This class isn't as bad as some people claim. Lecture is lowkey useless. Prof. Schmidt's lecture is an awkward stream of consciousness, that MOST people can't follow in the first go-around.

The best way to study is the drill the old exams, study sets, and pick out concepts from the slides as they come. He doesn't do that many example problems in class, so the practice materials are the best way to figure stuff out.

A lot of people are scared of the EE part of this class, but it's not that bad compared to EE100 usually. (EE professors are scarier than BioE professors in general.) Fourier transforms and series aren't that bad, review integration stuff from AP calculus

"Any questions?"

The incessant vibrations from Schmidt's crusty vocal cords reverberated around the room as everyone stares back into his soulless gaze with a deadpan expression full of confusion and dread.

"I know you have questions."

That interaction about sums up his class. He knows he teaches poorly, yet he fails to acknowledge any of his shortcomings or attempt to improve his lectures. His slides are poorly organized, resulting in lectures teaching seemingly unrelated concepts that takes hours to get to the actual point of it all. He also always has an air of ignorance and arrogance with how he teaches and interacts with students, as if he expects that he is perfect and never makes mistakes, whereas reality is very much the opposite.

However, despite that, Schmidt does give all the resources you need to pass the class, namely past midterms and finals. His exams tend to be fairly repetitive so studying for the exams is definitely doable as long as you put in the time.

As someone not too good at or interested in EE, I actually found this class to be super interesting. The beginning of the class starts off with some circuits (thermistors, strain gauges, amplifiers, etc) but is definitely easier and more applied than EE100. Next you learn the physics behind EKG's and how they work. Then the class gets more math heavy and you learn about fourier transforms, signals/noise, xrays, and a big final unit on NMR/MRI. Overall, there honestly wasn't much material in the class. Some of the material is hard to digest the first go around, so being able to rewatch recorded lectures at my pace was very helpful. Overall, interesting class that wasn't as bad as I anticipated it was going to be.

This isn't a review for the professor, E96 classes are taught by students. The professor only comes in on the first day and drops in the last day to listen to your presentations.

I thought the class was great! I really enjoyed making an electrocardiogram. There are only a few easy assignments the first few weeks and then you work on an extension project. There are clear presentations with slides that go over the technical side of the project and the theory behind it. It's really not hard at all, more people should take this class.

I think people are a little harsh on good old schmidt. pretty decent lectures and exams were quite fair. I'd say the practice problems could have been a bit more reflective of the exams though. It is more based on class problems not homework problems.

The first half of the class is a review of circuits, Kirchhoff's Laws, complex impedance analysis, and some new and useful circuits. The second half of the class is biomedical devices, such as ECG, MRI, and ultrasound.

Dr. Schmidt is a clear and concise lecturer who can explain abstract concepts well. He had to reiterate things several times for the class, but his dry sense of humor and the interesting topic kept me awake the whole quarter. He seems intimidating to some people at first (if you ask stupid questions you get a not-so-amused look), but he always always found an hour outside of his regular office hours to meet me when I had questions. The TA was not as helpful as other outstanding TAs, but she did have to grade 70 student's worth of work every week.

The course is not difficult at all, and the homework assignments are actually interesting. If anything, I wish we went more in-depth with the material and covered more - the class was interrupted by two holidays and an NIH meeting Dr. Schmidt had to attend.

Overall, look forward to BE120 when you take it. Dr. Schmidt is a good professor.

Obligatory not a review for the professor. Would definitely recommend taking this class! It's not much of a time or work investment, and I learned a lot about Arduinos and general electrical engineering stuff. You can pretty much do anything that you want for the final extension project as long as it's interesting, so you can pick something you're comfortable with or something you want to learn more about for it. The students leading the class were very understanding and helpful.

Professor Schmidt is only listed as the professor because there needs to be a professor listed for the class. Never seen him in my life. This class is taught by undergrad peers (which is a huge plus, and is better than any professor teaching due to the nature of the class). Projects are interesting, but the pace is reaaaaaly slow for the first 5 weeks and then ramps up near the end. You'll get to build a working ECG device which is actually pretty incredible if you think about it. The final project is making an enhanced ECG in some way; this is a group project. I HIGHLY recommend that your group contains: 1 CS major/someone good at coding, at LEAST 1 EE major/someone who is good with circuits, and either an ME major or another EE major who is good with CAD and 3D modeling/fabrication. All of these components were necessary to create the final project. As a CS major myself, there is no way I could have done it alone without the knowledge of my more hardware-oriented peers.

This class changes every year and Prof Schmidt always wants to improve it. It is very hands-on, we learn about Arduino and ESP32 and have HW due every week as well as a final presentation to make something using a few components we learned in class. Overall it was a very chill and easy A class.

I actually really enjoyed this professor, and think he has gotten a bad wrap due to these ratings. He was always very available and happy to answer questions. All math is basic algebra, so there is no reason to complain about the difficulty level of the material.