[{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:16.191534+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMwMDkyOTkz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2376456","instructor_name":"Jennifer Reed","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2018-05-13 18:33:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"The course has some online lectures. The lectures aren't mandatory but the discussions are. She is a great professor who cares about her students, very organized, and easy to understand. We had Chavez as a substitute once or twice and he was terrible. I was so thankful I took it with her after having a brief time with him.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2376456","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQzMDQyNjMw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2026-05-06 05:08:03 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very bad professor for teaching code of all things for a chemical engineer","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQzMDEyODI0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2026-05-04 00:06:03 +0000 UTC","comment":"The projects were insanely hard, and she assigned long homework due the week of the project. The second project was a plot that was based entirely on her preference. The project descriptions were insanely vague, and when you would ask what you were supposed to do, she would assume that you should just know.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQzMDEyODE4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2026-05-04 00:05:08 +0000 UTC","comment":"Homework took up to 10 hours each week. The quizzes were unreasonable at best. Projects were incredibly unclear and wayyyy underspecified on what was required. Project 2 was graded based mostly on subjective color preferences of the professor which she never told us. She also would stop class to single out students who were talking about material.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5ODI1NDkw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2024-10-17 22:49:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"Often very demeaning to all students and talks down to them. She speaks very slowly and her cadence is very difficult to pay attention to. If anyone is whispering in class, she will threaten to throw them out of the class even if they are not disruptive. Her yelling at students for talking is much more disruptive than any student has ever been.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5Mzk4MDUw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2024-05-07 23:14:04 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Dahlke was a decent professor for the most part. She was able to explain many concepts at a level understandable to anyone. However, when concepts got difficult, she became openly frustrated and wouldn't attempt to explain further to students that were behind. Additionally, she is incredibly rude and condescending toward others. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0ODU3MjE1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2023-03-29 18:32:29 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Dahlke has very high expectation for introductory coders.  While this class was difficult, it is evident as the years have passed that she has adjusted the class, to help create more reasonable expectations. As I have had her for future, classes it is evident she cares about the students, especially if you communicate with her.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2NTUyMDk1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2022-07-31 01:15:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"Her idea of short quizzes was bad and the project was long and useless","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2MjE2MzQ2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2022-05-02 19:07:15 +0000 UTC","comment":"The worst professor I've ever had. An offensive amount of work assigned. Three projects each of which take 40+ hours, an exam, a quiz each week, a large hw each week. The projects and hw have nothing to do with the content learned in class. She told us she graded our second project while watching baseball at a bar. Avoid at all costs.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1ODgxNTA4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2022-02-24 23:22:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Dahlke's courses never cease to take up all of my free time, only to be graded on ridiculously harsh criteria.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjU0MTkw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2021-12-25 23:07:03 +0000 UTC","comment":"Bad professor. Vague in project rubrics, not helpful when you ask for help. Lecture attendance isn't mandatory but caveats come with that. Insanely tough projects, graded very strictly for an intro MATLAB class. Rely on googling syntaxes for HW and projects. Quizzes are pointless and too fast. Stickler for cheating. Good luck, you'll need it. :(","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjUyNDg4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2021-12-25 07:06:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"Not the best. Grading is strict & instructions can be very unclear. Ask if you're unsure-you WILL lose points for misinterpreting vague details. Projects are tough & require content not seen in class. Expect many hours of work on them. She is usually willing to help. Participation can get you a HW drop but otherwise attendance isn't needed.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0NzY4Nzgw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2021-05-11 23:07:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Dahlke made it very clear she didn't care about her students or their mental health during a pandemic. Her projects were an insane amount of work often taking more than 70 hours. Her expectations were never clear on the rubrics she provided. Her grading was also very harsh considering she never stated her expectations.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0NTMxMDE3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2021-04-10 18:53:45 +0000 UTC","comment":"Genuinely a great teacher to learn MATLAB. A lot of upperclass students who had previous professors are not comfortable using MATLAB for classes like CBE 311, 324, 326 etc. but her class is like MATLAB bootcamp. You'll come out with a decently strong understanding of using the program, but beware of long homework and projects.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0MTY0MDc3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2020-12-21 08:57:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Dahlke is super helpful & clearly cares about her students. I took this as a sophomore with no coding experience, so this course was definitely a lot of work between asynchronous tutorials, synchronous lectures, homeworks, quizzes & the project, but everything was graded fairly and I learned a ton. Extra credit & late tokens were a huge plus.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:17.568553+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0MTYyMjY1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2656896","instructor_name":"Katelyn Dahlke","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2020-12-21 04:18:03 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Dahlke is the nicest professor I've ever had. She really values our mental health in addition to our academic success, and her flexibility made this class really low stress. This class had pre-recorded lectures to teach core concepts and synchronous time was spent on examples/clarifications. Future semesters' exams will be project-based.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2656896","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:09:00.756810+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIyMTYxNDA0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2013-10-07 14:39:32 +0000 UTC","comment":"professor doesn't teach you whats on the hw until after its turned in. It was bad enough that I changed my major just so I didn't have to take this class. programming is not for me, I loved the math, physics, and chem behind chemical engineering.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:09:00.756810+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTE3NDA3Njcx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2010-07-10 19:33:45 +0000 UTC","comment":"Actually a good class, lectures are boring, but Prof. Swaney isn't that bad. He's made out to be a lot worse than he actually is. I found him extremely helpful one-on-one, and while the homework is pretty bad, exams are directly based on it and very fair.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:09:00.756810+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTE3MTU5OTIz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2010-05-09 22:18:42 +0000 UTC","comment":"Not the most interesting lecturer, but very helpful one-on-one. The class is fair, homework is often hard to figure out without help, exams are based on it. Overall he is made out to be worse than he actually is, I found him to be helpful and fair","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:09:00.756810+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTE2ODk4OTI2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2010-03-23 03:07:37 +0000 UTC","comment":"He's a typical mid-aged bold man, not interesting at all. For some reason he was the only one teaching the courses. Course material is neutral, but it might take a lot of time depending on your comprehensibility of Matlab.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:09:00.756810+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTE0NTAwMzgy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE255","course_id":"CBE 255","course_uid":"course_9a8e10f977a1af3ad895a6ba","review_date":"2008-05-20 16:12:06 +0000 UTC","comment":"I agree with everyone else too.  The class was a computer science/matlab course and he never taught us how to apply the concepts taught in lecture to Matlab, which was the whole point of the class.  Even though we begged for help, he was rarely available and took forever to respond to emails.  If you can avoid him, do it.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0}]