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Carter, Rob

Cumulative GPA: 3.33/4.00 with 12 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 2.83
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 3.00

Materials Engineering Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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IME 156 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 11:23 am, Mar 27, 2013 Report Evaluation		This guy is the guy to take for lab! He knows what he's talking about and he curves it at the end, which is good because the 2 midterms you take in lecture could be pretty difficult. I was a little nervous taking this class because I knew that we had to build a power supply (and I'm not a very technical person), but I learned it's pretty easy, especially if you work with other people. Overall, definitely the professor to take!

MATE 215 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 10:11 am, Mar 26, 2013 Report Evaluation		Professor Carter is not as involved in this lab as any other lab I have ever taken. But that's the way MATE 215 is structured. You show up, take a quiz on a reading you had to do before the lab, and then you begin. There is no lecture of any sorts. Carter walks around to each group and explains the theme and concept of the lab, which can either be really informative and fascinating, or super boring and played out. Depends on your mood for that day. The quizzes are tough and will probably kick your ass, but as long as you follow the directions in the lab you will get a good grade. This class requires very minimal time outside of lab, and Carter is a good professor to take it with. I definitely recommend him.

IME 140 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 10:00 pm, Dec 9, 2012 Report Evaluation		Rob is an extremely nice guy who wants all of his students to succeed. I had him for both the lecture and lab components of this course. At times, the way he explained things did not make much sense, but he was a very fair grader to compensate. The biggest piece of advice that I have to anyone in his class is to go to his office hours. Not only does he try his best to explain the material to you there, but he also keeps track of who shows up to his office hours and gives you the benefit of the doubt for making the extra effort.

IME 156 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 7:10 pm, Nov 27, 2012 Report Evaluation		Professor Carter is an amazing guy overall, an easy grader and very knowledgeable. I had him for the LAB of IME-156 while still having Perks for the LEC. The course is basically a bunch of quizzes and a major project, the power supply, that you work on all quarter. Carter was known to be a much easier grader on the power supply than Perks from what I heard. I would say I was average at the quality of my soldering and assembly and he still gave me an A on the power supply. However, small things would be docked off and he was would always explain why in great detail and in a very easy-to-understand way so you were never mad for the grade you got. The quizzes are based on weekly homework readings and are given to you in advance so you can answer and study them. The final, however, was very silly. Questions would show up twice and it was based on a program you used in class for about a day called DipTrace while he said it would be based on the assembly of the power supply. All in all, an easy class; stay ahead when assembling your power supply and always test things as you go. Try to choose the time of the LAB on a day that isn't missed due to holidays because you really need all the time you can get. If you have trouble with your power supply, also try visiting Perks during his office hours, I heard he was a beast when it came to this stuff.

IME 140 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Major) 4:31 pm, Nov 27, 2012 Report Evaluation		From what I've read, he is actually a MATE teacher teaching basic drafting. I've done drafting before and I often feel I know more than he does. Class drag on because he didnt really seem prepared. Powerpoint was most of the lecture and it's pretty dull. I didn't learn anything new in the class. On the positive, he's an easy grader and tells you what's on the final. Homework is basically study guides for the midterm/final, but isn't collected. If you know drafting, the class is an easy A. Solidworks can confuse people, but if you understand the tutorials or have a friend teach you the basics, it's not to bad.

MATE 215 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 2:50 pm, Jun 8, 2012 Report Evaluation		If you have to take MATE 215, Carter is the professor you want. The entire lab write up is in class so there's no work outside of class at all. For the labs just write down the data and answer the questions. He doesn't care if you got the wrong answers as long as your answer makes sense. He really doesn't care about the structure of the writeup. Overall its pretty easy to get an A on every one. Also, every week you rotate around the room doing different materials experiments. Every week there is also a mini lab quiz based upon the prelab. Pretty easy to do well on if you spend a half hour or so every week reading it. If you don't bother to read them don't worry, because the quizzes make up a very small majority of the grade. So overall, a very chill class and pretty easy to get an A

MATE 110 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 7:36 pm, Mar 3, 2012 Report Evaluation		The class I took him for was required by all MATE freshman. I had no choice but to take him. The course he taught is definitely not his strong suit. He's confusing in his lectures and completely ambiguous in his comments. I'm not sure how he is in his other classes but I certainly did not have a positive experience with him. Do not take him.



IME 140 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 1:44 pm, Feb 23, 2012 Report Evaluation		Carter is a MATE teacher so i give him a lot of slack. he doesn't seem to know what he is doing, but he is very nice and understands that drafting isn't the easiest thing to do for people who are completely new to it. he is always willing to help, whether he really knows the material or not. but i would take him if i could. i heard he is actually really easy for MATE also.

IME 140 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 7:00 pm, Jan 3, 2012 Report Evaluation		I'm only posting this so he is no longer a 4.0 on this. He's a good guy and I'm sure he knows what he's doing in his other classes but he had a really tough time explaining anything in IME 140 unless you had already taken Mechanical Drafting and/or CAD before. I don't know how to explain it but he basically it was like having an extremely confusing textbook read aloud to you followed by a lab. He just didn't explain it well but he doesn't normally teach IME 140.

MATE 151 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 7:17 pm, Dec 24, 2011 Report Evaluation		Rob gives precise in depth notes and examples for IME 141. The labs are a lot of fun, and he's there to help walk students thru the material. The labs notes are checked for completion, and students keep the lab results. The week before the final we go over the exam, take notes on it, and can use it on the open-note exam. He's there for you if you need any help, teaches us the course precisely and straightforward, and Rob is just overall an AWESOME TEACHER!!!!!

IME 140 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 11:31 pm, Dec 5, 2011 Report Evaluation		Rob Carter is great. He clearly elucidates material while eliminating all the bullshit that comes along with school. His quizzes are clear and straightforward, and he prepares you for them incredibly well. Take him if you can!

MATE 215 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 2:02 am, Dec 15, 2010 Report Evaluation		Rob was an awesome lab instructor. The lab itself felt a bit pointless and repetitive at some points, but Rob did his best to get us interested in the topic. Grading was very informal and easy, as well as the workload. Rob focused on the things that are important in the real world and threw out some of the bullshit that is only present in academia. Take him!

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