This is a hard class, electromagnetics inherently is, and despite the challenges of 2020 remote learning, Prof Emaminejad was overall pretty good as instructor for this class.

The professor took a full flipped classroom for the first half of the class, recorded lectures to watch and using lecture time as optional office hours/discussion on the lectures.

During the second half of the class as topics became a little more difficult, and we started to go beyond Maxwell's equations, he switched to live lectures.

As a lecturer, he holds up, he lectures fairly well with slides, he generally explains pretty well, my only complaint is that he spent far less time on electromagnetic waves than he should have.

Homeworks are challenging but fair, exams are similarly challenging but fair.

Overall I can recommend this professor for this class.

Professor Emaminejad posted pre-recorded lectures during the first half of the quarter but held live lectures during the second half. Although he is a good lecturer and a successful researcher, it definitely felt like he didn't make enough effort in teaching as he should have. Normal lectures should take around 2 hours but his pre-recorded lectures were only around 40 minutes in length - even though these lectures were pretty concise and well-recorded, I believe he could've made more effort in providing sample problems or go more in-depth on some topics. Other than this, there's actually not much to complain about. He is one of the best EE professors that I've encountered and he explained concepts extremely well. His midterm for this quarter was pretty easy, which may have given people false impressions that the final would be as easy (it wasn't) - however, both exams were still considered generous comparing to my other classes. Looking at previous posts on Bruinwalk, I was expecting a curve on the final, but apparently there wasn't one. The workload for this class is light and the homework problems didn't take long to finish. Overall, I would highly recommend taking this class with him.

This class was pretty ass. The homeworks, quiz, and midterm were all very easy, and most of the class got 90%+ on each. However, the final exam was super difficult -- I'm glad that I took this class P/NP because I got an F on the final. The first 75% of the class is a review of Physics 1C mashed with Math 32B, and the last part of the class is about transmission lines, which are a complete left turn from the previous content. 5/10 class, would not take again with this professor.

Pre covid, he lectured from slides and handwrote examples. He is a very affable and funny guy, but I don't feel like this material was explained all that clearly. The first part is interpreting things using maxwells equations, which I found to be and odd mash of uninteresting problems (sheet charges and the like). I dont think he explained transmission lines and phasors very well at all. You'll probably have to take ECE10 for that. He kind of just shows things to you and says "I know its hard, just use it", and so alot of students get lost in the sauce. Prior to the class, review line integrals and multivariable calculus or the first homework will be pain. I wouldn't recommend him per say, but I also wouldn't discourage you from taking him.

Take this class with Emaminejad! He explains things step by step and gives the underlying intuitions behind each concept. Additionally, at the start of the quarter, he does a mini review of vector calculus and relevant physics, so if you're one of those students who took those classes quarters ago, I recommend this professor. Just to note, look at the textbook! He sometimes uses textbook examples and questions for tests! (Additionally, the (Ulaby) textbook is incredibly helpful and can be found online.)

Depending on your major, you may have seen this content multiple times before taking this class. The lectures are pretty dry, but they're informative and usually a good match to what the exams will cover. He doesn't cover any practice problems, so the lectures are all just theory, which does find its way into the exams. The textbook is alright, but it's not exactly great for example problems so the released homework solutions are usually the best bet for studying for exams. The discussions also give out homework answers (before they're due) so those are worth attending if you have the time. They're also recorded if you can't bring yourself to go

A lot of people freaked because there is little rhyme or reason to the difficulty of the midterms. I got wrecked by the 1st but did oddly well on the 2nd. The final was pretty hard though which is probably why I ended with a B+. But in any case, the exam questions are pretty reflective of the homework and lecture slides.

No major surprises with this class. Just do the homework and look at the slides more than the textbook and it works out well enough. BTW what I've written applies mostly if he maintains the current course format (posted lecture recordings, non-mandatory discussions, open book zoom-monitored exams, etc)