Current instructor

Alejandro Roldan

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About this rating

Raw average: 4.25/5 from 4 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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What students say

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ME 363
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
If you're stuck or confused he will go out of his way to help. He genuinely wants his students to do well and his classes usually have a high average. He lectured with powerpoints for most of the semester which made it hard to pay attention/follow but as long as I read the book homeworks and exams were totally do-able. As a bonus his accent is fun!
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ME 363
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Great professor and the class is interesting. He does a lot of proofs so that might not be most people's style. Just make sure to read the book. He really likes fluid dynamics.
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ME 363
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Prof. Roldan was very open to student feedback, which was refreshing compared to a lot of the other older engineering profs at UW. He really wanted the students to grasp the important and basic fluid concepts and seemed to really care about the class. However, he did a lot of derivations and could have spent more time on example problems.
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ME 363
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Roldan cares a lot about the class. However, he focusses too much on proofs and derivations. The lectures can be boring and somewhat unhelpful in actually solving the problems. Tests are extremely fair and reflect the material covered by the homework.
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Classes with Alejandro Roldan

BME 399

Independent Study

1–3 credits

BME 399 offers directed study projects arranged with an instructor.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades).

Peter AdamczykAmit Nimunkar+68 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
BME 799

Advanced Independent Study

1–5 credits

BME 799 is an advanced independent study course conducted under faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Peter AdamczykAmit Nimunkar+78 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2023 · limited sample
ME 299

Independent Study

1–3 credits

ME 299 is an independent study course where students engage in directed study projects arranged with an instructor.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

Peter AdamczykJennifer Detlor+11 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
ME 491

Mechanical Engineering Projects I

1–3 credits

ME 491 involves individual lab projects conducted under staff supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Gregory NellisDan Negrut+36 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026BME 399Independent Study
Fall 2026BME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2026BME 799Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026BME 890Pre-dissertation Research
Fall 2026BME 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2026BME 999Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026ME 299Independent Study
Fall 2026ME 491Mechanical Engineering Projects I
Fall 2026ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2026ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2026ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis

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