David Meyer - Purdue University - West Lafayette, West Lafayette, IN

Professor: David Meyer

Department: Engineering

College: Purdue University - West Lafayette, West Lafayette, IN

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECE270
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: No
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

You need to just KNOW/READ a lot in this class....

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECE270
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

You are not allowed to see your tests after you take them. It is impossible to learn from your mistakes in this flawed class, and you will likely make the same mistakes over and over again. This class is easy for people that are familiar with digital logic and programming techniques, but for beginners, it is overwhelmingly difficult.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECE362
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Meyer is the king of all Digital at Purdue. Although this course is mostly based on the labs, the theory in class was represented fairly clearly. He is also very approachable and more than willing to answer all questions and queries.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECE362
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Great course, learned a lot. Lots of practical applications of lecture stuff. Definitely a lot of self-learning. Lecture doesn't prep you for lab that well bc you go over the stuff after you have the lab. Not good access to quizzes after you take them. Never enough practice questionsmaterial for the actual test. Mini-project is awesome.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECE477362270
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Professor Meyer is one of the best ECE professors that I have ever had. His classes are definitely not easy and you really have to work for your grade. Lectures aren't all that great because he just reads off of the slides, but if you go to him in person, he is willing to help. He usually gives 10% worth of extra credit at the end of the semester.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECE362
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Loved this class! The material is tough, but interesting. He covers most of the test material in lecture, so don't skip. Ask questions about the problem sets if you have any. He could do a better job of preparing you for labs, but in hindsight, I really did learn a lot in his class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECE270
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

He doesn't really care about students. Teach really fast and won't explain well. Very little exercise and hard to prepare for exams. Why Purdue only have him for ECE270 ?

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECE362
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's really nice

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECE362
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

His lecture notes are so terrible I want to jump off the building. Even if you read through the whole thing you are not guaranteed to know enough for the exam.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECE362
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Not a big fan of the prof, but learned a lot from 270/362: went into 362 feeling uncomfortable with datasheets, digital circuit schematics, logic analyzer/scope debugging, assembly language, code step-through; now feel very comfortable with all the aforementioned. Still not very comfortable with digital circuit timing or device powering.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECE270
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Nice guy, terrible professor. No detailed answer for exam. Not even in 'ABCD'. You won't know what you missed. Real exams are so different from practical exams.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECE270
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Frustrating professor. Given that exams aren't given back, it is really easy to not even realize what you missed, or why you missed it. Seemingly Pleasant individual, and fairly intelligent. This class isn't an issue if it is your worst class of the semester, but the sheer volume of information crammed in takes more time than possible.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECE362
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Horrible class, The labs are way too long for the credit hours. Expects you to know the whole course material from day one.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECE270
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Very nice professor. The class is so well organized that it utterly your choice whether you want an A or an F. Class attendance is not necessary for an A, either, all of his hundreds of pages of notes are on his website.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ALL0000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

You only learn to appreciate this professor in ECE 362. He is very nice and helpful but you also must learn the material on your own time. After taking his classes 270/362/477 you can accomplish anything as an engineer. I highly recommend him if you want a change of pace

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ENGR103
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Overall a very nice man. He seemed to be speaking over a lot of students heads though. This is probably due to the fact that it is ENGR 103, not one of the ECE courses he usually teaches.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECE362
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

A great teacher. Real concern that students learn, but if he feels you're slacking you'll meet his bad side. Great examples of the material in the notes, difficult exams, this guy really pours himself into creating instructional material/methods

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECE362
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Prof. Meyer is very big on the "throw you into the deep end" school of teaching. Very much a self motivated class, if you're not willing to figure it out on your own, don't bother. Labs are really interesting, but much longer than the credit hours suggest (avg 8-10 hours per lab). Lab is very flexible, can turn in lab early or late.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECE270
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Retire soon :)

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECE362
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The special DPS section was very useful. However, at times he would go over problems that were farther ahead in the notes than what we were at in the schedule. The tests are ok, but some of the questions are very bizarre and do not come from the notes or online lectures. He is a good teacher though, and helpful outside of class.