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
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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 222
Electrodynamics I
4 creditsElectrodynamics I covers vector calculus applications, static and dynamic fields, Maxwell's equations, dielectric/magnetic materials, and transmission lines.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2024–Spring 2026ECE 399
Independent Study
1–3 creditsIndependent Study course for ECE featuring directed study projects arranged with the instructor.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleCapstone course applying prior ECE knowledge to real-world design projects.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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
Distinct courses recorded per term
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| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | ECE 222 | Electrodynamics I |
| Spring 2027 | ECE 399 | Independent Study |
| Spring 2027 | ECE 455 | Capstone Design in Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Fall 2026 | ECE 399 | Independent Study |
| Fall 2026 | ECE 447 | Applied Communications Systems |
| Fall 2026 | ECE 455 | Capstone Design in Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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