Dieter Ast - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Professor: Dieter Ast

Department: Engineering

College: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: 2008535
• 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:

Time for him to retire

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MSE410
• 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:

worst professor ever...to be avoided...he spends so much time on ppt slides and we end up learning trivial stuff...exams are impossible...i have no clue what he says when he talks...weirdo who spends his life in his office

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MSE407
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor EVER!

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MSE407
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Very bogus professor..... he's so weird. He is definetly one of the most f-ed up professors at Cornell. He doesn't sleep.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MSE407
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

A crazy, creepy man. Girls: aviod him at all costs.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECE336
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

tough class, but maybe it is hard teaching all that material condensed into one semester.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECE336
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

nobody's req'd to take this class, so DON'T! I don't have the time to get into how bad of a class this is, but just as a couple examples: we had 13 psets and FIVE of them were returned to us, tests were missing info we needed and one tested a problem that was on a homework NOT YET DUE. u won't do bad (curved to an A-), but not worth the frustration

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECEMSE336536
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECE336536
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECE336
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

No Comments

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECE336
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is definitly an ass

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECE336
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Course goes very very fast and covers just about every field of engineering, ECE, MSE, MechE, ChemE/chemistry, AEP/physics. Don't take it if you're stupid. Like me.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECE336
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Ast was a great professor! Once you got his oddball humor, very funny guy. Knew a lot, taught a lot, and everybody seemed to learn a lot.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECE336
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The course was kind of fun for me, although most people disagree. Ast can be unfriendly because he likes to point out other people's mistakes (I think). He likes to say mmmkay a lot, and pauses a lot in lecture, giving us a short napping time, but he is funny in a weird way also.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECE336
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Brilliant but can't teach at all. Says mmmmmmmmmmmmmkay about 60 times/lecture. Sounds like Mr. Mackey from South Park, but with a harsh German accent

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECE336
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Ast appears to be a brilliant man, but he sure as heck can't teach. Lectures generally lacked a good 'flow' and homeworks were usually reduced to simple dimensional analysis or using formulas that you didn't understand. Also, he's not very nice.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECE336
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

A very smart Professor, dedicated, but the course is very difficult. He assumes lots of knowledge from students' part. Tough in grading. Killer multiple choice exams... "Exams without a calculator" is what he called the 2nd prelims. Final all ca

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECE536
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great professor. Went over some pretty tough material in this class which in the hands of a lesser professor would have made this class completely impossible. As it was, I found it as fun as something like this gets. Didnt help GPA, but will help in life

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECE536
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Horrible.