Quality 5/5Difficulty 1/5
Professor Strachen is just kind of the goat. ECE 210 is a fun lab based course where you get to have some hands on experience. Strachen is a down to earth dude and is pretty generous with the grading.Rate My Professors ↗
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Nathan Strachen
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Professor Strachen was a joy to study under and work with professionally. He is highly accessible through office hours and more than willing to calmly explain any and all information. If you're EE/CE try to get classes with him if possible.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
I am a senior EE at this school. If you see a course with Nathan Scratchen as the teacher, do anything you can to take it. He cares. If you are a sophomore reading this needing to take circuits, or 220 and haven't yet experienced the horrendous teaching in the EE department, listen to me and take Scratchen's class no matter what.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Great professor. Clearly loves to teach and is invested in his students. This course was difficult and confusing, but he provided multiple extra credit opportunities for students to demonstrate effort and learning through hands on practice.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
The class was overall easy. Strachen made the topics interesting to learn about, and something that I wanted to study more about in the future. Overall, a very caring professor.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Professor Strachen is an amazing teacher! He knew everyone by name and was very passionate about teaching. He was always willing to help during class and labs. He also had many ways of connecting the students with different opportunities around campus. Would highly recommend taking this class!Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Nathan Strachen
ECE 399
Independent Study
1–3 creditsECE 399 is an independent study course where students engage in directed projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026ECE 447 covers the analysis and design of electronic communications circuits, focusing on nonlinear large-signal effects and complete RF circuit design.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2023–Fall 2025 · limited sampleECE 455 is a capstone course where students apply ECE knowledge to real-world design projects.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.67 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.68 GPA, 87.2% A/AB (n=39 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2025–Spring 2026Recorded teaching history
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