Current instructor

Yang Lu

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/5RMP difficulty
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CS482 · course not matched
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
Took his class at Waterloo, doesn't really care if the students could understand the slides.
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Classes with Yang Lu

BME 200

Biomedical Engineering Design

2 credits

BME 200 is a client-centered biomedical engineering design project course.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

John PuccinelliYang Lu+10 more

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2025
BME 300

Biomedical Engineering Design and Leadership

3 credits

BME 300 focuses on leadership and design analysis through client-centered projects.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

John PuccinelliYang Lu+11 more

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2025
BME 799

Advanced Independent Study

1–5 credits

BME 799 is an advanced independent study course conducted under faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Peter AdamczykAmit Nimunkar+78 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2023 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2026BME 200Biomedical Engineering Design
Fall 2026BME 300Biomedical Engineering Design and Leadership
Fall 2026BME 790Master's Research and Thesis
Fall 2026BME 799Advanced Independent Study
Fall 2026BME 890Pre-dissertation Research
Fall 2026BME 990Research and Thesis
Fall 2026COMPSCI 899Pre-dissertator Research

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

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