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JIAMIAN HU

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Raw average: 3.20/5 from 5 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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MSE330 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Professor Hu, is a professor who truly understands and cares about Thermodynamics. His lectures can be a bit confusing to following, but his lecture notes make for it ten times over. His exams were fair and he was always willing to talk to students regarding content, logistics, grades, etc. He is a very solid choice from the MSE department.
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MSE330 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Its evident that Professor Hu deeply cares and I did learn a lot from his course. I just find his teaching style mediocre at best and found myself learning 90% of the material outside of lecture. To be fair, his lecture notes are very good. Youll have the resources at your disposal, youll just be learning it on your own.
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MSE330 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 5/5
Jiamian is one of the best and nicest professors I have had so far in the university. MSE330 is not an easy class by any means, but he did his best to teach it. He has by far the best supplemental material for a class I have seen, his lecture notes are immaculate. Dont get scared by the number of derivations, you are not required to learn them.
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MSE330 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Prof. Hu has a true passion for this topic and Material Science as a whole. The excitement he has for the topic helps to make the course easier. This course requires a good understanding of calculus topics and perseverance, but the end result is a great understanding of Thermodynamics.
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MSE330 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
This class was absolutely ridiculous. First, he teaches you from his mentors unpublished textbook that has mistakes in it and it is not very helpful with learning the content. If you get a good grade in this class you're simply lucky. The WORST class I have ever taken at UW and refuse to take another class with him ever again.
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Classes with JIAMIAN HU

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Spring 2026MS&E 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2026MS&E 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2025MS&E 330Thermodynamics of Materials
Fall 2025MS&E 699Independent Study
Fall 2025MS&E 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2025MS&E 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2025MS&E 660Mesoscale Modeling of Materials
Spring 2025MS&E 790Master's Research or Thesis
Spring 2025MS&E 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2024MS&E 330Thermodynamics of Materials
Fall 2024MS&E 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2024MS&E 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2024MS&E 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2024MS&E 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2023MS&E 330Thermodynamics of Materials
Fall 2023MS&E 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2023MS&E 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2023MS&E 660Mesoscale Modeling of Materials
Spring 2023MS&E 699Independent Study
Spring 2023MS&E 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2023MS&E 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2022MS&E 299Independent Study
Fall 2022MS&E 330Thermodynamics of Materials
Fall 2022MS&E 699Independent Study
Fall 2022MS&E 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2022MS&E 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2022MS&E 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2022MS&E 660Mesoscale Modeling of Materials
Spring 2022MS&E 699Independent Study
Spring 2022MS&E 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2022MS&E 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2021MS&E 330Thermodynamics of Materials
Fall 2021MS&E 699Independent Study
Fall 2021MS&E 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2021MS&E 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2020MS&E 299Independent Study
Fall 2020MS&E 330Thermodynamics of Materials
Fall 2020MS&E 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2020MS&E 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2020MS&E 299Independent Study
Spring 2020MS&E 660Mesoscale Modeling of Materials
Spring 2020MS&E 699Independent Study
Spring 2020MS&E 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2019MS&E 330Thermodynamics of Materials
Fall 2019MS&E 699Independent Study
Fall 2019MS&E 790Master's Research or Thesis
Fall 2019MS&E 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2019MS&E 803Special Topics in Materials Science
Fall 2018MS&E 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2018MS&E 803Special Topics in Materials Science

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