People's feedback helps you grow, work on your weaknesses, enhance your skills, and become a better person, engineer, and mentor. Here below, I proudly feature some of the great anonymous feedbacks I received from my students in my evaluations during my career in academia:
- "CE 3410 lab instructed by Professor Saffarini is the most organized class and most well–instructed class I have ever attended between the two colleges I have attended. Mohammad Saffarini is a major asset to LSU engineering. He is very well prepared for every topic he teaches and the way he relays the info is very clear and precise. He has so much fire and positive energy that he brings to the classroom that gives students a lot of motivation to want to perform at there best. The mentality he has is influential, his actions are very professional so he is a great mentor for college students. He makes the lab interesting and explains a little more than the lab manual. I actually was able to understand how the applications we are testing work when we get to the field. He puts a lot of time into his courses because of how well organized the setup of each lab and the explanation of what is required from the student. Not only in the classroom does Saffarini give all he has, but he is always willing to help. He finishes every email or class with if you have any questions or unclear please come talk to me and send an email. I am a student who asks a lot of questions and not once was I let down by Saffarini. He was there every time answering my questions so he put the time into work with students. (I really appreciated Professor Saffarini communication very much). If any student says that Saffarini style is no good or sets them up to fail. So wrong. I do not have anyone I know that is an engineer, I do all my work on my own. The instruction from the professor is how I learn unless it does not make since I use outside resources. Not once did I need to, Saffarini provided all the info I needed very clearly to get the job done. It takes time to work through lab reports, but I was provided with everything I needed. The only reason my lab group and I were able to do so well on the lab reports is because of such clear and organized instructions! So all the good comments written by professor on our reports, those compliments are for you! We would not have those grades if it was not for you! Exams were fair, the amount of time to number of questions for the final was challenging, but to have a take–home final I understand you cannot make it super easy. It needs a little challenge. I cannot think of a negative of this course, time in the labs were great, number of labs is good, the due dates are reasonable, the number of people in a group is great, the adjustment to online was awesome! Very clear instructions were given in recorded video lectures, time of response for an email is great. I will give major credit to this course for the knowledge I gained and the fire that Saffarini added to my career as an engineer. Nothing ever goes unnoticed by me as a student. I believe in giving credit where its due. LSU engineering needs to notice Saffarini because he adds major value as a professor. I have learned a lot and enjoyed learning from Professor that is not said much! Thank you very much Professor Saffarini. It has been privilege to have been in your class! If there is ever a time I can write a letter or do something that you need backup when applying! I would vouch for your greatness."
- "Overall you have made a possible three hour lab the best it possibly could be. You effectively used all of our time and got to the point when needed and didn’t go off on tangents. One of my favorite labs I have taken at LSU and there isn’t much I’d change about your teaching style or presentation of the subject matter as well as a good grader and when my group encountered an issue you got back to us quickly and resolved our issue. Thank you for being a great teacher as many in the department lack the skills that you have."
- "Mohammed was a great TA. It is easy to see that he is passionate about the subject. He is very thorough when presenting the material and wants students to make the connection between the theory in lectures and the experiments in labs."
- "Dr. Saffarini did an excellent job teaching and instructing our lab, also he did an awesome job at responding to emails quickly and effectively, the lab reports were formatted in a way that allowed us to absorb information and reflect on material, overall great teacher."
- "Mr. Saffarini's teaching style was straight forward and to the point. He didn't dawdle, partly due to the fact that some of the lab experiment's were very time consuming. He also tried to encourage participation from all groups by varying each experiment procedure between all groups. This seemed to be an effective style of instruction. Overall, it was a well structured course that help to clarify the more difficult theory learned in the lecture course."
- "Amazing instructor! His style was good, gave good explanations and notes prior to labs. Also provided good instructions for what was expected in each lab."
- "Great teacher and willing to work with his students to understand the material."
- "Mohammed was a good teacher and knew what he was talking about at all times. He really cared about this class a lot, maybe even too much. He treated this one hour lab credit extremely tough. He was a good teacher and was very knowledgeable on his subject matter."
- "One of the best lab instructors, he presented the material so that it was easy to learn. Exams were a good reflection of the material."'
- "Professor Saffarini was definitely very prepared for each class and knew the material very well. His teaching methods were very straight forward and by the book which made them effective, but dry at sometimes. The labs were conducted very nicely where each group had a chance to perform there part of the lab under the supervision of the instructor."
- "Teacher was prepared and very knowledgeable of the subject matter. Was very nice and helpful both during the lab and outside of class. Very interesting lab that I really enjoyed."
- "The instructor was very organized and showed constant knowledge of the subject. Very effective and knowledgeable."
- "Great teacher who is very knowledgeable on the material."
- "Instructors teaching style was effective. Always came prepared to demonstrate and was clear on what to do for the lab reports. Overall, a great instructor."