Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Prof. Detlor has a pretty generic teaching style. Although the other professors seemed to have higher averages and more engaging lectures, her class was perfectly alright.Rate My Professors ↗
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Jennifer Detlor
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Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
I felt like the lectures in person really didn't help, and I noticed a lot of people (including myself) just stopped going to lectures and would watch Jeff Hanson. In my opinion, she doesn't spend enough time explaining how to solve the examples, and instead just clicks through the problem during the lecture, which really isn't that helpful.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Detlor is a good lecturer, but she doesn't actually work through problems and instead shows the equations and final answers without going deeper. Homework assignments can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 4 hours depending on the topic and often go beyond the scope of lecture. You also learn how to use EES which has no relevance on exams.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
I've missed Prof. Detlor every day since having her for statics. She goes through concepts thoroughly in a straightforward manner. I have heard she isn't super accommodating of emergencies, etc. but she clearly cares about student success and making learning a good experience.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Good lecturer who uses her time well and explains things clearly. However, she is not at all understanding of extenuating circumstances, and she did not respect my accommodations. I would not recommend if you are a McBurney student.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
If you can talk to her individually she is very helpful when solving problems, but its hard to initially learn when the examples given in class are pre-solved and are the example textbook problems, meaning we get like 1 example per topic. TAs also weren't very helpful. The HW took forever some days with concepts we never discussed in class.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Jennifer Detlor
EMA 303
Mechanics of Materials
3 creditsEMA 303 teaches mechanics of materials, covering stress, strain, beam bending, torsion, and column analysis for civil engineers.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026ME 299
Independent Study
1–3 creditsME 299 is an independent study course where students engage in directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleME 491
Mechanical Engineering Projects I
1–3 creditsME 491 involves individual lab projects conducted under staff supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleME 699
Advanced Independent Study
1–3 creditsME 699 is an advanced independent study course involving directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleRecorded teaching history
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