MEC511

Mechanical Engineering

71 reviews•10 professors

2.9

Quality

3.5

Difficulty

Improving

65%

Would take again

4.0

Recent quality

19 reviews, past 2 years

2002

First reviewed

Jul 2026

Last reviewed

Grade distribution

(40 reported)

A+

10%

A-

20%

B+

15%

B-

C-

13%

N/A

18%

N/S

Professors teaching this course

Tooraj Yousefi

Mechanical Engineering

Top pick

Active

4.0

Quality

3.0

Difficulty

92%

Would retake

13 reviews

Last taught 2026

Babak Gheynani

Mechanical Engineering

Active

4.9

Quality

2.9

Difficulty

100%

Would retake

7 reviews

Last taught 2025

Abbas Ghasemi

Engineering

Active

5.0

Quality

2.0

Difficulty

100%

Would retake

1 reviews

Last taught 2025

Scott Tsai

Mechanical Engineering

Active

4.2

Quality

3.3

Difficulty

100%

Would retake

6 reviews

Last taught 2025

Jun Cao

Mechanical Engineering

Active

1.5

Quality

4.3

Difficulty

18%

Would retake

31 reviews

Last taught 2026

David Naylor

Mechanical Engineering

3.5

Quality

2.7

Difficulty

100%

Would retake

3 reviews

Last taught 2018

Jacob Friedman

Mechanical Engineering

5.0

Quality

2.0

Difficulty

N/A

Would retake

1 reviews

Last taught 2002

Jason V Lassaline

Aerospace Studies

4.0

Quality

2.0

Difficulty

N/A

Would retake

2 reviews

Last taught 2004

Ziad Saghir

Mechanical Engineering

3.4

Quality

3.0

Difficulty

N/A

Would retake

4 reviews

Last taught 2005

Richard Budny

Mechanical Engineering

2.7

Quality

4.0

Difficulty

N/A

Would retake

3 reviews

Last taught 2011

Course trends over time

Quality

Difficulty

2021

1.1

9 reviews

2022

3.3

3 reviews

2023

1.7

6 reviews

2024

3.9

7 reviews

2025

4.6

5 reviews

2026

3.7

7 reviews