Reviews of professor Naveen Thomas

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Thomas is a 50/50. If he thinks you're smart, he'll be lenient on grading, help in OH, and just generally appreciate you. If he thinks you're not the brightest, or even just not trying in the class hard enough (no matter how hard you try), he'll make the course difficult for you. Final was incredibly tough, projects are the only saving grace.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I had Naveen for MEEN 225 but that course code isn't an option which is weird. At first I did not like this prof, thought the workload was insane, but that's just engineering classes in general. His lectures were a little iffy, but leaves very helpful videos and assigns a lot of work that while hard, helps learn. Plus he rounded my 89 to an A

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great prof. Explains things very well with proofs and theoretical concepts, but lectures are a bit monotonous. Tests were fairly easy and both are structured very similar to the reviews he gives. Always made the class laugh at least once per lecture and is super funny overall. Assignments can be pretty cursed but he does his best to help you out.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class was... not it. Naveen's lectures, HW, and tests seemed like they were from 3 different classes altogether. He's also a bit snarky and makes the homework as cursed as possible. On top of that, he takes an abominable amount of points off on quizzes for ridiculous reasons. Easy overall but wow, he makes the course as frustrating as it gets.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's really good at teaching concepts, but taking him for MEEN 225 is almost battle-hardening because he expects us to do almost everything on our own with little to no help (especially on the projects).

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lectures consist of him reading off the slides without ever going through an example of how to solve the problem by hand and instead will only demonstrate how to code it. This is helpful for the coding assignments but makes his tests very difficult on top of the very specific short answer questions that might not have been covered in his slides

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Thomas is very knowledgeable and his lectures are decent but he was patronizing, expected us to know things we hadn't been taught yet, and gave unclear instructions for the projects. The homework was a lot, but worth the practice. He was disorganized and changed the class structure multiple times throughout the semester. Take Dale Cope instead.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not great. Doesn't respond to questions and doesn't lecture well. Would rather retake Thermo 3x than take another course with this bum.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Thomas can be a difficult professor, but he has also been one of my most favorite professors in college. He cares that students learn more than what will be tested, he connects concepts to the real world, and explains things pretty well. He can be a bit intimidating or sarcastic, but if you show up and try, he realizes your effort.