Tong Zhang - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Professor: Tong Zhang

Department: Engineering

College: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECSE2660
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Tough accent but interesting lectures. The lectures only take 1 hour, and the rest is a class activity. Most class activities and past tests are available on rpistudygroup. This guy curved all our grades down with no prior warning because I guess he made the class too easy and had to normalize.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ECSE2610
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Definitely one of the best professors I have ever met. He makes clear points in class, and his homework & quiz are easy if you go to classes or read PDF yourself. The only imperfect thing is his accent that may lead to a bit of understanding problem. BTW, he replies your email ASAP and the feedback is always helpful.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECSE2610
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

he never showed up to lecture and when he did, he was hard to understand

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: COCO1
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Not easy to understand him because of his accent, but he is a great professor. Homeworks, studios, and quizzes are easy. He's there to answer your questions after the class, and is helpful.

Rating # 5

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Prof is nice and generous!! Exams are pretty easy. Projects are a bit timeconsuming.

Rating # 6

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

professor is pretty nice. HW and Exam are not hard. But the project need some time. If you have a good TA it will be OK. great course for VLSI.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: VLSI
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Prof zhang is pretty good. Nice lecture. He explain the concepts very clearly and easy to understand. Exam are easy to handle if you take notes on class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Prof Zhang is really nice. HW and exam paper is not hard if you read lectures. The content is instructive and matched well with industry.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECSE4220
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Boring but capable lecturer, though his accent made it really hard to process what he was saying and notes were cryptic. Tries to avoid out-of-classroom interaction. Very generous curver.

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Good professor and class is fairly easy as long as you write down the examples he gives in lecture. Labs are easy (TA's will help a lot). Homework is time consuming but not too hard.

Rating # 11

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Very difficult to understand, although it can be amusing at times, especially when he attempts to say "bubble". The homeworks take way too long, but the tests aren't that bad. The class is average...

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECSE2610
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Helpful, nice guy. Accent is strong, but easy to get used to. Class is quite easy.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: COCO
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Really strong accent. Don't know how to teach. The class is always boring. Bring a pillow, have a good sleep...He wants to help but I don't get what comes out of his mouth. This guy needs to practice his English.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECSE2610
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Very cool!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: COCO
• 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:

Prof Zhang's accent makes it really hard to understand and follow the lectures.. the contents not too exciting either, but with help from the TAs and reading the lecture slides and text book the class is really pretty easy. Make K maps for everything!!

Rating # 16

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Listening to this guy talk is hilarious. If you are making a circuit for a cerror phone... Use the bobble... if we want to count to tweolve... it is in the middowl... having said this, he is poor at answering questions because he usually can't understand the question. the class isn't too bad

Rating # 17

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

strong accent, hard to understand

Rating # 18

Overview:

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

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

I couldn't understand a thing he said from day one, may as well have been teaching myself COCO =/

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECSE2610
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Hard to understand, but very helpful and easy going

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: COCO
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

very boring, uses powerpoint, class isnt very hard tho, just do the work and u will do fine