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Abdon Sepulveda
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Fall 2021 - Super nice/chill professor. He's pretty loveable, even if you hate the topic you can't hate him. The exams are open everything and graded with a good perspective, i.e. if you don't have time to solve something and write how you would've done it, you'll get plenty of credit, or if you screw up and write "this is definitely wrong bc of X, Y, Z" then you'll get credit for being able to recognize something went wrong. I don't think there are any other professors teaching this class right now, but that's a good thing, he's a gem.
Fall 2021 - Super nice/chill professor. He's pretty loveable, even if you hate the topic you can't hate him. The exams are open everything and graded with a good perspective, i.e. if you don't have time to solve something and write how you would've done it, you'll get plenty of credit, or if you screw up and write "this is definitely wrong bc of X, Y, Z" then you'll get credit for being able to recognize something went wrong. I don't think there are any other professors teaching this class right now, but that's a good thing, he's a gem.
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I've had Professor Sepulveda for both MAE 182A and MAE 166C. But since most reviews about him are for 182A, I will provide an evaluation for 166C. Professor Sepulveda is known to go really fast in lectures. So its normal, if during lecture you are a little lost, since he writes so fast on the board. Just review your notes after class or while doing homework. And if you still don't understand them, go to office hours. MAE 166C isn't that bad in terms of concepts. The only problem is that there is heavy computation involved in the homework assignments and exams. The homework is nearly impossible without MATLAB since there are a lot of matrix operations involved. Exams are simplified compared to homework (i.e symmetric laminates), so it is doable without MATLAB. Just know that you are pressed on time during exams, so understand the procedure of how to solve the problems. If you understand the homework, the exams will be pretty similar and you'll be set. Overall, even though he goes really fast in lectures, this class wasn't too bad. Everything taught in this class built on top of each other and at the end, you combine all you've learned to determine whether a design failed or not. So if you can follow his lectures and understand it, it should be fairly simple. But, regardless, problems are pretty long.
I've had Professor Sepulveda for both MAE 182A and MAE 166C. But since most reviews about him are for 182A, I will provide an evaluation for 166C. Professor Sepulveda is known to go really fast in lectures. So its normal, if during lecture you are a little lost, since he writes so fast on the board. Just review your notes after class or while doing homework. And if you still don't understand them, go to office hours. MAE 166C isn't that bad in terms of concepts. The only problem is that there is heavy computation involved in the homework assignments and exams. The homework is nearly impossible without MATLAB since there are a lot of matrix operations involved. Exams are simplified compared to homework (i.e symmetric laminates), so it is doable without MATLAB. Just know that you are pressed on time during exams, so understand the procedure of how to solve the problems. If you understand the homework, the exams will be pretty similar and you'll be set. Overall, even though he goes really fast in lectures, this class wasn't too bad. Everything taught in this class built on top of each other and at the end, you combine all you've learned to determine whether a design failed or not. So if you can follow his lectures and understand it, it should be fairly simple. But, regardless, problems are pretty long.
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Professor Sepulveda is a great professor, he practically knows the course like the back of his hand. Once you get past his sometimes sloppy handwriting and Italian accent, there's no one better for the job. The material was difficult but he manages to teach it every subject flawlessly. It is extremely fast paced so you have to make sure not to fall behind when writing notes. The book was useless except for the table of Laplace Transforms, which you are advised to bring to exams. His exams are open book and notes, but the exams are structured such that you won't be able to finish it if you constantly referred to your lecture notes, so make sure you study the example problems carefully. Go to all the lectures and do all the homework meticulously, all his exams are pretty much reiterations of homework problems and class examples.
Professor Sepulveda is a great professor, he practically knows the course like the back of his hand. Once you get past his sometimes sloppy handwriting and Italian accent, there's no one better for the job. The material was difficult but he manages to teach it every subject flawlessly. It is extremely fast paced so you have to make sure not to fall behind when writing notes. The book was useless except for the table of Laplace Transforms, which you are advised to bring to exams. His exams are open book and notes, but the exams are structured such that you won't be able to finish it if you constantly referred to your lecture notes, so make sure you study the example problems carefully. Go to all the lectures and do all the homework meticulously, all his exams are pretty much reiterations of homework problems and class examples.
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