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Jinlong Wu

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Raw average: 2.00/5 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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ME 363
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Jinlong has improved alot since the first lecture. Early on it was tough. He took feedback and improved the lectures throughout. Overall, he is a nice guy. I wish there was more office hours and exams were returned but, that's okay. The group project is straight forward. Its a good course to learn the BASICS of fluid mechanics.
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ME 363
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
he assigned a project with the grade weight of a midterm, no rubric, very little instruction. He then just seemingly assigned random grades for it all between like 86-92. it even involved a 2 page report with LITERALLY NO DETAILS. I dont really care if he wants to leave things vague but to do that and then grade the way he did was so annoying.
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ME 363
Quality 2/5Difficulty 1/5
Terrible lecturer. He reads directly off of his slides and doesn't do any examples, and when he does they are unclear and hard to comprehend. I had to teach myself everything in this course. BUT, it's also insanely easy. The exams are a joke, and there's a group project that is a free 100. Final is not cumulative. Worth taking for the easy A.
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ME 363
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
Derivation based teaching while reading off slides with very little actually applicable examples. Spends half of class reviewing the last lectures material then runs over by 5 mins every time. Does not give any study materials, tells you to redo lecture and homework problems.
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ME 363
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
reads off of lecture slides and hardly ever actually applies any concepts in a problem to solve. has no idea how to set up a canvas page for his course. does not record lectures and his notes are unhelpful.
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Classes with Jinlong Wu

ME 964

Special Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering

1–3 credits

Special advanced topics in mechanical engineering covering design, manufacturing, and energy.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Jinlong Wu

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2025

Recorded teaching history

Distinct courses recorded per term

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027ME 299Independent Study
Spring 2027ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2027ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Spring 2027ME 964Special Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Spring 2027ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Fall 2026ME 299Independent Study
Fall 2026ME 737Scientific Computing and Machine Learning for Engineering Applications
Fall 2026ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2026ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2026ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis

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