Professor
Jonathan Hopkins
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Fall 2017 - Professor Hopkins is easy to understand, though sometimes he went through lecture slides pretty fast. He cares about students understanding the material and he is very knowledgeable about it. One issue I had with the course were the homework assignments given. I did not feel that lectures well-prepared students for them and I needed to turn to the textbook to learn the material. Overall though, Hopkins made the class enjoyable and I do believe that I learned a lot about mechanisms and mechanical design. His lecture slides are pretty detailed and I feel confident about turning to them in the future when I enter industry!
Fall 2017 - Professor Hopkins is easy to understand, though sometimes he went through lecture slides pretty fast. He cares about students understanding the material and he is very knowledgeable about it. One issue I had with the course were the homework assignments given. I did not feel that lectures well-prepared students for them and I needed to turn to the textbook to learn the material. Overall though, Hopkins made the class enjoyable and I do believe that I learned a lot about mechanisms and mechanical design. His lecture slides are pretty detailed and I feel confident about turning to them in the future when I enter industry!
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Winter 2023 - Very clear lectures and very interesting material. He basically invented this field of study and he is young so he knows how to teach it well. It's a lot of 3D visualizing systems rather than doing math. 5 homeworks that aren't too hard, but need to be turned in as a hard copy on time or else you get no credit. Involves MATLAB and SolidWorks. The midterm was good. Final was brutal and only covered the last couple weeks of material (average 62). He doesn't usually curve but he had to for this one. The group project was interesting and fun to complete. This quarter, we designed and built a toy for Kinder eggs and he got a representative from the company to watch our presentations. I would take the course again since he is entertaining, there's not much math, and the content seems important for the future of design.
Winter 2023 - Very clear lectures and very interesting material. He basically invented this field of study and he is young so he knows how to teach it well. It's a lot of 3D visualizing systems rather than doing math. 5 homeworks that aren't too hard, but need to be turned in as a hard copy on time or else you get no credit. Involves MATLAB and SolidWorks. The midterm was good. Final was brutal and only covered the last couple weeks of material (average 62). He doesn't usually curve but he had to for this one. The group project was interesting and fun to complete. This quarter, we designed and built a toy for Kinder eggs and he got a representative from the company to watch our presentations. I would take the course again since he is entertaining, there's not much math, and the content seems important for the future of design.
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Winter 2021 - This quarter he record all the lectures on Youtube, haha! He did not need to wake up early and give in person class, but postcard them all at the beginning of the quarter. It does not matter for we student, because I watch the record all the time due to the time difference. And he has office hour every week. The midterm is not very hard...even it is easy, very easy(But I got 93/100 lol). But the final is not very easy....Although I got 100, haha. But if you spend time read all the previous test and homework he provided, it is 100% enough to get 100. That is very very clear. It is fair, you spend time, and you can really get a high score. And for the project, he posted at the beginning of the quarter, but I think the best time to start is after midterm and you watch all the videos. Remember stuff after Lec 10 will not be on final, they only work for project. This year's final is to design a 6 DOF system. You can modify one of the structure in his slides. (Remember not to share with your classmate) Funny thing is, some students did not submit the project on time....?Prof feel that is unfair to previous student and others who on time, so....all the guys not on time get 0 for project. 30%! Generally the professor is amazing, he created all the knowledge in this lecture! I never met a teacher can do that. He is teaching what he created in MIT's master and PHD! Good thing is the stuff is clear and designing is interesting. If time goes back, I would take this course again.
Winter 2021 - This quarter he record all the lectures on Youtube, haha! He did not need to wake up early and give in person class, but postcard them all at the beginning of the quarter. It does not matter for we student, because I watch the record all the time due to the time difference. And he has office hour every week. The midterm is not very hard...even it is easy, very easy(But I got 93/100 lol). But the final is not very easy....Although I got 100, haha. But if you spend time read all the previous test and homework he provided, it is 100% enough to get 100. That is very very clear. It is fair, you spend time, and you can really get a high score. And for the project, he posted at the beginning of the quarter, but I think the best time to start is after midterm and you watch all the videos. Remember stuff after Lec 10 will not be on final, they only work for project. This year's final is to design a 6 DOF system. You can modify one of the structure in his slides. (Remember not to share with your classmate) Funny thing is, some students did not submit the project on time....?Prof feel that is unfair to previous student and others who on time, so....all the guys not on time get 0 for project. 30%! Generally the professor is amazing, he created all the knowledge in this lecture! I never met a teacher can do that. He is teaching what he created in MIT's master and PHD! Good thing is the stuff is clear and designing is interesting. If time goes back, I would take this course again.
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