Reviews of professor James Ely

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Ely seeks to do the bare minimum. His lectures are mediocre, and he often refuses to meet with students outside of class. The advice he does give is usually ambiguous and unhelpful. The homework and projects are very difficult, and his reluctance to help students makes these assignments extremely frustrating.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
James Ely is the worst professor I have had at Mines. Not only is he consistently weeks behind in lecture, he does not adjust the homework or quizzes to accommodate. As a result I have to teach myself fluids with no help. He also does not hold office hours and refuses to meet with students outside of class. If you have the choice, pick anyone else.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Ely makes at least one mistake in every class (in lecture ppt or in hw final solutions), so you cannot rely on anything that he provides you. He is not available outside of the class, so email is probably your only option of contacting him with any questions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You average day looks like this: He talks for 20 minutes about random things. Equations are thrown onto the projector and are often wrong. Example is performed with a significant error that he ignores. Your class is 5 chapters behind the other class. You don't know how to do the homework because of lecture errors. Get slammed with projects.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He might be a very smart person however he is not a great teacher. He seemed to go out of his way to be unhelpful as he took down lectures slides before the final. Make sure you download all of the files you need as soon as he posts them because he will not put them back up no matter how many people ask.