Reviews of professor Houlong Zhuang

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This is a tough course.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Zhuang is one of the best professors I've had. He's very understanding, he genuinely cares about his students, and he tries hard to be fair. To be fair to him, introductory engineering courses can't be much fun to teach, just as they aren't fun to take. But all in all, I'm grateful for the opportunity to have taken this class with him.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Quizzes in class every week, but there were opportunities to earn back quiz points in recitation. Exams were fair and the TAs were helpful. However Dr Zhuang himself can be confusing in the way he explains things. Reach out to him via email and your questions will be answered quickly.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Hard to understand, and his lectures seemed very unorganized. I learned more from the review sessions than the actual class. His lectures are very conceptual and does not do a good job of doing actual problems. The class itself though is not crazy hard, just basically statics with more components.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Statics is an engineering weed out class, simply because its fundamental to everything in succession. Dr. Zhuang teaches statics very well, and is excellent in office hours. He truly wants his students to succeed. Tests are really what matter as they were 20, 25, and 30% of the grade for the class, but just pay attention and do the hw, it's easy.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lecture slides are not the best. It is hard to take notes for his class, and he does not do a lot of example problems. His office hours are not helpful, and often tells you the wrong process for homeworks. However, he is very understanding with any problems that you may have with grading or homework. He bumped my grade up without questions.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I really enjoyed this class and Zhuang was my favorite professor this semester. I feel like he explains the material well. You do have to figure out a little on your own but not too bad. The tests were a little harder than I expected.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Zhuang is a great professor; he is enthusiastic, caring, and always happy to answer questions. Very clear during lectures. The class structure helped me stay on top of the work because there were so many little components--videos, homework, weekly quizzes--that kept me from procrastinating and helped me learn the material in manageable pieces.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Statics as a department has many issues here. Zhuang might be the best bet. Very understanding and kind. Lectures are mediocre. Rarely gives enough time for in-class assignments or quizzes. There is a lot of homework each week that is valuable in understanding but (at least currently) worth so little. Exams are pretty fair. Taught myself mostly.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Similar sentiment to my 201 review, he's not great, but he does teach ok, the homework is fine, overall not great, not awful. Is very kind though.