few to attend nearly every lecture and I did not learn much of anything about vibrations. He reads from a powerpoint then gives handouts where the parts that you need to learn are already filled in. If you must take him, get a copy of the textbook and try to learn from it. Tests are a few questions worth a lot a piece. HW weekly.