Petru Petrina - Cornell University

Professor: Petru Petrina

Department: TBD

College: Cornell University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MSE5150
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Petru Petrina is an amazing professor. I've had him for MAE 2120 back then and now MSE 5150. He really knows his course content, and will admit when he doesn't know enough and will do research to learn more. He was thought to have retired when he stopped teaching MAE 2120, but has since returned to teach a smaller MSE 5150 class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MSE5150
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Very organized lecture. Homework extremely helpful for exam. PP is a nice and interesting professor.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MAE2120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He's funny but I have to admit, he is not really a good lecturer. Some people decides to miss the lectures thinking that it's not helpful but professor really hates these people. You will benefit anyhow if you try to pay attention to what he's saying during lectures. Most of the materials though, I had to learn from the textbook.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD2020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great professor. Always entertaining and willing to help. Accent is a little thick, but you get used ot it pretty quickly

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD2020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Petrina makes the class pretty straightforward and easy. Pretty good professor. Two problem sets a week and labs were VERY annoying and time consuming, but everything else is fine. Oh and he's not teaching 2020 anymore (feel sorry for everyone that has to take it with someone else now).

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD2020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The class isn't that hard, and you can probably get a good grade just by reading from the book. Two homework sets a week was quite annoying, and the lab was worthless; other than that, the class was pretty straightforward.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MAE2120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Petru is a great professor. He does a fairly good job during lecture, but what I found most helpful were his office hours. He doesn't like office hours so he will leave early if you don't keep asking him ques. He is always around though and encourages students to pop into his office or call him any time. Take advantage of this! He's hilarious.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD2020
• 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:

Course progresses slow but steady, hardest in the middle, fine teacher if a touch disorganized presentation of material. A bit too much homework for a relatively easy subject. Not too difficult to do well, tests were sometimes too long for the time given (which was extended to start with).

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD2020
• 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:

Petrina is a great professor in general. If you dont mind his accent, you will like him. His gradings are objective and discussions are oftenly helpful. He wears same jeans and sweater everyday and it kina bothered me (dont know y) He is good and funny and I recommend you take his course (i guess u have to if u r a mechE or Civil)

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Had him for MAE 212 and 202. Actually not that great at teaching. However, he is one of those professors you 'must have' before graduating. The funniest prof I've had. Petru is the man.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MAE2120
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I loved pp when I had him for 202...it was easy and fun. Now in 212, it's really hard and generally unclear. He goes really quickly and everyone gets confused. But he's really nice and pretty funny

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He was a funny guy, but a terrible teacher. You can learn the material out of the book, but don't count on learning anything in his lectures.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD2020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Petru is amazing! He's my favorite professor. very knowledgeable in his field and very sweet and funny. He is definately on the student's side and lectures are good.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Petru is the man!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD202
• 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:

He's a great teacher and seems to have a lot of experience in the field he teaches about. It's worth it to attend lectures just to hear him get excited about all the money he makes from his creations. And to hear him say 'equilibrium' in his awesome accent every other second.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MAE101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

summer 07 was petru's 1st time teaching the course so he wasn't able to fit all the usual material into the 6weeks. Seems impossible to me. Petru is still the man though!! I know he tried his best plus he made the final really easy in compensation.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Petrina is one of my favorite professors in the engineering department. He seems to care about his class, and is a genuinely nice guy (go to office hours). I think he curved the class pretty high. He's not the absolute best lecturer, but what he lacks in oral communication, he more than makes up for in visual depiction. In short, Petrina rocks.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

117 and 202 - His lectures are quite repetitive, and he doesn't like to help out, but the class itself isn't overly hard.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Good teacher, but don't ask him for any favors. The class itself was on a difficult curve.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ENGRD202
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

PP is great,made coming to lecture fun. His corny jokes crack me up. I love how he randomly starts talking about his research or various inventions.Helpful, though he tends to not like going to OHours. However, he tells u to stop by his office any time if you need help, I,ve done so a few times and he's always willing to give up time.