Medizade, Mason  

professor medizade is by far the worst teacher i have ever had. in fact, im hard pressed to think of any situation in which any teacher could be worse. in our class, a group broke a large mercury thermometer and spilled a large amount of mercury on the ground. because mercury is highly toxic, you are supposed to evacuate the room. instead, madizade attempted to sweep up the mercury with a broom!!!!!!!! a broom!!!! yes, this is how dull this man is. for the sake of mankind, please dont take any class offered from this man.

This guy is the laziest professor I've ever met. I had him for lab and at about 45 minutes into the lab he'd be on me and my partners' asses to finish our lab so he could leave. Its not like we needed him there anywhere, we were essentially boiling water, but he insisted on pacing around telling us to hurry up. You may think we just worked slow, but we always finished the lab and the full write up in under the three hour time of the lab and we had the highest group grade in the class. He was absolutley no help, but at least he realized it. Any question I had, including ones about the lab procedure, he'd tell me to go ask Thorncroft(who had a class during this time)......WTF. Thorncroft even ripped on him during lecture, though it was always an 'unnamed' professor. The only reason medizade is still around is because he's tenured and they can't boot him. Seems like the ME department should re-evaluate EVER hiring a Medizade/Mehdizadeh again. (A little ME department history there..another prof hiding behind tenure). I don't know how Cal Poly engineering can uphold the reputation it has with professors like this.

This guy sucks. Luckily I had him for one of the easiest labs at Cal Poly, but still, what a loser. He hates babies and sucks at explaining stuff.

Prof. Medizade I'm sure is a really smart guy, but he won't pass on any of his knowledge to you. Maybe taking him over summer was a bad idea, because this guy seems lazzzzy. He is extremely slow and lathargic during lectures, which consist mainly of him deriving formulas straight out of the book. Then he does examples (but not without his solutions manual in front of him) for the last part of the class period. He assigns a normal amount of hw, has two midterms and a final. You can definitely pass the class, but you won't learn much from him. Seems like this story is getting all too familiar in the ME dept...

I think medizade is a terrible teacher, but at least his class isn't that much work because he is such a lazy teacher. I got a B but i feel like I know absolutely nothing about the subject. So i wouldn't recommend him but if you have to take him he isn't that bad.

This man is horrible. He doesn't teach at all. His lectures are torture, they are so slow and he just derives stuff right from the book. The test averages were so low. I got a 44 and a 68 and somehow managed to get a B+ in his course. He doesn't help if you go into him. Even though he doesn't take attendance, he still knows whose in class, so I would suggest going to every class. Try to avoid him if possible.

ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE! Boring lectures, hard to understand, irrelevant and unnessarily difficult tests, daily homework, combined with a very dry subject. I havent failed any engineering courses yet but im going to have to take that back soon. Seriously, Im not trying to rip on this guy because im bitter! Im not kidding, just watch the classes on power fill up while all of his get a handful of poor kids who had low priorities. Prof. Medizade, IF YOUR CLASS IS DOING POORLY YOU NEED TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS A REFLECTION ON YOU AND THE WAY YOU TEACH! Guess what, Im grading you now and I dont hesitate to give you an F-. DO NOT TAKE HIM.

you suck at teaching! ...there.... i feel alot better about how you wasted my time.

Medizade, I really hope you're reading this. You taught me more about yourself than about thermodynamics. You have shown me that the Cal Poly ME Dept is blind enough not to notice someone who obviously hates doing his job almost as much as giving out A's and B's to students who work their asses off hoping that it will bring them one step closer to getting out of your little Hell that you created and call ME302. These are the same students who you have trouble finding any interest whatsoever in your class and even have to routinely fight sleep to pay attention. I hope I also taught you something. I hope you learned from me that the rest of ME faculty actually DOES know how to write a good exam, grade it fairly, and allow a grading curve that doesnt fail a majority of the class. Maybe if you weren't able to hide behind your tenure I wouldnt even be typing this right now, because you also wouldn't be able make a martyr out of everyone's GPA due to your own incompetence.

This class was not difficult only because I had taken Thermodynamics before with Thorncroft. If I had to rely on the fountain of "knowledge" spewing forth in lecture from his mouth I would have surely failed. I understand that you have to interpolate thermodynamic properties, but doing so 800 times in the course of a 50 minute tests seemed a little overkill. All in all, the Joker receives a poor grade in my book. "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"

Horrible teacher read other reviews im not alone.

Medizade is not that bad, I was very hestitant to take his class after reading his reviews, but I stuck it out. He sticks to the basics and keeps the class as simple as possible. It is a hard class, but if you come to class, pay attention, take notes and legitimately do the homework you should be okay. His test problems are tricky, but he gives a LOT of partial credit, so it works out all right. However, if you don't know your stuff really well going into the test it will be very hard. I would suggest looking over tests from previous quarters to study for the midterms, this helped me a lot. The new tests will be different, but at least you will have an idea of how hard his problems are and how much you need to know. The lectures are kind of boring, but if you go and stay alert you should be fine.

Please do yourself a favor and don't take him. If you have bad priority and don't have a choice, then take bowling or something instead. It will be an equal waste of your time. His lectures are completely irrevalent, the material he covers has almost nothing to do with the homework. That, coupled with a book that would be better off left at firestarter, makes for a crappy class. Avoid this guy like... I don't know. Something really bad.

Medizade wasn't nearly as bad as i expected. Although his lectures were boring and he doesn't understand any questions you ask him. He presented the material very straightforwardly and made it easy to understand. His tests seemed fair and homework was light. I would recommend him if you have bad priority

Mr. Mendizade is one of the best teachers I ever had. He was always very helpful during his office hours and he gives good advise about how to study for the test. His tests are not easy but if you follow his advice (do the homework by your self, do not copy it, do the problems on the book) you will be okay. I really recomend him. Thank you Mr. Mendizade I really learned and enjoyed your class.

Medizade is one of the worst teachers i have taken at Cal Poly. He does not teach the material well and his tests are rediculously hard the averages hovered around failing. If you can avoid this guy do so at all costs you may pass the class but you will not learn thermo dynamics

Medizade is actually a great teacher to take. Most people don't realize that he puts just enough material into his lectures that you can take notes while doing the crossword and sudoku, and not miss anything. I doubt you can say the same for Thorncroft or Locascio! In all seriousness though, this guy is totally useless. It's entirely possible that he knows about thermodynamics, but he's totally incapable of teaching. His lectures are a shambles, because he doesn't plan them out-he writes his overheads in the first section of the day, and reuses them for the later sections. On an unrelated note, he is a very snappy dresser.

I cannot agree more with the evaluation below, especially the part about being a snappy dresser. His lectures were all over the place and you might as well not bother going. Just get the homework assignments from someone else and if you can at least stumble your way through half of them, you should be fine. It is also extremely helpful to keep track of where all the important equations, information, and conversions are in the book since all the exams are open book.

Medizade is by far the worst teacher I have ever had. I just took LoCascio for Thermo II, and going into the class I knew I was fucked. Luckly, LoCascio 'reviewed' Thermo I for the first few weeks, and by review, I actually mean retaught us Thermo I. I did not learn a damn thing from Medizade, except for the fact that the tables in the back of the book are important. But do you really need a Phd. to emphasize the importance of thermodynamic tables? No. After taking LoCascio, I could teach this class better then Medishithead. This guy should be fired. ASAP! :)

Professor Medizade, you might want to brush up on your own knowledge of ME302, and consider actually bringing a lesson plan to class so that you don't continue teaching us the WRONG material. Honestly... I have checked the book or internet after multiple lectures, only to find that the stuff written on the board was completely wrong. Sure, you seem like a nice guy, and have great handwriting, but that's not what we're here for. I suggest not taking this class if you actually want to learn how to solve problems. Also he doesn't respond to emails worth a crap, selectively ignoring some.

I DON'T CARE IF THIS GUY IS TENURED HE SHOULD NOT BE A TEACHER. Is it possible to complain to the ME department and have him fired? It is a 100% guarantee that you will learn absolutely NOTHING in any of his classes. By the way, he drives a nice new shiny Mercedes that you apparently get for being the worst teacher at POLY.

Dr. Medizade is a nice person, but a horrible lecturer. You spend one lecture per week learning new material, and the rest of the days you just copy the same stuff over and over again. Homework is assigned and collected every class meeting, and he usually gives about three problems each time. The first test was much harder than the second, which is probably because everyone did so poorly on the first test that he made the second test much easier by giving an extra-credit quiz at one of the test problems. The final was somehow easier than the other two tests, fortunately. If I had to take this class again, I would definitely try to take it with someone else.

I'll tell you what, I was very shocked that I got a C in this course. I was fully expecting to fail the course. The final was very ugly and I only finished about half of it and I was prepared to retake it in the fall. He curves the final score (40% of the grade...from what I saw no one else finished in the time alloted either). Also quizzes are 60% of the grade so there is no reason to fail this class. Everything is challenging but Medizade is no different from any other professor I had. He takes a little getting used to, but believe me I've had a lot worse. If you show up to class, do the assigned homework the quizzes are passable. Medizade is a nice guy and he is willing to help you if you show up to office hours. I don't know why people dislike him so much, he curves the course! How many teachers do you all get at this level that will curve the grade??? Don't believe the hype Medizade is the real deal. I'm going to take him for fluids. I'm not even an ME major.

Medizade is the reason we shouldn\'t have tenure. I haven\'t had Locascio, but I think he is the worst professor in the ME department and just does the examples out of the book on the board. Do yourself a favor and take someone else.

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If you like getting butt fucked by teachers take this guy. but if not then dont

Worst professor I've ever had. Completely worthless lectures, his homework problems are randomly chosen and his final was VERY HARD! Avoid him unless you want to teach your self all the material

All the other reviews are right, tests are ridiculously hard. I knew I did horrible on the first midterm, got about a 50 and he claimed the average was about 70, total lie, 50 was about the average. Second midterm I thought I did alot better, but small mistakes got me a 60 so not much better. I then took the final and I am pretty sure I failed. Completely. I only had complete answers for 3/5 questions? I ended up getting a C- which I was thrilled about. So teach yourself the stuff and just make sure you are about the same as everyone else. We also noticed that he liked to pass the tests back in order of highest grade to lowest. The lowest score for midterm 1 was 10, and midterm 2 was 25. Good luck.

Not that bad of a professor really, his lectures are mostly theory and dont have anything to do with the homework, but course is based on weekly quizzes which make up 60% of your grade. The quizzes are exactly from the homework so you will need to teach yourself a little bit from the hw but all in all decent professor

If you want a professor that does the following take Medizade: - Wastes Lecture time with incorrect formulas and re-deriving basic formulas - Tells you what to study for quiz and quizzes on something completely different - Assigns daily hw which often doesn't even get close to comparing to the quizzes or final material - Is completely out of touch with the class - Makes you come to his OH once so he can try and butter you up the week before evaluations - Shakes your hand as you leave the final and gives you a C in the class

I have nothing good to say about this guy. I am retaking thermo now and all he did to \"teach\" this quarter was throw equations up on the board in class, give shaky answers to questions, and expect us to know everything on the tests

Medizade is by far the worst teacher I have ever had here at Cal Poly. He comes in and starts class by writing equations down and you would expect him to describe what he is writing but no, he just writes them down and expects you to know them. Then he gives homework problems and states the equation you need to do the problem but doesnt ever explain how he derived the equation. Sometimes he will make up his own homework problem, but dont worry it is one of the example problems from the book. You learn absolutely nothing from this guy. His quizzes are from the book, but they are the last ones from that chapter and are completely impossible to do. One day in class he told us all he was going to do an example problem and so he writes out all that is given and then goes ok go home and finish it, you have absolutely no idea where to go and what to do. Thank god for the solution manual because I might have never figured out any problems if I relied on him. Dont bother asking him to finish a problem or even helping you out with one. He looks around then tells you he doesnt have his notes on that problem so he cant do it. What kind of teacher cant even look at a problem from the course he is teaching and attempt to help you along. He definitely is the laziest piece of shit, I do not understand how he ever was hired or how he stayed here this long. Its a disgrace to Cal Poly and I want my money back because he made the course a total rip off.

I thought this lab was going to be pretty tough but turned out to be very straight forward. Every lab only took an hour or barely more. It's a good review of all the Thermo/Fluids/Heat Transfer courses you've already taken. The final was not easy but straight forward. I would recommend Medizade for this course.

I think that Mason Fuck head should team up with Kamalu lard breath and show the rest of the ME professors what hard work and effective teaching is all about! Who is with me!!

Let me put it this way... Do you want to be popping champagne and taking your friends to the beach.. or working in the lab for locascio. We are 5th and 6th yr students. The insanely difficult classes that we have all taken (I have taken Locascio and Hans and passed) just aren\'t fun or cool anymore. Been there done that. Take Medizade and you will be sipping on Dom P applying for careers and going to italy while other students sit in the horrible smelling lab depressed.

If you ask him a question, he\'ll dodge it. He\'s hard in class, hard in office hours, but a terribly nice guy outside of the professional environment. Don\'t take if you actually want to learn.

undeniably the worst professor I've had at cal poly. He is incredibly lazy and unpersonable. He would rush us out of lab half way through the lab period when every other group had finished because he wanted to go home early. The one time I asked him a question during lab he made me feel bad about asking for help and not figuring it out on my own. Does very little to explain the material instead you are stuck reading pages of derivations from the lab book. He is clearly one of those tenured professors who doesn't care about teaching and wants to slide by with as little effort as possible.

Fine teacher, but a little dry in the presentation. I wouldnt suggest having her at 8:00 in the morning, might be difficult staying awake.

I had Medizade for a tech elective and recieved an A. For some strange reason I decided to take him for 434 due to a bad priority. I strongly feel that I now hold a General Concentration in the Medizade art of laziness. He tought me how to skip class, do HW the hour before class, and wing the midterm and final. He shows no desire to teach, and I felt like each day in lecture was virtually impossible to sit through so I usually went home. Oh, and in case you have any doubt, check the ratings for "Amrollah Medizadeh" or however you spell it. I know its the same guy, which is evidence for some shady scheme of hiding this guys pathetic efforts at teaching. So in conclusion, YOU CANNOT PICK A WORSE PROFESSOR FOR A COURSE. ANYONE THAT GAVE THIS GUY A GOOD RATING IS A) THE PROFESSOR HIMSELF or B) SOME LOSER WHO RECIEVED HIS ONLY "A" AT CAL POLY FROM THIS GUY DURING HIS SR. YEAR.

Push-over guy. Shit teacher. Do not take him. You will regret it.

Medizade is without a doubt the worst teacher I\'ve had at Cal Poly. (He makes LoCascio look like a saint). He lectured for several days on \'sophisticated derivations\' (the circumference of a hole in the ground. pi * r^2 * depth. I am not kidding). He wrote a broken midterm - and took points from everybody\'s grade because they didn\'t overcome his idiocy the way he figured they should have after the test. One day, he didn\'t show up to class on 5 minutes e-mailed notice. By far the best lecture period was when he got a guest speaker, if only he\'d interrupted her less.

I really fail to see what the big deal is about Medizade; he is a pretty cool guy and is definitely smart. I honestly don\'t get why everybody freaks out about him. I have him every Monday Wednesday right now and he really isn\'t that bad

So to begin this Medizade is basically the man. Yes, you will learn next to nothing in this class. However, if you are looking for an easy teacher and get a decent grade then definitely take him. I have taken him several times just because I know what I am going to get with him. He is going to do whatever requires the least amount of effort on his part. Plus his a very funny guy... although he doesnt intend to.

I don't know if at any point he was a good professor, but he certianly is not now. For some bizzare reason I have taken him for 2 classes. Thermo 1 and Petroleum production engineering. I can honestly say that between the two classes the only thing that I have learned from him is how to fall asleep with my eyes open. Most of the time he doesn't even know how to solve his own test questions, so if you make it look like you know what you are doing you'll get credit. Be prepared for some of the worst written tests known to man, complete with grammatical errors, missing parameters, and incorrect symbols, and missing information. If you want an A in a 4 unit ME class, take him for oil recovery or something and just study for a couple hours before each test. If you want to feel like a retard in thermo 2 take him for thermo 1. If you like taking tuesday thursday classes and being let out 15 minutes early everytime, take his class. If you want to learn engineering, I would probably not take him (and by probably I mean never).

This guy is a fucking joke. Avoid him like the plague. He is truthfully the worst teacher I have ever had in my life. Actually, scratch that, I cannot even call him a teacher because that would imply that I would have learned something from him.

Mason is truthfully the worst professor I have ever had in my life. He cannot even tell you the difference between a nuclear reactor and his ass hole. He is an absolute joke. You will not learn anything in his class. He cannot answer a single question and has no knowledge of anything related to this class. The only reason to ever take him is because he is easy, but you will not learn a thing.

Professor Medizade is by far the worst teacher I have ever had. He is so bad that this is actually the first poor teacher eval I have ever written. Not only did I not learn a single thing from him, but he was of no help whatsoever. Anytime you asked him a question, he would get frustrated and tell you to ask Galina. Anytime you tried to talk to him about an old test, he would say "I will not discuss this with you". Anytime you would send an email from help, he would ignore you. You truthfully could not get any help from him, but thats also because he knows literally nothing about this class. Allowing him to teach is an embarrassment, not only to Cal Poly, but also to our entire engineering faculty. The last thing I will say is he successfully made this class the biggest disappointment of my time here at Cal Poly.

Dude is dumber than a doorknob. Galina knows her shit but that does not matter when Mason is in charge. Easy A but worst teacher ever.

Let me break down wind energy for you. Half the class never had a textbook because Medizade was too lazy to put the order in to the bookstore. If you wanted the book, you had to go through amazon or some other outside source to get it. Every lecture was the same thing . . . show up and watch him incorrectly copy from the book onto the board and wait for someone to correct him, teach him what he was supposed to be doing and in turn teach the rest of the class. The midterms consisted basically of about an hour and a half of manually doing an excell spreadsheet. Our "term paper" for the class was to come up with 5 ideas for a wind energy wet lab . . . my guess is the ME dept requested he come up with lab ideas, so rather than do it himself his lazy ass just turned it into an assignment for his class. Medizade is the greatest example of a teacher taking complete advanges of tenure that I have ever seen. If the ME dept had many more teachers like this out school's reputation would die really quick.

I have been at Cal Poly for quite awhile now and this is the first review I have written on polyratings. Why? Because I really want to warn everyone about Medizade. Do not take this professor for any reason whatsoever, he is horrible! He does not prepare for his lectures and it shows. He just stands in front of the class writing chicken scratch all over the board, and most of the time what he writes is completely wrong. Make sure you double check your notes with the book (I recommend not even taking notes and going straight to the book for all your information. Do yourself a favor and just avoid this guy if you want to learn anything, he is absolutely useless as a professor.

Wow. I had this guy for Thermo a long time ago (see previous evaluation) and it had been so long I "forgot" how shitty of a teacher he is. I also thought since he was enthusiastic about wind turbines that he would be somewhat of a good teacher. Wrong. He is still terrible. This guy does not know anything. Medizade taught the first 6 weeks of the class, and Lemieux taught the rest. It wasn't until Lemieux started teaching that we started learning things, because Lemieux knows a ton about wind engineering but is a lot tougher. The term project was really tough (too much MATLAB), but I pulled an A in the class because I did well on the final, and he must've realized Medizade is a fucking joke and voided all of Medizade's grades (I bombed the midterm).

Kickass