Reviews of professor Alexander Pillapakkame

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Yo he really ain't that bad, just follow da steps.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I took him for ENGR1102 and thought taking him again would be good. I was very wrong. The material was rushed and hard to follow. But the worst part of this class was the final project, we were repeatedly promised that we would receive feedback for each section and would have the chance to fix it to help our grade. We never got any feedback. EVER.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's a good teacher, he just teaches machine theory which is pretty hard. Lots of work, exams are on canvas which means NO partial credit. He makes a lot of mistakes too, he usually fixes it, but sometimes does not. Does not respond to emails usually at all, projects are very time consuming and take a lot of time, especially for what they are worth

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I find him to be smug. He goes too fast when explaining and leaves students in the dust. Not great at answering questions either. He is not a teacher who will make your life miserable though, just take him and get it out of the way. For a class this simple it doesn't matter who you have teaching it. Just be prepared to ask your TAs for help.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of the best professors that I have ever had. He transitioned his classes very well to online classes during the pandemic. Very easy to follow and very friendly and willing to help whenever. 10/10

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He does not care. He does his own thing. He does not even answers students questions. He also teaches like we already know everything. Beware. Not taking this class again

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
If you show up and try you can pass the class. He is awkward, but he tries very hard.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I took him in Spring of 2020, when covid hit. quizzes were easy for the most part, but having a good group of friends would make it easier. Attendance was crucial, if you hadn't scanned your id at the very beginning of class you'd be marked absent. Overall, decent instructor. It was a great introduction to Matlab.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Your only grades are weekly quizzes, final and attendance. But the quizzes are 50% of your grade. And at 4 questions and only 10 minutes for every quiz, so you either get an A or drop two letter grades to a C. Your questions consist of things that took the prof half the class. So you get twice as many problems as done in class in a fifth the time.