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Paul Milenkovic

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Raw average: 2.27/5 from 63 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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ECE 436
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
Taking ECE 432 and 436 with him right now, he makes you use this program that he made in like the 90s, and it is so bad and hard to use and you don't learn anything in his classes, he's a nice guy but hes so old and is a terrible teacher and I'd never reccomend anyone to take his class
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ECE 436
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
437, not 436. Lectures are all handwritten and over two years old, confusing and awkward. I just took the first exam and feel confident on about 15%, and all 6 of the rest of us in the class feel the same way. Will answer questions enthusiastically. Really don't take 437 as I don't see any applications, barely can understand any of the material.
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ECE 436
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Honestly, I don't really know what happened in this class. Dr Milenkovic is very nice but a confusing professor. He would read off his slides and explain it but without examples it was confusing. The final project is confusing but he will walk you through it if you go to office hours. He is always more than willing to help.
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ECE 436
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Professor is a nice person. Homeworks and exams are just fine.. But the final project is really a disturbing case. I cannot even understand what the questions mean, and the experiments that should be conducted on TF32J (a java program) is also hard, the software itself is not hard but it is hard to get what the project wants us to do.
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ECE 436
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
I am noticing a lot of people are talking down about the way he teaches ECE 376 which has been using flipped classroom format for sometime now and is not structed in a way that Paul gets to choose so no sense in complaining about that. In terms of ECE 436, he posts all notes and records all lectures. Will take time to answer any and all questions.
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ECE 436
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Professor Milenkovic is a really good person. He is willing to answer any of your questions, and he is accessible by Email all the time. He also grades generously. But his lectures are a bit dry, and the lecture notes are not well organized. However, there is a textbook to follow, so it is not a big problem to me.
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Classes with Paul Milenkovic

ECE 399

Independent Study

1–3 credits

Independent Study course for ECE featuring directed study projects arranged with the instructor.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Eric HoffmanDan Negrut+54 more

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample
ECE 431

Digital Signal Processing

3 credits

Covers sampling, reconstruction, DFT spectral analysis, FFT, z-transforms, FIR/IIR filter design, signal flow graphs, and filter implementation in digital signal processing.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.63 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.48 GPA, 78.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 97.7% A/AB (n=43 letter grades).

Paul Milenkovic

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026
ECE 437

Communication Systems II

3 credits

Communication Systems II covers statistical analysis of information transmission, receiver design for AWGN and bandlimited channels, spread spectrum, channel capacity, and error control coding.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.67 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.82 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

Paul Milenkovic

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample
ECE 699

Advanced Independent Study

1–6 credits

Advanced Independent Study for ECE involving directed study projects arranged with the instructor.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Eric HoffmanIrena Knezevic+66 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Fall 2023 · limited sample
ECE 790

Master's Research

1–9 credits

Independent work on master's research overseen by a qualified instructor. Students demonstrate the ability to formulate, analyze, and independently solve advanced engineering problems and communicate research results orally and in writing.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Irena KnezevicDan Negrut+68 more

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027ECE 399Independent Study
Spring 2027ECE 431Digital Signal Processing
Spring 2027ECE 437Communication Systems II
Spring 2027ECE 699Advanced Independent Study
Spring 2027ECE 790Master's Research
Spring 2027ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Spring 2027ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Spring 2027ECE 999Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026ECE 399Independent Study
Fall 2026ECE 432Digital Signal Processing Laboratory
Fall 2026ECE 436Communication Systems I
Fall 2026ECE 699Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026ECE 790Master's Research
Fall 2026ECE 890Pre-dissertator's Research
Fall 2026ECE 990Dissertator's Research
Fall 2026ECE 999Advanced Independent Study

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