# DANNY AERTS — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### schema version

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### importer version

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### observed at

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### built at

2026-09-11T07:45:51.576183+00:00

### courses

8951

### current instructors

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### limited

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### terms

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### term

1272

### departments

| subject   | count |
| --------- | ----- |
| AAE       | 90    |
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| CNP       | 10    |
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| RADIOL    | 11    |
| REALEST   | 41    |
| RELIGST   | 90    |
| RHABMED   | 9     |
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| S\&APHM   | 17    |
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| SRMED     | 21    |
| STAT      | 94    |
| STDYABRD  | 52    |
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| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

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### source

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### identity status

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### name

DANNY AERTS

### first observed at

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### last observed at

2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00

### ratings

#### review count

6

#### quality

3.67

#### difficulty

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#### quality count

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#### difficulty count

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#### profile id

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#### source url

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#### observed at

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#### courses

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##### course 5e431c462635aa7dbe86d6d9

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#### prior mean

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#### prior weight

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### grade statistics

#### gpa

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#### graded

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#### counts

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#### sections

16

### current

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### courses

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### revision

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### instructor url

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id | title                                        |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| 1154 | course\_5e431c462635aa7dbe86d6d9 | ME 368     | ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION |
| 1154 | course\_b295a028aee788daadbfb445 | ME 370     | ENERGY SYSTEMS LABORATORY                    |
| 1154 | course\_0dbf61c3f423477ec4826251 | ME 491     | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROJECTS I            |
| 1152 | course\_5e431c462635aa7dbe86d6d9 | ME 368     | ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION |
| 1142 | course\_5e431c462635aa7dbe86d6d9 | ME 368     | ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION |
| 1134 | course\_5e431c462635aa7dbe86d6d9 | ME 368     | ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION |
| 1134 | course\_b295a028aee788daadbfb445 | ME 370     | ENERGY SYSTEMS LABORATORY                    |
| 1132 | course\_5e431c462635aa7dbe86d6d9 | ME 368     | ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION |
| 1114 | course\_5e431c462635aa7dbe86d6d9 | ME 368     | ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION |
| 1114 | course\_b295a028aee788daadbfb445 | ME 370     | ENERGY SYSTEMS LABORATORY                    |
| 1104 | course\_b295a028aee788daadbfb445 | ME 370     | ENERGY SYSTEMS LABORATORY                    |
| 1094 | course\_b295a028aee788daadbfb445 | ME 370     | ENERGY SYSTEMS LABORATORY                    |
| 1084 | course\_b295a028aee788daadbfb445 | ME 370     | ENERGY SYSTEMS LABORATORY                    |
| 1082 | course\_5e431c462635aa7dbe86d6d9 | ME 368     | ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION |
| 1074 | course\_b295a028aee788daadbfb445 | ME 370     | ENERGY SYSTEMS LABORATORY                    |
| 1072 | course\_5e431c462635aa7dbe86d6d9 | ME 368     | ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION |

## timeline

| term | courses |
| ---- | ------- |
| 1072 | 1       |
| 1074 | 1       |
| 1082 | 1       |
| 1084 | 1       |
| 1094 | 1       |
| 1104 | 1       |
| 1114 | 2       |
| 1132 | 1       |
| 1134 | 2       |
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## term

1272

## courses

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## reviews

### items

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    "comment": "Danny Aerts is an engineering encyclopedia. Great professor to have for this class because his expertise don't allow for any lack of effort on the students' behalves. We couldn't get away with any glossing over core engineering principles, and it made us all well versed in the material. Tough course but it was a good capstone experience.",
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    "comment": "I had Danny for lecture, and he's not a very engaging lecturer (just read the lecture slides and you'll be fine, read the book for extra help). However, I also had Danny as my lab instructor, and that was great. He is kind and very patient. The grading was fair and he graded very easily on the final lab.",
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    "comment": "The material is very straightforward, labs constitute large portion of your grade and range greatly in difficulty. Lectures are as boring as any and the book is not very useful.",
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    "comment": "Overall great guy.",
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    "comment": "Danny is a good guy.  He's easy going and down to earth.  As a ME 368 lab instructor, everyone in our section is beyond thankful to be in his lab compared to the others.  He grades everything promptly.  Feedback is a little vague, but it's not too bad.  In other words, go Danny or go home.",
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### total

6

### page

1

### courses

| course\_uid                      | course\_id |
| -------------------------------- | ---------- |
| course\_5e431c462635aa7dbe86d6d9 | ME 368     |
| course\_b295a028aee788daadbfb445 | ME 370     |

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