"The class was excellent! Jacob was super knowledgeable about the topic, and taught it in a way that gave me a much deeper understanding of working components behind the FEM calculations."
"Definitely thought the class was worthwhile. They were general concepts that he went over but there were some small details that have definitely made my life easier. "
"I did wish the pace of the class was faster but I recognize that each individual feels differently about this."
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | Maybe make it a longer course. |
| General comments? | I really enjoyed the class. I felt that the teacher really had strong knowledge of this material and Fem. It seemed like he enjoyed teaching it as well. |
| Position title: | Sr. Technician/Designer |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | Make files easier to find. Movies were more helpful than the Advanced Simulation Proccesses Activities. More assembly projects would be good. Don't make us rework models, we are here for FEA not modeling. |
| General comments? | Would be nice if class was fine tuned for the types of projects we work on here at Daimler. |
| Position title: | Mechanical Design Engineer |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | Maybe it was due to the imposed time contraints, but the class was a bit fast and some things were skipped. |
| General comments? | I am definitely interested in the advanced class. The information covered in the class will be invaluable on the project I am currently working on. |
| Position title: | Design Engineer |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | 1. Better projector- contrast and size (daimler issue) 2. Daily guide of activities/agenda for topics- handout- or powerpoint with links to exercises. |
| General comments? | 5 day class? 5th day to work on own analysis with guidance |
| Position title: | Sr. Engineer |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | Following the movies while trying to follow along can be challenging. It requires a lot of pausing and reqinding to try to follow which can be slow and frustrating at times. However, they are better than nothing! |
| General comments? | Class was pretty quick paced and having a 2 hour lunch didn’t fit well. Hopefully in the future, DTNA can supply a room for the entire class length. |
| Position title: | Design Engineer |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | A unit on analysis methodology or approach to apply before beginning fem on something, with documentation for reference. |
| General comments? | I expected more theory. |
| Position title: | Design Engineer |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | Everything was good! |
| General comments? | All was good! DTNA resources were subpar (prjector, computers restarting, etc.) but not instructors fault! |
| Position title: | Engineer III Powertran Engineering |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | If there was more time to cover topics that would be helpful. |
| General comments? | Overall, the class was taught well and as much material as could get covered in such a short time frame was gone over. |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | I would have liked to have spent more time problem solving with NX simulation. (i.e. discussing the different ways to model real world constraints and the advantages /disadvantages of each). |
| General comments? | Overall, the class was taught well and as much material as could get covered in such a short time frame was gone over. |
| Position title: | Design Engineer |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | I would like to see more examples of expected results. |
| General comments? | Could have used 5 days, pace was a bit fast. Would have preferred less time on PSD operations and more on a walk-through of durability analysis. |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | Need more time for the material covered. The class should be 5 days instead of 4. |
| General comments? | I am interested in taking the advanced FEA class. |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ and a half! |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | Update documentation, resolve license issues before class starts. One more day would help, and faster computers. |
| General comments? | Jacob is great, but the nature of an advanced class is very challenging, especially when the classroom and computer infrastructure is not very good. |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | Provide a course outline/agenda before signup. Slow down actions in videos so I can follow along without stopping/skipping back so often. |
| General comments? | I wasn't 100% sure what I was trying to accomplish the first few days. It became more apparent on the 4th day and started to all make sense. I think I would have benefited from more explanation of what we were learning via examples during the training. |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | Use printed instructions instead of videos. |
| General comments? |
| How were the class notes and the workshops? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Did the instructor do a good job in presenting the material? | ★ ★ ★ and a half |
| Was the pace of the class adequate to learn the material? | ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Quality of the experience? | ★ ★ ★ and a half |
| If you could do one or two things to make it better, what would they be? | Have proper software license. More top level explanation of process and steps involved in performing analysis. |
| General comments? | Often felt like I was pushing buttons without clue of purpose. More explanation of why steps are being taken for better overall understanding would be good. More teacher instruction for first day or two. Question/Answer examples on overhead. |
