Current instructor

Dan Negrut

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About this rating

Raw average: 4.69/5 from 16 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

Original student reviews · all captured dates

COMPSCI/ECE/EMA/EP/ME 759
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
BEST professor ever! Not only does he have a kind heart and a good life philosophy (you'll see throughout the class), but those aren't the main reasons I'm giving him a 5. The real reason is he brought amazing donuts to the final exam ;)
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COMPSCI/ECE/EMA/EP/ME 759
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Dan is a great professor who knows a lot about parallel computing both on CPU and GPU. Lectures and homeworks are well designed; lots of room to explore parallel computing with the final project. I really liked that lecture recordings were made available as well. Great class/great professor/great guy.
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Classes with Dan Negrut

COMPSCI 699

Directed Study

1–6 credits

COMPSCI 699 offers directed study projects for junior and senior students arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Shivaram VenkataramanFred Sala+59 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
ECE 399

Independent Study

1–3 credits

ECE 399 is an independent study course where students engage in directed projects arranged with an instructor.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

Eric HoffmanIrena Knezevic+49 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2026
ECE 489

Honors in Research

1–3 credits

ECE 489 is an undergraduate honors research course where students conduct projects supervised by faculty members.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Irena KnezevicDan Negrut+16 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
ECE 699

Advanced Independent Study

1–6 credits

ECE 699 is an advanced independent study course where students engage in directed study projects arranged with an instructor.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Eric HoffmanIrena Knezevic+79 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Fall 2023 · 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
ME 699

Advanced Independent Study

1–3 credits

ME 699 is an advanced independent study course involving directed study projects arranged with an instructor.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Krishnan SureshGregory Nellis+24 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample
ME 751

Advanced Computational Dynamics

3 credits

ME 751 teaches computational techniques for modeling and analyzing the dynamics of multi-body mechanical systems.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2020: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.73 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Dan Negrut

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2025–Fall 2025 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026COMPSCI 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2026COMPSCI 691Senior Thesis
Fall 2026COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Fall 2026COMPSCI 790Master's Thesis
Fall 2026COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2026COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2026COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2026ECE 399Independent Study
Fall 2026ECE 489Honors in Research
Fall 2026ECE 699Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026ECE 790Master's Research
Fall 2026ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2026ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Fall 2026ME 491Mechanical Engineering Projects I
Fall 2026ME 699Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026ME 751Advanced Computational Dynamics
Fall 2026ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2026ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2026ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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