[{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:34:59.865787+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyODY5ODA4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2459621","instructor_name":"James Miller","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2020-01-27 04:03:24 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof. Miller is one of the best professors because he genuinely cares whether or not students learn the material. Homework is very fair, but exams are always too long for the time period allotted. However, I have learned an incredible amount through courses I've taken with Prof. Miller (440, 326, 310).","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2459621","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:34:59.865787+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMyMjM5MTYz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2459621","instructor_name":"James Miller","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2019-09-21 02:24:51 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Miller is hands down the best professor that Ive ever had. He is really clear when it comes to teaching. Ive had him for three semesters now: CBE 310, 440 and 326. Very organized, clear and pace is just nice for students to follow. Highly recommend taking his class. His exams can be kinda tough, but you learn a lot out of his classes","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2459621","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:34:59.865787+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNzc2MTQ4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2459621","instructor_name":"James Miller","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2019-05-05 19:49:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Miller is one of the best professors I have ever had. I have had him for CBE 310, CBE 440, and CBE 326. I have learned an incredible amount from Prof. Miller, and I would gladly take any classes taught by him again (although I don't think there are any). The only thing I would watch out for is the time crunch during midterms.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2459621","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:34:59.865787+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMxNjgzOTQ2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2459621","instructor_name":"James Miller","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2019-04-26 05:04:00 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Miller is wonderfully organized which makes it easier to take in difficult concepts. It helps that for complicated concepts, he slows down and repeats himself almost to the point of redundancy (much appreciated in an engineering class). His tests however are a BIG time crunch so beware of that.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2459621","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:11:05.130372+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMjU0MjE2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3013219","instructor_name":"Quentin Dudley","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2025-05-12 18:00:00 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof Dudley was very kind and clearly puts a lot of effort into being a good prof. He was a bit unorganized (his first semester teaching 326) but he provided lots of resources and was fair. His HWs and exams were straightforward and he offered extra credit. I think once he gets into the groove of a class he will be a department favorite. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3013219","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:11:05.130372+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMDkyODQ5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3013219","instructor_name":"Quentin Dudley","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2025-04-29 23:21:38 +0000 UTC","comment":"Required us to get 2 textbooks, recommended 4 total to us, and then pulled from and cited other textbooks we do not have access to. If you hand write your notes, it will be impossible to keep up as his lectures are often prewritten. Nice guy, but has poor organizational skills. Often posted necessary homeworks or solutions late.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3013219","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:09:00.756810+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5NzcyMTIy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2025-01-23 01:57:21 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Swaney can be very helpful. Study the homework and discussion problems for the exams. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:09:00.756810+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5NzcwNDYz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2024-09-27 16:41:42 +0000 UTC","comment":"No confidence that swaney can solve his own problems without the answerkey. Rambles on in lecture. Is not helpful in office hours. Homework's are inconsiderately long","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:09:00.756810+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5NTE3MjIy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2024-05-24 15:15:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"Prof. Swaney is an example of an intelligent/experienced engineer failing to teach well. Lectures weren't organized, consistently showed up 5-10 minutes late, long-winded, and only covered homework-relevant content on the class period before it was due. However, generous curve. I recommend heavily utilizing the textbook and TA office hours. ","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":"UmF0aW5nLTM5NDM0MDQ5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2024-05-10 21:44:16 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Swaney is clearly a very smart man. However, he's not a good teacher. Rather than teaching us problem solving strategies, he merely summarized topics in class, often leaving us more confused than before the start of lecture. I would not recommend this professor at all, but you'll more than likely have him at some point. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:09:00.756810+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5NDEyNTQ3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2024-05-08 23:41:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"Favorite professor I had, really cares about his students","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:09:00.756810+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5Mzc0MzY5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2024-05-06 04:41:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"A tough course, but with practice it aint too bad. Pf. Swaney as a person was really nice. Problem was that he would consistently come to lecture late and let us out around 3 min late. He is also pretty slow paced so he wouldnt get through the contents in time and we would have to rely on TAs and the 3 textbook he assigned us to solve our homeworks","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:09:00.756810+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5MjUzMTMw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2024-04-24 17:50:27 +0000 UTC","comment":"Does not give good lectures and expects students to read the textbook in order to learn material. Never learned enough in lectures to complete a homework assignment. There are no examples given other than for discussions. He also never started classes on time and always finished them at least 5 minutes late, sometimes more.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:09:00.756810+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2MTMyMDg0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2022-04-22 19:15:10 +0000 UTC","comment":"-very knowledgable and kind\n-respectable \n-intimidating at first, but available outside of class for questions and willing to answer anything\n-exams are sometimes graded too harshly (doing the correct process but getting the wrong answer results in a 0 on the entire question)\n-very boring/unorganized lectures\n\n","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":"UmF0aW5nLTM0NTY3NTM0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2021-04-17 21:58:43 +0000 UTC","comment":"Swaney is a decent lecturer. Everything on the exam is explained in lecture and his exams/hw are fair. However, he can be sometimes boring in lecture. If you dont understand a concept, just call him on his phone and he will help you out! TAs are pretty lost in this class. Exams are very easy (much easier than HWs). Probably an easy AB class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:09:00.756810+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTE4MzU4MDE4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2011-04-05 11:22:46 +0000 UTC","comment":"Homework and Exams are heavily lecture based the book is mostly just a reference. Pay attention and you'll never be surprised by the exam. He focuses on practical engineering knowledge and pretty much tells you exactly what he thinks is important (and will be on the exam).","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","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":"UmF0aW5nLTEzNTE2MTg2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:191092","instructor_name":"Ross Swaney","course_label":"CBE326","course_id":"CBE 326","course_uid":"course_9dff714354560d61ad9bade9","review_date":"2007-10-09 20:27:24 +0000 UTC","comment":"Swaney is an enigma. The biggest beef with him is that he doesn't do examples. Ever. But he still manages to explain things fairly well. Usually. Sometimes.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/191092","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0}]