Professor Mohanty was really nice and definitely cared about all of us and our well-being. He was always telling us to eat lunch because he couldn't and the class was around lunch time, which I thought was cute. He's also very cautious of how much we need to spend, because he copied all of the textbook chapters and posted them on CCLE for us to read if we couldn't afford the textbooks.
However, the material was kinda difficult to understand and I was really struggling to complete the homework every week. Luckily our TA's were really nice and I basically had one TA to myself every Wednesday morning because her office hours was so early that no one else was ever there. Ms. Maryam was really nice too, very thankful for her.
The exams are based off of the homework, pretty much the exact same question with different numbers, and a couple conceptual things. The grading was extremely lenient, with as much partial credit given as possible. Probably more than I deserved to be honest. There are three quizzes and he drops the lowest one. At the end, I think he made sure everyone who turned stuff in passed, which was really nice of him.
Overall, a good class and I would take again, but preferably in person. He's a little hard to understand because he's got a pretty thick accent, but his lectures were still good.

I want to give this guy a good review, but I can't. Don't get me wrong, the class is pretty easy, but this guy is a disorganized mess. He consistently copied textbook example problems onto the slides incorrectly. Office hour hints were frequently wrong. Lectures are dull and disorganized. Tests are pretty straightforward, the questions are pretty much identical to practice exams he gives out. Very nice guy. Just not a good professor. If you're expecting to be taught something and not have to teach yourself, you're in the wrong place.

Professor Mohanty is definitely one of the kindest engineering professors I've been able to have. While he isn't totally clear on a lot of concepts, he always gives you plenty of time & opportunities to ask for help & is not a harsh grader. He's also typically down to give extensions if students need them & always asks us if we need more time on understanding something.

Very straight-forward. Each unit presents a handful of formulas, and then the homework applies it directly. Some of the problem statements can be a little lengthy, but as long as you can filter out the key information it can be plugged directly into your formula. Lots of the formulas are derived from differential equations, but none of the math requires any calculus. Very much plug and chug, and it’s even easier if you took Fluids or Thermo already since a lot of the control volume analysis is the same. If you’re an engineer taking this for a tech breadth or the minor it will be a snooze - unless you’re CS, you’ve probably solved these types of problems before. Midterm and Final are carbon copies of the homework. No funny business, no trick questions. Professor Mohanty is very nice, and will support you however needed: classwork, joining his lab, writing rec letters, etc. Discussion was completely optional. Participation is encouraged via in-class completion quizzes, and there were also bi-weekly take-home quizzes for a grade.

professor is super nice, easy class

My lower than average grade in this class is definitely a reflection of me not investing as much time as I should into it, but with that being said I would still say this class was super unenjoyable. I am trying to be as nice as possible, but the professor was very difficult to understand and also didn't speak very loudly, and so they lectures were maybe the most unengaging of my entire college career so far. Combine that with the content not being intuitive AT ALL and I straight up couldn't ever pay attention, it was actively torturous. Also, because he got sick of people not showing up to class before this year, he started having attendance quizzes and an in-person midterm, which meant you HAD to go to the terrible lectures.
Overall this class wasn't that hard, but it was difficulty to ever want to invest any of my time into it. It is also worth noting that despite having no prerequisites, this class uses a ton of chemistry, differential equations, and physics, so make sure you are good with those subjects before going into this class, this isn't just a freebie.