This was my first E96 class, and it was great! You spend three hours a week building a go-kart. You'll learn how to use CAD with SolidWorks and design and build the entire thing, then race it at the end of the quarter. It's completely taught by students. I'll be taking more E96 classes in the future, very fun!

Andrew and Lauren are the best TAs, hands down! This class was great; there's nothing to criticize. I'd like to say, though, that this class made me hate coffee even more, LOL, but otherwise, it was such a great experience and worth my Fridays at 9 am.

I think this class is a lot better than previous reviews say. The homework being optional is a huge load off your back while still giving you a lot of practice. Professor Schmidt is a great lecturer, too.

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 read a prior syllabus for this class and it seems to have changed a lot. It is now very chill, where you just learn about the different steps of the coffee making process. You learn to roast, brew, and grind raw coffee beans, and it was a very nice chill class. Shoutout Kenan and Lauren for being great TAs. They were great and funny to work with.

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.