To be honest Professor Mukherjee cares WAY more about his research and conferences than the class. He lectures like a ted talker but it's really easy to lose focus because he paces and stares at the floor. The only reason this class was chill is because of the teaching TA that taught most of the course, and ours was super helpful.

We did not receive a syllabus until week 6 of the quarter. Although Professor Mukherjee is clearly a talented academic with passion for the subject, lectures were disjointed and long winding. The TAs were goated with the sauce for this one.

Professor Mukherjee comes to 174 to lecture, regardless of whether there are students present. This is a technical elective so I am not worried about my performance in this class but it is a genuinely interesting subject matter so I would recommend it especially if you plan on going into biotech/biochem.

Lectures are very loose and example based. He goes on many tangents that derail the lecture for periods of time. That said, he is extremely fair and only assigns/tests on things discussed in lecture. I could kind of tell that this wasn't a class he was super fond of teaching but found ways to make it interesting and incorporate his own interests.

Go to lecture and take notes and put in effort and you'll do well. Loose structure compared to other Engr courses but he cares about your interest in the subjects. There's no textbook used so going to class is what you need to do well on the final.

Have taken both CHE 171 and 132C with this teacher. He is one of the most intelligent/knowledgeable teachers you will ever meet, and is a very nice guy. However, his lectures are extremely convoluted, his notes unclear (his expectations as well), and he is just plainly not good at teaching. This was very sad because I was excited to take 171..