The best aspects of this course included the lectures, informative content, and relative course material. The worst aspects of the course included the hefty amount of assignments and untimely feedback on those assignments. The course would be improved if the workload were reduced. Students also believe the course title should be changed to match the actual content they go over. Prospective students should know that this is a useful course for understanding dislocation and mechanics of solids. Some background knowledge of dislocation theory is assumed.

Students praised this course for taking a “bigger picture view of energy” by examining the different methods of producing and consuming power on a global scale. In addition, students liked the hands-on group activities. Stil , some students thought that lectures could be monotonous or boring. Suggestions for improvement included a desire to restructure the course and to increase the number of interactive activities. Prospective students should know that the course had a light workload and didn’t require any background knowledge.

The best aspects of this course included the professor’s experience, the interesting labs and interactive lectures, and the opportunity to learn applicable skills and fabrication techniques. Students felt that there were not enough homework assignments to practice concepts or enough time in the course to apply techniques learned. Suggestions for improvement included having more supplemental resources available and decreasing the amount of material covered in order to cover fewer concepts more in greater depth. Prospective students interested in microfabrication and biosensing will find this course chal enging and focused more on biomedical engineering.