Made this class way too difficult to be a sophomore-level class. He decided it would be appropriate to cram all of the content from 130a &130b in a single quarter, regularly had exam averages in the 50's, and saw no problem with it. He went too fast in general, as most of the assignments are based on content from the following week's lectures.

He is good at lecturing and breaking down concepts for ECE 130A which is a very difficult course. However, he assigns homework with content that is from the next week's lectures a lot, and requires you to self grade homework. There are weekly quizzes in section, so you can't fall behind. Matlab assignments take hours and can get very confusing.

Easily one of the top 3 classes I've taken at UCSB and by far the best prof. Learned a ton, and the professor clearly goes out of his way to make sure we learn stuff that is critical for our careers. I only wish I could have taken this class sooner so I could do the advanced sequence but I'm graduating.

going to lectures are kind of pointless. at least you can get away turning in assignments slightly late. then again the final video game project is heavily weighted (obviously), and graded really hard. literally one of the grading criteria is "fun" which could be subjective and probably becomes harsher grading category as time goes on...

Extremely unorganized class. We would find out what the assignment was hours before it was due. The due dates were unclear and it was difficult to keep up. In lecture he kinda just talks about stuff you could learn online much faster. Homework assignments are pretty useful though and the material is structured well. It was just sooo unorganized.

probably the only ece prof to grade average as a C weekly homework, quizzes, two exams, plus a final project + report on incredibly novel topics very interesting material professor was unrelenting on his incredibly strict workload, and gave harsh grades; made work feel unworthwhile