Nuttall, Brent  

Mr. Nuttall was an excellent teacher, and he had a very straightforward approach to the class as well as the ability and focus to show us the real life applications of statics, and materials. I definately reccomend him for his lecture abilities and such, however... His grading process is a bit rough, and its easy to get a C on an exam you know very well just buy making a few small errors.

great guy. very fair and straightforward. he wants you to do well

Great teacher, man, and all around person!!!

The BEST professor hands down. He goes over everything super well and provides practice midterms. If you pay attention and do your homework you will do well.

Fantastic! Very clear explanations, good labs and he tries to let you understand the practical applications of whatever you're learning. I fell asleep in class but only because it was early a.m. His homework isn't repetitive and the open note tests won't punish you. If it looks like you knew what you were doing but missed a few numbers he'll give you most of the points. Take Brent!

Brent is an awesome teacher! His homework is not hard, he does not assign numerous repetitive problems, and his tests are open note!

nuttall is an awesome teacher for arce, and i highly recommend taking him if you have the chance. he's spent most of his career practicing arce at a real firm, so he has a lot of buildings that he's worked on, and real applications of the problems you're doing. for 226 he knew it was only cm's and architecture students, so he understood that we'd never really need to do the calculations, but it'd be good to understand the basic concepts. his test aren't too bad, because they're open note. homework is weekly, so only due on mondays usually. and there's 2 or 3 models to build, but they're group projects. I liked him a lot, its a good way to go.

brent is a really good teacher. he is clear and fair and helpful durring office hours. he likes his job and his students and wants them to succeed. He is understanding that many of us do not want to be engineers and care more about our core classes- esp. arch labs- and was fair about the work loads around certain stressful due dates. He comes from practice and has valuable things to say and just wants architects and cms to be able to communicate with engineers. he has reasonable expectations and is very helpful if you need extra help outside of class. i nice man and good teacher. i would recommend him

One of my best teachers-- He is a practicing ARCE and recognizes that we are all Arch/CM & teaches accordingly... he doesn't make us do long calculations when they're just busy work, but simplifies the enginerring equations and is genuinely concerned that we understand the concept... he's also great with office hours & will explain something until you get it. Also had him for x211 and would recommend him for any class!

Not a terrible teacher but not the best I\'ve ever had. He thought he had a lot of architectural knowledge which was annoying because he took off a lot of points on our final model because of design. His tests are easy though because they\'re open note.

For timber design, Brent is just okay. He went over important concepts and his notes/PowerPoints weren't too convoluted, but he could have explained/ repeated/ reinforced certain important concepts more than he did. You have to be prepared to read the textbook, and do your homework early enough so you can go to office hours - since not everything can be found in the textbook or in the notes/lesson. Towards the end of the quarter, he would spend too long starting a problem (and fixing it due to mistakes or forgetting load factors or forgetting modification factors) and then wouldn't get to the key parts of the problem that were new at that time. Also, you have to go quickly on his two midterms and final (or you will run out of time), so practice with speed in mind. Don't forget the conceptual parts, they can make or break your ability to approach a timber problem correctly. Finally, timber as a whole has a weird code setup so be sure to be really familiar with it.

I loved Brent! He understood that architects and engineers think differently, and did a good job of making the homework projects applicable to our work outside of studio. He wanted us to leave the class with an understanding of the concepts rather than spending the whole quarter just churning out numbers. I didn't think he's an easier grader, but he's fair and does give partial credit. We did many in class exercises which helped A LOT for me; I had a chance to ask questions right away while working through the problems, instead of going home and realizing I was lost. Brent will respond to emails, but it's better to start on your homework earlier and go to his office hours if you need help. Overall, super nice guy and great teacher.

Brent is a great Arce professor with a great understanding of how we'll be able to apply what we learn in his classes to the real world of engineering. This probably stems from his real life practices as an Engineer. He's always resonable when it comes to work load, but not at the expense of learning what the course is supposed to teach you. His tests are fair and quizzes are always resonable.

Brent is the man! Definately one of the best, if not the nicest teacher I've had at Poly. ARCE371 is a lot of work, but he explains it very clearly, is more than willing to help, and makes the material seem much easier than it is. He grades very fairly, and tests are very straightforward. Take Brent if you can.

I am now a fourth year, and looking back, I really learned so much in this class from this man. He used to constantly scold us on load path questions and he taught me all the basics of structural systems that are pretty much second nature to me now. Take Brent at all costs. He is my favorite professor (and I say that as a fourth year who has had pretty much all ARCE professors) and I hope I get the chance to take him again.

To the previous poster, Brent is an incredible professor, a great communicator, and a fantastic person all around. If you were on your way to fail, i have to assume it was your own fault. Brent has standards just like the rest of the department faculty, as they should with teaching at such a great university as we have. Sounds like you should go fu** YOURself, because pretty much you already have by screwing yourself over this quarter. By the way, for the rest of you, take 448. It'll be the single most important class you take. I feel it prepares you for engineering practice in ways that none of the other ARCE classes do. Plus, it is highly likely in our world of aging structures that you will be doing some seismic rehab at some point in your career. Take Brent for this class if you can.

Brent is probably one of the best if not the best teacher I have had at poly. He is practical and helps you understand the material the way students learn. He is a great person and is always willing to help you out. I only hope I can get into his 448 class! Take him if you can.

Brent was great for concrete lab. No unnecessary work given, and expectations were very reasonable. He tends to rush through lectures and it may be hard to follow at times since he is a bit scattered at times. But his expectations for submittals are clear and concise, and he will gladly answer questions even if he already talked about it (don't abuse it though!). You will learn a lot in this class. Be sure to be on time, as there is a (relatively easy) quiz at the start of nearly every class, related to something he covered in the last lecture. This will be worth 30% of your grade, with 70% being the submittals. If you are taking this class, you probably already know from friends or previous classes what kind of a professor Brent is - and that is definitely consistent through this class. From what I hear, he is about the same workload (maybe slightly moreso) than Dennis Bashaw (for reference). Take Brent if you can!

I learned that if I were to take up hunting, I should shoot deer, not bears, because a bear will hunt me back if I successfully wound it. Fascinating! I didnt know that the key to production and operations management was so brutally simple!