2015 CTEC comments – 5. Please summarize your reaction to this course focusing on the
aspects that were most Important to you.
I loved this class. I had no programming and very little electronics experience beforehand and
now when I show people my projects they think I'm some sort of electronics wizard. Matlab
programming makes so much more sense to me after programming/troubleshooting with
the nScope. The assignments, while they can be tricky, are a lot of fun and this class will
teach you a ton.
This course was my favorite class this quarter. I really enjoyed hands on exposure to
engineering. Although there were daily assignments, which were sometimes challenging,
they were always fun and exciting to figure out. This class coincides well with EA1 and I
would highly recommend it! Additionally, Professor Peshkin is a great teacher and readily
available to help with the projects.
I am very happy that I took this class. Thanks entirely to this class, I am now very confident in
my ability to build and program a basic electronics system that can do almost anything. It
has also given me the confidence needed to pursue passion projects that necessitate this
knowledge. Not only that, but I'm extremely happy that I took this class before taking DTC,
that way I can use electronics and programming in the product we create if need be. The
professor is very enjoyable and kind. You can tell that he loves his work and this class and
his enthusiasm for electronics is wildly contagious.
You learn a lot in this class, and it's FUN! You feel cool when you figure out circuitry and get to
build cool programs, definitely recommend.
I loved this class so much. I learned a lot and would definitely like to take another class like this
in the future. It's definitely a lot of work, but really worth it you're willing to work hard and
learn the material well. Professor Peshkin Is a really good professor and really cares about
helping his students and making sure we understand the material. So happy to have taken
this class and learned so much.
This was a great course! It made me remember why I wanted to be an engineer ... it challenged
me while also being a lot of fun. Dr. Peshkin is the type of professor that I would go to for
advice many times, even now that the course is over.
lf you're a freshman with the opportunity to take 295, take 295. Even if you don't think you're
super interested in mechatronics, it's a great course that will help you gain an
understanding of how all computing devices work on a really basic level, and you'll learn
how to be a better engineer. You'll also learn quite a bit about Arduino, which is a super
useful real world skill. Peshkin's a great professor, too, and class was always an adventure. If
you live by the motto 'learning by doing' then this is the class for you.
I loved this class, I think I learned a lot from it that will help me in all of my other classes, and I
now know how to approach new coding in any language.
This course was not what I expected it to be. It was challenging, but not impossible. The work
load felt too overwhelming at times, especially when the homework programs didn't come
out as expected. In the end, I learned a lot of interesting and helpful concepts.
This class was so much fun! Prof. Peshkin is awesome. He really wants to hear from his students
about what worked and what didn't work. The challenges and ideas for projects that he
came up with were all really interesting and often allowed for a lot of creativity in what you
did and how you wanted to approach the problem. Above all, the most important thing in
this class is learning how to debug and fix things in a smart and logical way. Prof. Peshkin
does a great job of showing how to diagnose and fix bugs. Figuring out how to solve a
problem is so important. and this class definitely teaches you that.
I recommend this course to everyone! The professor is very flexible and engaging and the small
class size lends it to a fun and relaxed environment. It taught me the basics of electronics
and programming that I know will be useful no matter what major I end up choosing. More
than that, it expanded my analytical thinking skills, particularly in the context of
programming, and improved my ability to figure things out myself and diagnose errors in
projects. Although the coursework was challenging, it was not harshly graded so it pushed
students to learn in a safe environment without feeling totally overwhelmed. My one
criticism is that there was not enough available help in the form of convenient office hours
or whatnot, but I am sure that will be addressed moving forward.
My favorite class and my only class that challenged me to think as an engineer. This class
reaffirmed my decision to be an engineer. I truly believe all freshman fall engineers should
take this class, not just for the course matter, which is exceptionally pertinent to any field of
engineering, but for the mindset one must adopt to succeed in the class. The idea that
your first attempt will likely not work, and instead of frustrated you should be determined
to better it in your next iteration.
I went into this class having no experience with programming and only very little experience
with circuit building. So, I was able to catch on quickly with circuit building. However, one
MATLAB was introduced, I started to struggle. This class moved at a very fast pace, which
was hard at times. I felt that I wouldn’t fully understand one things before we were already
moving onto the next topic. He gave us a very short amount of time to learn a completely
new language which was hard. However, despite the fast pace of this class, I would
recommend it. Overall, this was a very enjoyable course and I learned a lot.
I loved this class. I feel like I learned not only specific things about coding/circuitry, but also how
to be an engineer and what that will entail in the future.
The teacher for this course is extremely enthusiastic about teaching the material and it's quite
obvious. He really tried to engage the class and figure out the issues everyone was having.
However, he did have a bit of trouble about actually helping students along the process of
problem solving.