Reviews of professor Padmakar Niskode

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I learned appx. 1 thing in this class. The entire semester revolves around a singular project (50% of grade), and the lectures mean NOTHING. It was such a waste of time so if you actually want to get an education, skip this man. I will say attendance is super optional and it is easy, but it felt like such a waste. I took MME 451 btw.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
When going over notes in class would repeatedly go off on tangents and make it very hard to focus and take notes. Would also go through the notes too fast to properly take any notes. I had more success not going to class and going over the notes myself and doing the homework

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I'm not exaggerating when I say I learned nothing in this class. Dr. Niskode didn't teach. We showed up and he would go on tangents unrelated to energy systems for an hour. He cancelled class for two weeks and then tried to add extra classes to make up for it. Only assignments were a paper, a take-home midterm, and a group project.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Changed the syllabus halfway through the semester to include homework. Additionally, he made exams open book open note and then told us that he had "talked with a colleague"and that they suggested he make the final closed book closed note. That's okay, but then tell us that you are making it "The hardest exam I have ever written" 95%grade is exams