Professor Nordendale is one of the best instructors I've had the pleasure of taking a course from. He lectures well, with clear and organized slides. He gives plenty of examples and explains concepts thoroughly and concisely. His exams were extremely fair with no curveballs, and he prepared us well by giving plenty of review examples. Not that this is necessary, but I highly recommend watching Jeff Hanson's Statics and Mechanics videos to supplement your learning on the side. The videos go hand in hand with class content and helped reinforce topics for me. Great class taught by a great professor!

This was my first MechE class. I thought all of the concepts were explained very clearly, and he gave many examples on all of the topics. Homework, one midterm, and final are weighted at 33-33-34 percent. Homework is easy; six or seven problems per week. The midterm was also pretty easy (I think the average was around 96%), but the final was harder. However, the final was on Canvas so I was able to go home early for break. Overall, I liked the class and would recommend taking it with Dr. Nordendale.

Professor is an expert in his field and an excellent lecturer. He articulates complex concepts in a very digestible manner. He can be a bit monotone at times, but if you listen to his lectures, you will definitely learn a lot. There's weekly homework graded mostly for completion which are relatively simple, which counts for 1/3 of your grade. Then the midterm is 1/3 of your grade and the final is 1/3 of your grade. The midterm was incredibly easy, but the final was much more difficult. There were a lot of questions in a short amount of time. I got a 100 on the midterm but probably at best got an 85 on the final exam. Overall would recommend.

Dr. Nordendale is absolutely fantastic. Best teaching style I've seen. His tests were extremely fair, with questions just like the homework or lecture problems with slightly different applications. Super, super helpful -- truly cares about students learning the material and helping them out.

Professor Nordendale is a very good professor, and I would absolutely recommend taking him. The one thing I didn't like about this class was that I found the lectures a little disengaging, and struggled to pay attention during class. Other than that he's very fair. The tests were reasonable, and very similar to the homework. Also he has nice eyes.

Dr. Nordendale is an extremely good professor. His explanations are very clear, he answers questions very well and diligently, the amount of homework he gives out is very manageable, and his tests are very fair. The tests mostly just follow up on homework problems, so you know what to expect, but the best thing is that it judges you fairly well on your ability to do statics. He also works in the industry (consulting??? I don't know if that's the right way to put it) on statics and such, so a lot of the advice and knowledge he gives is relevant to the field right now. Overall, his class was extremely useful and nice to take, and I would definitely take it again with Dr. Nordendale.

Nordendale was an absolutely terrific professor. The class itself was not very hard, and it was made enjoyable by Nordendale's excellent teaching. He was super good at online lecturing, using slideshows with lots of example problems that he went through by hand. Having all those examples ready to be referenced was so useful, and he also uses Piazza which made it very easy to ask questions. If it is online again, I would recommend not going to lectures live and just watching the recordings. The homework was not crazy and was due once a week, and it was a three way even split between final, single midterm, and homework. The exams were super fair, there were not surprises and they were much like the homework. Our final also got extended to a week long, it included some tricky problems but honestly it was good fun to work on at leisure. 10/10 class

A really great professor. He made it clear to us from the start that his main objective was having us actually learn rather than testing us or trying to trick us. Homework and exams were very fair and were directly related to examples in lectures. Dr Nordendale also spent extensive time each lecture going through several different examples, making sure all bases were covered and we weren't surprised by anything on the homework or tests. All in all a great experience and I wish more professors were this considerate and helpful!

Professor Nordendale is a great professor. His homework assignments are reasonable and are directly related to what we go over in class. His exams are very fair and he is very clear about what will be on the exam so you know exactly what to study. I really enjoyed his teaching as he thoroughly explained his slides and worked through example problems. He was very open to questions (sometimes did say that he would have to skip some just because we were running low on time) and genuinely cares about his students.

(note--taken online due to covid)

Dr. Nordendale is an all-around great professor. Exams are reasonable and fairly graded; homeworks are straightforward and reinforce the material learned in class, and the lectures were live (not pre-recorded) and he frequently stopped to take questions. I'd definitely recommend taking this class.