Professor
Anthony Mills
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Sure Mills puts up projector slides directly from the BHMT book he wrote, but some professors from other universities have done the same. His BHMT book is excellent and well written, I liked his style of writing. The concepts were in good order, and the text is not as lengthy as Incroprera and Dewitt. The problem sets are challenging. If you don't read the book regularly or in advance, you might not find the lectures useful. Too bad the lectures are usually at 8AM. Go to office hours; Mills will help you and have good conversations with you. You can ask him homework questions in office hours and he will help you think of the correct approach, but stop and not give you the solution. He especially likes it when you talk to him about anything else. If you go often enough, he'll remember your name. Once in OH, he told me there a problem in the book was a good exam question, and then it showed up on the final exam! Mills may seem intimidating, but he is actually friendly once you get to know him. Take his courses if you can! He also was the coauthor of the MAE 157 lab manual, which was also well written.
Sure Mills puts up projector slides directly from the BHMT book he wrote, but some professors from other universities have done the same. His BHMT book is excellent and well written, I liked his style of writing. The concepts were in good order, and the text is not as lengthy as Incroprera and Dewitt. The problem sets are challenging. If you don't read the book regularly or in advance, you might not find the lectures useful. Too bad the lectures are usually at 8AM. Go to office hours; Mills will help you and have good conversations with you. You can ask him homework questions in office hours and he will help you think of the correct approach, but stop and not give you the solution. He especially likes it when you talk to him about anything else. If you go often enough, he'll remember your name. Once in OH, he told me there a problem in the book was a good exam question, and then it showed up on the final exam! Mills may seem intimidating, but he is actually friendly once you get to know him. Take his courses if you can! He also was the coauthor of the MAE 157 lab manual, which was also well written.
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tl;dr: take his class, he is a good professor. I took professor mills for 131A and 132A. he is my favorite teacher not because of his teaching style but because he is always available and helpful with anything, not just stuff related to the class. he's helped me with administrative issues, help with other classes. he is friggin AWESOME. his lectures are boring and straight from the book. if you follow the book it feels like he's reading you the book. I wouldn't have gone to lectures (because they're always at 8AM) but he knew me as he knows everyone who doesn't go to lectures and would have been mad at me. here is the thing: if you need help at all, go to his office hours. in fact, even if you don't need help still go to his office hours. just talk to him about anything, he'll like you for giving a shit about the class because most students don't. plus if you go to his office and talk to him, he'll know what you know and you get an easy pass when it comes to grading because even if you do badly on the exam he knows that you're not that dumb (or maybe he'll know that you're a dumbass). at any rate, he is an easy grader. I got A on both 131 and 132. 132A final was pretty bad because he gave us the same final as the graduates except we weren't supposed to cover most of the material that was o the final exam. I ended up being able to answer 2/7 questions but if i had known that we would be taking the graduate final I would have studied those sections but meh.
tl;dr: take his class, he is a good professor. I took professor mills for 131A and 132A. he is my favorite teacher not because of his teaching style but because he is always available and helpful with anything, not just stuff related to the class. he's helped me with administrative issues, help with other classes. he is friggin AWESOME. his lectures are boring and straight from the book. if you follow the book it feels like he's reading you the book. I wouldn't have gone to lectures (because they're always at 8AM) but he knew me as he knows everyone who doesn't go to lectures and would have been mad at me. here is the thing: if you need help at all, go to his office hours. in fact, even if you don't need help still go to his office hours. just talk to him about anything, he'll like you for giving a shit about the class because most students don't. plus if you go to his office and talk to him, he'll know what you know and you get an easy pass when it comes to grading because even if you do badly on the exam he knows that you're not that dumb (or maybe he'll know that you're a dumbass). at any rate, he is an easy grader. I got A on both 131 and 132. 132A final was pretty bad because he gave us the same final as the graduates except we weren't supposed to cover most of the material that was o the final exam. I ended up being able to answer 2/7 questions but if i had known that we would be taking the graduate final I would have studied those sections but meh.
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Mills is excellent in articulating information during lecture. It's not the conventional "derive equations on the blackboard" but rather "reading" from his textbook in a condensed manner followed by insightful comments. I know many people think its not the most effective method to lecture, but it helps cover a lot of material in 10 weeks. The best way to study for any Mill's course is to write notes in your textbook based on what you understand. Ask him any questions you have in office hours. Most of the time, they are empty until exam time. He is very concerned about the students learning as long as they are interested and have questions. So come to his office for a chat. It doesn't have to be about heat/mass transfer, you can talk to him about anything.
Mills is excellent in articulating information during lecture. It's not the conventional "derive equations on the blackboard" but rather "reading" from his textbook in a condensed manner followed by insightful comments. I know many people think its not the most effective method to lecture, but it helps cover a lot of material in 10 weeks. The best way to study for any Mill's course is to write notes in your textbook based on what you understand. Ask him any questions you have in office hours. Most of the time, they are empty until exam time. He is very concerned about the students learning as long as they are interested and have questions. So come to his office for a chat. It doesn't have to be about heat/mass transfer, you can talk to him about anything.
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