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VADIM SHAPIRO

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Raw average: 1.78/5 from 9 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 331
Quality 3/5Difficulty 2/5
Shapiro gets a bad rap but wasn't bad in my experience. His accent is fine, actually makes him more interesting imo. The material IS boring, but if you do the homework and get direction from TAs for projects, the class is just fine. I got an A no problem
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CS558 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
A good course, a lot of work, but I learned quite a bit too. Professor Shapiro seems nice, the grading was fair or better. The lectures were really interesting.
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ME 331
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
The worst teacher I have have thus far. He has a bad accent and doesn't explain things well. The HW and assignments take forever and require a bunch of useless work.
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ME 331
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Excessive workload, pointless material, and on top of it all, he can't even correctly do any of the problems he assigns. Don't even bother with this guy.
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ME232 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Most egotistical and overall worst prof I had in all of undergrad, hands down. I've been in the professional engineering world for a couple years now and haven't once used the computer modeling "Boolean operations" he insisted that we learn. Utterly useless and an absolute waste of our time.
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ME 331
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
Worst Prof I've ever had. Every homework and lab is tedious and busy work. Lecture is useless and the software we are forced to use is horrible and confusing. Unfortunately I am already proficient in what this class is supposed to teach me... but I still ended up with a poor grade because of the busy work.
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Classes with VADIM SHAPIRO

No teaching recorded in Fall 2026.

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Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2020ME 758Solid Modeling
Fall 2020ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2020ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Spring 2020ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Spring 2020ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Fall 2019ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2019ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Spring 2019ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2019ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2018ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Spring 2018ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2018ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2017ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2017ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Spring 2017COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2017ME 699Advanced Independent Study
Spring 2017ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2017ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Spring 2017ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Fall 2016COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2016ME 699Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2016ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2016ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Spring 2016COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2016ME 491Mechanical Engineering Projects I
Spring 2016ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Spring 2016ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Fall 2015COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2015ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2015ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2015ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Spring 2015COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2015ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2015ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Spring 2015ME 964Special Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Spring 2015ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Fall 2014COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2014ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2014ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Spring 2014COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2014COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Spring 2014ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2014ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2013COMPSCI 790Master's Thesis
Fall 2013COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2013ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2013ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Spring 2013COMPSCI 699Directed Study
Spring 2013ME 699Advanced Independent Study
Spring 2013ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2012COMPSCI 790Master's Thesis
Fall 2012COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Fall 2012ME 699Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2012ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2012ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2012ME 964Special Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Spring 2012COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2012ME 489Honors in Research II
Spring 2012ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2012ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Spring 2012ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Fall 2011ME 331Computer-aided Engineering
Fall 2011ME 489Honors in Research II
Fall 2011ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2011ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2011ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Spring 2011COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2011ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2011ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Spring 2011ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Fall 2010COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2010ME 758Solid Modeling
Fall 2010ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2010ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2010ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Spring 2010COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Spring 2010ME 331Computer-aided Engineering
Spring 2010ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2010ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Fall 2009COMPSCI 799Master's Research
Fall 2009ME 331Computer-aided Engineering
Fall 2009ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2009ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Spring 2009ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2009ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2008ME 331Computer-aided Engineering
Fall 2008ME 758Solid Modeling
Fall 2008ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2008ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2008ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Spring 2008ME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Spring 2008ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Spring 2008ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Fall 2007COMPSCI 990Dissertation
Fall 2007ME 699Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2007ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Fall 2007ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis
Spring 2007COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research
Spring 2007ME 890Phd Research and Thesis
Spring 2007ME 990Dissertator Research and Thesis

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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