ECE-522
QUANTUM ENGINEERING WITH ATOMS
Not in Fall 2026
Term
Overview
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that teaching clarity stands out. Best for students who want a structured class rather than chaos. The sample is still thin, so treat this as directional rather than definitive.
DepartmentELEC&CMP
Terms offeredSpring
Typical enrollment15–15
Semesters of data1
4.7
Hrs / week
13
Responses
15
Enrollment
87%
Response Rate
Evaluation Scores
Overall quality
Teaching, content, and experience combined.
4.5
Intellectually stimulating
Challenges students to think deeply.
4.5
Instructor effectiveness
Explains concepts and facilitates learning.
4.9
Difficulty
Higher means harder.
3.6
Feedback Analysis
Feedback Analysislow
Analysis based on student evaluations
Based on 40 comments across 1 sections
Feedback is mostly positive. The strongest signal is that teaching clarity stands out. Best for students who want a structured class rather than chaos. The sample is still thin, so treat this as directional rather than definitive.
Student Reports
How hard is the A?
A is doable but not automatic
The signal here is more do-the-work-and-you-should-be-fine than easy-A chatter. Students do not describe the A as automatic, but the evidence also does not paint grading as punishing.
Homework Load
Moderate homework load
Homework load looks moderate. The recurring signal is steady weekly work, but not a course that turns every assignment into a grind.
Lecture Load
Regular lecture load
Lectures matter here, but the evidence points to a fairly standard lecture burden rather than a course dominated by long or exceptionally dense lectures.
Strengths
• Teaching clarity stands out; students repeatedly say the material is explained clearly and effectively.
Tradeoffs
• There is no single dominant complaint theme, but the feedback is not uniformly glowing either.
Best fit for
Best for students who want a structured class rather than chaos.
Watch out for
• Most of the signal comes from a limited sample, so be careful about over-generalizing.
• A large share of the evidence comes from one instructor's version of the course, so this may not generalize cleanly.
Student Responses
Learned a lot about atomic physics. Learned a lot about trapped ion quantum computing. Learned the topics that relate heavily to my field.
Spring 2025 · Noel, Crystal
Great review from start to finish of all necessary AMO / quantum information for quantum computing w/ ions
Spring 2025 · Noel, Crystal
I developed really good understanding AMO basic and most commonly used knowledge
Spring 2025 · Noel, Crystal
Zeeman effect, density matrices, rabi frequencies
Spring 2025 · Noel, Crystal
- deeper understanding of energy diagrams - a lot of quantum optics effects - physics of various quantum gates
Spring 2025 · Noel, Crystal
Rating History
Rating history
Error bars show \u00B11 std dev
| Term | Instructor | Overall | Difficulty | Hrs/wk | Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2025 | Noel, Crystal 0.0Rate My ProfessorsQuality0.0Difficulty0.0Based on 0 ratingsClick to view on RMP → | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 15 |