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OLIVER SCHMITZ

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ECE/NE/PHYSICS 525
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Oliver is by far one of the best professors I've ever had. He truly cares about you learning the material rather than getting a grade. He is super helpful and will go out of his way to help you if he knows you need help. COVID-19 made everything online and he spends at least double the time preparing lectures and making sure we understand. Amazing!
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Classes with OLIVER SCHMITZ

No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.

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Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026NE 699Advanced Independent Study
Spring 2026NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2026NE 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2025NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2025NE 903Special Topics-plasma Physics
Fall 2025NE 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2025NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2025NE 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2024NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2024NE 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2024NE 699Advanced Independent Study
Spring 2024NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2024NE 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2023NE 699Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2023NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2023NE 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2023NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2023NE 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2022NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2022NE 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2022ECE/NE/PHYSICS 922Seminar in Plasma Physics
Spring 2022NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2022NE 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2021NE 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2021NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2021NE 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2020NE 536Feasibility of Fusion Power Plants Based on Controlled Nuclear Fusion
Fall 2020NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2020ECE/NE/PHYSICS 525Introduction to Plasmas
Spring 2020NE 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2020NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2019NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2019NE 903Special Topics-plasma Physics
Fall 2019NE 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2019NE 427Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory
Spring 2019NE 526Laboratory Course in Plasmas
Spring 2019NE 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2019NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2019NE 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2018NE 305Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering
Fall 2018NE 427Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory
Fall 2018NE 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2018NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2018NE 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2018NE 526Laboratory Course in Plasmas
Spring 2018NE 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2018NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2018NE 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2017NE 305Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering
Fall 2017NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2017NE 990Research and Thesis
Spring 2017ECE/NE/PHYSICS 922Seminar in Plasma Physics
Spring 2017NE 526Laboratory Course in Plasmas
Spring 2017NE 699Advanced Independent Study
Spring 2017NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2017NE 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2016NE 305Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering
Fall 2016NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2016NE 526Laboratory Course in Plasmas
Spring 2016NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2015NE 427Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory
Fall 2015NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2015NE 526Laboratory Course in Plasmas
Spring 2015NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2014NE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2014NE 903Special Topics-plasma Physics

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