Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Teaches a very fair and straightforward class. Take time doing the homework, and learning as you go. The homework and exams are very similar, stressing the importance of doing the homework with care.Rate My Professors ↗
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Wenxiao Pan
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
I would 1000% suggest Wenxiao Pan. Her lectures and lecture notes are so clear and makes it so you don't need to read the textbook outside of class. She writes the notes on the board along with the class and explains everything very well. Homework assignments are very similar to exams and grading is super generous. Could not suggest her more!Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Prof Pan posted clear lecture notes with relevant examples that made the homework and class itself way easier to follow. The tests were fair and she taught well. Would recommend.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Needed to take leave for the last ~2 weeks of our class, made me realize how awesome she was. Her lectures may have been a bit derivation-heavy, but they were hella organized. Gave plenty of practice material, always prepared. Once she left everyone started getting way more confused with the content. Very well-roundedRate My Professors ↗
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
In Professor Pan's lectures, you spend 75% of the time deriving complex expressions, but rarely learning how to use them. The test questions are much more difficult than the homework and her partial credit it quite harsh. If you make one mistake, you essentially get half credit for that question. Avoid Pan at all costs.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Prof Pan is no frills- show up to lecture, take notes, and use her review info prior to exams. Overall a fair professorRate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Wenxiao Pan
ME 363
Fluid Dynamics
3 creditsME 363 Fluid Dynamics covers mechanics and thermodynamics applied to fluid statics and dynamics, including potential, viscous, pipe, boundary-layer, and compressible flow analysis.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Wenxiao Pan faces criticism for derivation-heavy lectures that leave students lost and a harsh grading style with limited partial credit. Some reviewers describe her as a poor instructor who fails to explain material effectively.
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2026ME 563
Intermediate Fluid Dynamics
3 creditsME 563 covers intermediate fluid dynamics, focusing on incompressible flow analysis, exact Navier-Stokes solutions, and boundary layer theory.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.50 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.74 GPA, 82.4% A/AB (n=17 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sampleME 699
Advanced Independent Study
1–3 creditsME 699 is an advanced independent study course involving directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleME 790
Master's Research and Thesis
1–9 creditsME 790 is a directed study course for Mechanical Engineering graduate students to conduct research projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
ME 890
Phd Research and Thesis
1–9 creditsME 890 is a PhD research and thesis course offering directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
ME 990
Dissertator Research and Thesis
1–9 creditsME 990 is a directed study course for Mechanical Engineering PhD students to conduct dissertation research and thesis work arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
Recorded teaching history
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