Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Dr Blackwell is worth his weight in gold. Take his classes in CBE if you have the chance.Rate My Professors ↗
Current instructor
Brendan Blackwell
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
I think Prof. Blackwell was able to teach this class very well. Project 1 especially I learnt alot and also really enjoyed doing the ship race and it was a very enjoyable learning method. Only con would be that prof. Blackwell speaks faster than the average person so it might be hard to catch up in lecture.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Blackwell started this fermentation class pretty recently. I think we are the second batch of students. The class was a lot fun, and he is a very dedicated instructor. Passionate about what he is teaching and cares about his student. You can learn a lot from him if you put in the work.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Awesome instructor for 255. Takes into consideration many do not have coding background coming into this class. Office hours were very helpful.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Super chill and knowledgeable on coding in general. Going into the class I knew absolutely nothing about coding but he does an excellent job orienting you too it. Very funny delivery of jokes as wellRate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
I took Blackwell's material class last year of undergrad and I am now in graduate school. His material class taught me a lot and the knowledges I learned served me well in the graduate level material class I took this semester. Classes were always well organized, and he had a good overall lecture plan as well. Homework and exams were also fairRate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Brendan Blackwell
CBE 324
Transport Phenomena Lab
3 creditsCBE 324 is a lab course focused on determining thermodynamic, transport, and transfer coefficients and studying related phenomena.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.46 GPA, 64.9% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.48 GPA, 69.1% A/AB (n=55 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.41 GPA, 65.0% A/AB (n=60 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026CBE 440 covers the structure and properties of metallic and nonmetallic materials, focusing on the interrelations between chemical bonding, structure, and material behavior.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 2.83 GPA, 40.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.38 GPA, 58.8% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.33 GPA, 61.1% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026Recorded teaching history
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