Shah, Ramesh  

The first part of this quarter I warned everyone away from Shah. But towards the end he sort of grew on me. He's not the best teacher, and tends to skip steps if you are 'supposed' to know that stuff already. But he's nice and loves you to ask questions. Maybe its just that I fully expected to fail this course at the beginning, and ended up with a B-...but I rather like him. The biggest thing I like about him is he's gives you a better grade then you earned - which is good because otherwise half the class would fail.

Shah was good professor in that he took the time and effort to help his students with their problems. He was only horrible in lecture because nobody could understand what he was saying. Ended up learning the material from the book, which could be a difficult thing to do if you're taking it for the first time. Ended up getting average grades for the midterms (low 60s) and ended up with a C.

Shah works very fast throughout the quarter, and there will be times when you have no idea what he is saying...But if you put the time in and actually want to do well in the class, it will be no problem. Shah is incredibly helpful in office hours as well as after classes. Although he works fast, he finishes the course material before any other teacher, and you spend the last week reviewing, which is clutch. He grades hard on his midterms and the questions can seem tough, but they are great preparation for the common final. overall, i suggest him strongly

Avoid Shah if u can!!! He does not do a very good job of explaining the material. His office hours were ok. He explains things a lot better in his office. He is hard to understand, but one can adjust. Statics is hard enough and understanding your teacher should not be something u have to worry about. Statics will be hard no matter what teacher u get, but I believe that taking Shah will make it that much harder.

statics is supposed to be a class where you have to spend alot of time on the subject to understand it. shah does a really good job of helping you understand it in a really simple way. he'll frequently stop after every problem and ask the whole class if they understand. hes really passionate about making his students understand the material. he's a really smart man and knows what he's doing. i recommend him

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DO THE HOMEWORK!!! If you don't do a certain amount you'll fail even if you ace the tests. Also, he is VERY helpful during office hours. VERY. And his helpfullness bleeds over into other things, "hint hint." So makes sure he knows you cuz he'll hook you up. Overall a really cool guy.

What to say about Shah? He means well but cant deliver what he promises. He has a difficult time explaining anything to students unless you go to his office hours and devote an hour or two to figure a few simple problems. Its not that he\'s dumb, hes very smart, but he cant recognize what a students having difficulty with and explains every problem from the start the same way. Also, I cant understand the guy, at all. I dare you to.

He gives out weekly quizzes usually, sometimes a few per week, sometimes none at all. He really does care about his students and he really wants them to do well. Statics is a very hard subject, so students are going to struggle with any teacher but no matter how you do in the class, the final is where it counts. That is what makes or breaks your grade. I went in with barely a C and came out with a B- because it is curved. Shah gives you problems on the midterms and quizzes that get you in the right mindset for the final. All I used to study was the midterms and a few quizzes. He can be hard to understand at the beginning of the class, but eventually you\'ll figure out his accent. He is all about clarification and students\' understanding. If you don\'t understand something, then raise your hand and let him know; he will go back over it, if not, then he well setup an office hour to meet with you. He is really committed to students and nothing says that more than the fact that he is retired yet still teaches for free to help the university to create more Statics classes. It\'s a tough class, but he\'ll get you through it. GO TO OFFICE HOURS!

Shah is a nice guy but a terrible teacher. I can\'t figure out how this guy has taught for so long and still can\'t convey the material clearly. He doesn\'t teach concepts just goes through a list of problems very quickly and expects you to understand what he is doing. I probably would have gotten a D or C in the class if all the statics classes didn\'t have a common final(which is curved). The tests are of average difficulty but they were really hard for me to finish. If you make a small mistake on an easy problem don\'t expect to get any partial credit. He is hard to understand and has terible hearing so it is hard to communicate with him. The one good thing was that his terrible teaching forced me to read the book and do practice problems. So if you want someone other than your book to teach you statics do NOT take Shah.

So it's been a while since I had Shah... but I felt obligated to pass on information about him. He has been one of my favorite professors of my 4 years at Cal Poly. I took ME 211 with him Fall 2008 and then ME 212 with him Winter 2009... and both times learned the material INSIDE OUT. Yes, he is very difficult to understand (so difficult, in fact, I almost dropped statics after the first class meeting, thinking I'd just take it the following quarter). He gives pop quizzes often, which keep you on top of the material and give you an idea of how you're doing in the class. I had a tough time with the homework and understanding the concepts (since statics and dynamics were really the first engineering classes I took as a CE), so I spent a TON of time in his office hours. If you put in the time and go to his office hours when you need help, he will sit down and go through things step by step with you. Statics and dynamics were structured differently, so I'm not sure how he's structuring the class, but in both we had weekly homework, 2 midterms, and the common final. Statics were in-class quizzes, and dynamics were take-home quizzes. The take-home quizzes were on top of a homework load, and were from a different (harder, he admitted to me in office hours) book, so be prepared to space out the work and DO NOT procrastinate. The take-home quizzes made the dynamics final seem easy, though. If you are willing to put in the time to these classes, I wouldn't suggest taking anyone but Shah. If you just want to pass it and get on with your life, however, Shah wouldn't be a wise choice. He deeply cares that his students succeed, and it saddens him when they do not excel with the material.

You have weekly homework due Fridays with an average of about 10 problems a week. Homework grading is minimal: all he gives you is a score and no markings what so ever about what you did wrong. He only looks at the final answers. Gives out lots of recommended problems to do. Two midterms, no partial credit at all, no curve. He only looks at the final answers. Short quizzes that he only gives 3-5 min to complete, but in reality you need more like 8-10min or even more. Lectures are very hard to understand. He tries to have a lot of office hours, but he's the same man in office as he is in class. This all equals the whole class being confused as fuck with insanely low grades that he is not willing to curve.

Dr. Shah is a decent teacher and has been teaching longer than I have been alive and he knows his shit, but he has a very heavy Indian accent. If you can concentrate on new material and on understanding what the teacher is saying at the same time then do it, if not then take someone else.

Dr. Shah's been at Poly for quite a while. He told our class that he's been there since the beginning of the engineering curriculum and has taught many students. It shows too. Dr. Shah does have a heavy Indian accent, so you might want to sit in the front couple of rows to hear him clearly. In Dynamics, I went a couple of times to his office hours, 9 out 10 times he's really friendly and enjoys students coming to ask him questions (the one other time is when he has something else to do and tells you to come back later). The homework is a definite challenge to keep up and he collects it too. He also gives daily quizzes based on the homework, so no slacking off. He'll keep you pretty much on your toes from the beginning, so keep up. His tests, I thought, were pretty challenging, yet when he reviews them, it seems "simple." Kind of like "Darn, I should have gotten that." But yeah, if you get the opportunity and would like to learn the material well and thoroughly, take him.

This guy is great. His accent is so thick it's a little tough to catch what he is saying some of the time, but it makes his sporadic sarcasm all the more entertaining. He likes his students and wants them to get the subject. Very friendly in office hours. He's been here forever; probably taught some of our parents in his day. Go to class, do the homework, and go to his office for help (don't ask during lecture, it doesn't always work too well), he'll meet you with a smile and help you out.

First off, this is the second time I am taking this class. In my first quarter of Dynamics, I learned absolutely everything there is to know about Dynamics, my grades just happened to be about a week behind my learning. Basically the thing to know is that if you are an ME taking Shah, you are cheating yourself. I rated Shah average, cause thats what he is. LoCascio is the only way to go for Dynamics. Knowing the material well, I constantly didn't like how Shah taught the class. He uses shortcuts that will impair your ability to solve any problem. He does not explain problems but rather jots down a bunch of numbers, and tells you what the answer is. I can't see how any person taking this class for the first time could learn anything. Shah lacks the drive needed from a lecturer for this material. His tests are EXTREMELY confusing, and his daily quizzes couldn't be more annoying(yet most aren't too difficult). If you've got the chance to take LoCasc, don't bother with Shah. Shah is not even a lesser of evils compared to the other easier-grading Dynamics proffesors.

Run away

Dynamics is a very tough class, but it is possible to pass it with Shah. Be willing to invest 6 hours of homework a week on homework for the class and you'll do fine. He's a nice guy and very helpful at answering questions.

Lectures with Shah were a waste of my time. Too many examples, too fast, to many shorcuts, too much accent. But the man TRULY cares about his students. He set up office hours around his student's schedules, even makes himself available over the weekend. GO TO OFFICE HOURS. He's a completely different teacher there and walk you through every problem as slow as you need for as long as you need until you understand. All he wants to do is help his students understand the material and pass the final. He goes through the material quicker than other teachers, but it works to your advantage. The whole last two weeks of class he does nothing but review for the final, and as he says, "Even if you spent the last 8 weeks asleep, wake up now and you will not fail." I had a D going into the final and came out with a B, his grading is more subjective than other teachers and if you show him that u understand, your grade can go up quite quickly. Dynamics is a tough subject, but Shah will do everything in his power to help you understand it and pass.

Shah is very interested in helping students pass, and goes out of his way to give extra office hours so students can ask questions. In the beginning of the quarter, he even planned his office hours around the schedules of everyone in the class. He is very helpful during office hours and extremely patient. In class, though, he goes incredibly fast, which makes it difficult to understand the material. He also gives a short quiz every day on what was covered in the previous class, which is bad if it takes you a while to get the material. He only collects homework once a week, though, which is nice. And even though he goes quickly, it ends up as a good thing, since at the end of the quarter, we had a week and a half or so to review and to go over old finals in preparation. Overall, I definitely reccomend him. If you're willing to spend the time on homework and to go to his office hours, he'll make sure you pass.

Although Shah tries to help students out by scheduling his office hours around student\'s schedules, he is a terrible professor. Lecture was a HUGE waste of time because all he says is \"F=ma\" and assumes that from that you will be able to do all of the millions of homework problems that he assigns. He never actually goes through the basic concepts or the formulas or the strategy for solving problems, he just skips straight to problems that he goes half way through and doesn\'t even get the right answer. Office hours were okay. Although he can help you do a problem, you have to get the answer out of him, which is frustrating. I learned more from another professor\'s notes that I downloaded from a friend who was also taking the class and trying to teach myself from the book. I would definitely NOT recommend Shah. If you have to take him, make sure you have someone else to study with.

The way he structures the class, you have to do a lot of work on your own. He does a good job skimming over the topics you will need to know for the final and it pays off since I felt good coming out of the final and my friends with other teachers did not. There will be tons of homework problems each night that is not due til the end of the week. plus there is 4 exams. So the bottom line when taking his class is 1) go to lecture to get a gist of what the material is 2) go home and work on the problems assigned 3) go to his saturday session where he walks through problems. If you can manage to do those things plus study for the exams a week ahead, then you will do fine. If not, take another teacher.

All of the reviews below are pretty much accurate. Shah definitely cares about his students and takes it personally if they don\'t do well, but you will still have a hard time learning. The examples he writes on the board are only partially worked out, and his work is very hard to follow. Going over the class problems later, you can only figure out what he did half of the time. The common final is very difficult...several people I know got did fairly well on his tests (he is generous with partial credit) but still failed the final. For dynamics, quality of problem is always better than quantity...

Shah is a fantastic professor to have, especially for a class like Dynamics. Is he difficult to understand? Very. Does he rush through examples too quickly to copy down, let alone understand? Definitely. The thing that sets him apart from the other professors is that he cares so much about his students, and goes way out of his way to give them any help they require. This class was the first time I really used office hours, and it helped so much, especially since it's hard to understand his Indian accent when he's plowing through material in class. And everyone would agree: the guy knows his stuff, better than most of the other ME professors. Would I take him for ME 212 if I could do it again? ABSOLUTELY!

DO NOT TAKE SHAH. He is the worst teacher I've had so far at Cal Poly and I didn't think it would get any worse after a teacher I had last year. And it's only week 5 right now. On teaching: He is a very poor teacher. He goes through problems too fast, takes too many shortcuts and leaves too many things unwritten. It also seems like he feels in a hurry to erase the entire bored as soon as he finishes a problem (even though he could leave the last half of the problem written and use the other half of the board). He's also really hard to understand due to his Indian accent. Despite him being such a poor teacher, it is fairly easy to learn from the book. Other people have talked about his office hours and how helpful he is there. I've been a few times and he does really try to help you but it's similar to how he is in class. His office hours are also crowded. I hardly even care about his poor teaching ability though. The thing that pisses me off the most is the way he does his midterms now. He changed them from being normal midterms to no partial credit being offered. And from taking statics prior to this class everyone knows how hard it is to get a problem 100% correct. Our midterm consisted of only 4 problems with one problem having 2 parts. He said that he expected most people to get 90%'s (I'm not really sure how with only 4 problems though?). Our class average was a 55%. He made it clear that it would not be curved and the only other thing he had to say about it was that "Dynamics is offered every quarter". Unreasonable to say the least. I'm not sure what I got on the midterm but I walked out of the room feeling pretty good about it. Regardless of what I got, my opinions are still the same.

I, like the guy below me, am in shah's 212 class this quarter and am probably in the same class. He is ridiculous for the way he did that midterm and to think something is wrong with the whole class for getting a 55% average. And no partial credit in a class like dynamics? FUCK YOU SHAH

im glad im not the only one pissed off and that im not the only one that wants future dynamic students to know about shah. dont take this fucker. 4 questions, no partial credit, class average 55%, no curve, and all he says is that they have dynamics every quarter.

Yeah, no. Don't even dare take this guy.

If you take this guy, you are paying your tuition to receive a guaranteed F in the class or even if you manage to scrape by with something better, you will not learn anything from him. Your book is your only hope. Good luck.

"Chort quijizz" (short quizzes), momentum is "conjerved" (conserved), the velocity is "jero" (zero)... "Do you understand??"

About the people below who said he is good because he has lots of flexible office hours: I want to say that office hours should not be used as a necessary part of the class to pass. Yes, office hours are good for when you hit the occasional roadblocks, but in this professor's case, he uses it like it will magically solve his teaching problems. In reality, he is the same awful professor during office hours too.

I would first like to say that dynamics is not a hard class regardless of everything you hear about it before you take it. You learn most of the material in physics 141 and the rest is not that hard. With Shah, however, everything is made more difficult. I will mainly discuss four topics in this rant about Shah and they include: lectures, homework, quizzes, and tests. Lectures are a complete waste of time and if it weren't for the fact that I wasn't sure if we were going to have a quiz or get back homework/quizzes/tests I would not have went to them at all. He says during class that if you do not understand you can come to office hours, but the problem is that he does not help you to understand at all during lectures. He knows things and has solved numerous problems so they are easy to him but he does not know how to convey that knowledge. Even if you do go to office hours all he does is show how to get the answer but not really the process on how to get the answer(just as he does in lecture). Your best bet is to read the book in order to learn the process in solving problems. Homework is not that hard but he gives a lot of it and it is pointless because once you know how to solve a particular type of problem you only have to practice it a couple times after that. Chort quizzes are a joke because he literally means chort(short). We had a quiz and about five minutes later he asked to collect it and nobody had anything done. He also words the questions so that only he understands what it is asking. So hopefully you make the assumptions he did basically. Tests are not that hard and he says that he's gonna give no partial credit but he ends up giving it. However he doesn't know how to give partial credit because he only looks at the answer and not actually at the process in which the person got to that answer. This is because in his head there is only his way of solving a problem and that is why nobody understands his lectures. With all of this, Shah is by far the worst professor I've had at Cal Poly. I usually read the book to supplement the lecture but I've never had to completely rely on the book because the lectures are pointless. If I were to go back I would never ever ever ever take Shah and if you are reading this please DO NOT TAKE SHAH! And if your only choice is taking him I am sorry, but just hang in there and read the book and do homework as soon as possible. But if you do have a choice DO NOT TAKE GANDHI!!!!

I didn't know Gandhi was a Dynamics teacher! You may think "I get to have one of the most famous advocates of peace as my professor? Cool!", but really it's not. He sucks! Ok so Professor Gandhi is about 142 years old, he can't keep his eyes open, he can barely enunciate properly, and he cannot hear squat (but I assume he's still good at peaceful squat down protests...) Let's be real here, it's time for him to retire.

I had Professor Shah last year and I did not like him at all. First off, he does many example problems in class, but does so many of them so fast that you can't pick up on the proper thought process. I'd rather have him do max of three example problems, but go real slow and explain the methods behind each step. He also assigns A LOT of homework and on top of that, throws supplemental problems at you like candy expecting you to do them. Again, I want less quantity, and more quality. And he starts every lecture writing and repeating the same essential equations of the chapter. He should have instead used those wasted 10min every day going over proper setups of problems. Dynamics (like statics) is all in the initial setup. We're all good at crunching numbers by now. Now we need to learn how to be able to apply equations to systems that are given to us. But you won't learn that in this class...

Do not take him!!! Do not even consider it!!! I'm tired of hearing momentum is congerved and that acceleration is jero. Freakin speak english. I would not being saying this if I respected him as a teacher but since he is such a bad teacher I have built up a hatred toward him and completely regret taking him.

I'm not digging all these hateful, negative comments towards him so I'm gonna keep it honest and kind as possible: FUCKING HATE THIS SORRY ASS, SHIT BUCKET EXCUSE FOR A PROFESSOR. WHAT THE FUCK!

DO NOT DO IT. all he does is rush through as many problems as possible in his horrible accent. im not joking the accent is over the top his dynamics class should be 8 units; 4 for dynamics 4 for foreign language credit. no partial credit on test....he thinks theyre so "easy" that eveyone should get a 100% then the avg is 55%. dynamics is hard enough dont put yourself through the pain and suffering.

Professor Shah made dynamics a very difficult class. His teaching style is very difficult to follow. He tries to do a lot of example problems in class, but never really is able to complete one. He goes very fast, so I would end up just blindly copying what he writes on the chalkboard. His midterms are insanely difficult and he doesn't understand why we don't all get every problem completely correct. One plus of Shah is that he is very flexible with office hours. Bottom line: this was the hardest class I have ever taken, but that forced me to study a lot. At the end of the quarter, I felt totally prepared for the final and left feeling like I aced it. If you do end up taking Shah remember this: he loves students. Go to his office and make sure he knows you. If you take the time to get to know him and ask for help, you will be fine and he will often give you the benefit of the doubt.

Dynamics is the most failed class at cal poly and he decides not to curve our class.... really? I passed but know alot of people who didnt....

Worse professor I've had at Cal Poly. I'm not even going to write a real evaluation because I know if I get started I'm going to waste a ridiculous amount of time doing so. If you have a choice to take anyone else, do it.

If you have the chance to take another teacher with a better rating in dynamics, then take that teacher. Do not give Shah a chance. If you have no choice and you're freaking out, then calm down. You can pass the class. However, you will have to study ten times more, go to almost every office hour, and treat high C's and low B's like a miracle. While Professor Shah is a good person, he is a tough teacher. He's tough because he does not present the course material clearly. He covers examples very quickly and occasionally skips important steps, which can throw you off and leave you confused. Try skimming the chapter ahead of time and looking at the examples in the book so that you have a good idea of what he skipped or why he did a step. Office hours are not helpful unless you have very specific questions, especially conceptually on a certain portion of the problem. Even if he goes through the entire problem, steps are skipped or are confusing when he explains them. Before every exam, read through the examples in the chapter, review your homework and notes, and go to his office hours again for concepts. If you put a lot of effort in to this class and treat it like an insane 8 unit class, then you will come out semi-fine.

All he does is blow through homework problems that are chapters ahead of what you know. Obviously a really smart guy but absolutely terrible as a student. The problem is that he doesn't even know what he's doing wrong.

Ok. So if you asked me 2 weeks ago about Shah, I would have torn him a new one. I thought I was so behind in dynamics and was prepared to fail the common final. He would be a great grandpa, but he is not a fantastic teacher. He doesn't explain anything clearly, barely speaks english, and gives tests that Einstein would struggle with. But in the end all the outside work I did to make-up for his shitty teaching overly prepared me for the common final. I made that test my absolute bitch and I will give Shah some credit for my success. Although he taught me nothing, he made me sit my ass down and learn all the required material to pass.

He smells like curry. Oh and his teaching ability? Let's just I'd rather rub curry spices in my eyes than to take him again.

Shah has two sides two him. On the one hand, he knows the material very well, or at least gives the impression that he does. On the other hand, he is difficult to understand, and he spends a great deal of time on reviewing, although never actually tells you how to do something, Mohr's Circle for example. He can rip a derivation out that will take up the whole chalkboard in three minutes, leaving the whole class dazed and confused until next time. You have to be on time to class or you will miss his chort quizzes at the beginning of every class. He will sometimes lead you on the wrong path out of his own assumptions of how simple everything is. Compassionate Grader.

Dr. Shah would be an excellent professor if his was the only class you took in a quarter. Between the daily quizes, stacks of homework that may or may no relate to material covered in class, weekly lab projects and the mega quarter long project - he keeps you busy. If it weren't for the quizes I'd be hard pressed to give you a reason to go to class; his lectures consist of lightning-fast derivations of equations and definitions. Occasionally he'll perform an example problem, but they're often wrong and always incomplete. Don't think of asking questions in class: if it's too simple he'll mock you, too difficult, he'll tell you to come to his office. Speaking of which, this is the shining ray of hope for him. He'll field any question in office. There he's very mellow and helpful - no indimidation. Use these often. Other than that, I'd recommend you wait a quarter to get anyone else. And may God have mercy on your soul.

Ok, Prof. Shah can be a very nice person, and willing to help, in his office. But in class, he wastes your time with illegible garbage that he spews all over the chalkboard. You can't read what he writes, can hardly understand what he says (but that's just due to his accent, not his fault), and he wastes a quarter of the class period walking around class asking everyone, "Do you understand? Do you understand?..." When you get an assignment back, good luck trying to understand his written comments. They make as much sense as this: alskdf;aiakl;lkgoaisfasdfa. Seriously. "Chort Quizzes" every day helped me to keep up in class, though. Oh, he's real stinky too. Smells like curry and B.O.

I thought Dr. Shah was an excellent professor for a couple of reasons. I appreciated the fact that he has so much experience in the field. He has been around for a while, and he probably forgets more in one day than most students learn in a quarter. The practical experience is valuable, but more than anything, it's great the way he cares about his students and wants them to succeed. If he sees you making an effort, he will go the extra mile to help you out. I highly recommend him.

Dr. Shah is quite possibly the most intelligent professor on campus. He has been teaching a long time. However, this does not mean that he is a great professor. Dr. Shah is always willing to meet with you and talk about what problems you're having. He's always asking everyone "Do you understand". But when you have a problem it is very hard to get him to understand what you need help on. You could ask him a question and get a response that does not apply at all. Also, you could ask him about something one day, then ask for clarification the next day and get a completely different answer. He gives daily quizzes and collects homework to keep you from slacking off. His tests are fair but he constantly tells you that he can't believe that everyone didn't get 100% on them. In lab, Dr. Shah is not very clear. There is a quarter long project as well as several group and individual lab projects. Days that labs are due are a HUGE waste of time as he talks to each group individually about their projects. The objectives and timeline for the quarter long project are not very clear and the due date (starts week 3, ends 8th week.....qtr long project...i think not!) can sneak up on you. With your quarter long project, he's dealing with so many different types of projects (you choose your own topic/design) so he has a hard time understanding exactly what you are doing. Also, he expects you to do either a mock up or an actual working prototype of your design. Dr. Shah is funny at times asking if you need a calculator to divide by either zero or infinity, or asking you to pick A or B, or (A+B)/2. If you're taking 329 anytime soon, you're stuck with Shah, he says he's going to teach the class until he retires (which might be next year sometime). Try to figure out what he's asking for and put a good amount of effort in the class and you will be rewarded. He does realize how much work you put into things and will give you a decent grade for your efforts.

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I thought this guy was horrible for lab. He laughed at any questions asked and rarely helped out if he did attempt to answer them. He would give COMPLETELY different answers to the exact same question. One time I walked in on another lab and things he had written on the board showed how to solve problems in a completely different way. Now I understand that there are often more than one way to do things, but that's tough to deal with when he's just throwing out a bunch of new ways to solve a problem without any sort of order or structure. He also seemed to pretty arbitrarily give out C's to an awful lot of people. I was in one of the few groups who did a unique project, I think we did pretty well on it, too, and still got a C. Oh, and the lab was BS - easy, but stuff we hadn't seen and written very confusingly. Stay away, at least for lab.

To give you an idea of how old this guy is, Davol had him as a professor a long time ago. He is retired, and says he works just so that he can maintain Cal Poly's great reputation. He is a really nice guy, and tries to be involved with most of the design process, however he always manages to misunderstand what you are trying to tell him. Whether it is his bad hearing (god help you if he forgets his hearing-aid) or something else, you always spend at least twice the time as another professor trying to get simple explanations out of him. Lab is extremely easy if you pay attention (or just stay awake) during his lecture where he gives you the answer and process for every project. The quarter long project is a huge pain if you want it to work (we did a bottle opener), but if you talk to him a lot about it he gets pretty involved with your group and will help you a lot. Given the complete bumbling of an idiot professor I had for lecture Shah wasn't a bad lab teacher at all.

Professor Shah is not fit to be an educator. Like everyone else in his class that he did not like, I received a B. His grading system is completely arbitrary, based totally on the opinion he develops of you during early project group meetings with him. He is the only professor I had at Poly to call me "belligerent and unwilling to learn" because I had the unmitigated gall to ask a question. His lectures are unclear and completely incomprehensible. While I gained ample indispensible knowledge from the project, my experience with Dr. Shah was a complete waste of my time. The only nice thing I can come up with to say about him is that at least he does not have the audacity to fail students when he himself is a failure as a professor. I would not recommend this professor to my worst enemy.