2.2

Abdul Al-Dhaher

Engineering - University of Ottawa

2.2
Quality
3.1
Difficulty
N/A
Would Retake
118
Reviews
2.2
Quality
3.1
Difficulty
2.1
Helpful
2.3
Clarity

N/A

Would Retake

118

Reviews

Rating Distribution
Official
118 total ratings

5

19

4

12

3

7

2

27

1

53

What Students Say

I think that makes up for all his bad attributes, and then some

CEG3150 - 3.0 rating

Doesn't like to hear anything bad about his teaching

CEG2131 - 4.0 rating
Class Info

Textbook Required

100%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

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Predicted Grade

F

53% confidence
Based on 1 grades
Most common grades:
F (1)
Pass (1)
Grade Distribution
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Based on 2 reported grades
F: 1
Pass: 1
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CEG3136

5.0

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ITI1100

4.3

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CEG3150

4.0

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CEG3180

3.7

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CEG3131

3.5

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E

5.0

ELG1011

5.0

GNG

5.0

GNG1337

5.0

ELG1100

4.0

Reviews (117)
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3.0
ELG4392
Sep 7, 2001

Very lazy prof

4.0
4.0
ELG1100
Sep 13, 2001

Not Recommended

2.0
3.0
CEG3300
Sep 19, 2001

too harsh on the students

2.0
3.0
CEG3391
Oct 19, 2001

Teaches as if we are all in a training program to become robots at Nortel.

1.0
3.0
CEG3391
Grade: F
Oct 22, 2001

thinks that everyone is going to build robots that follow tape...

3.0
4.0
ELG1100
Oct 25, 2001

Going with a A- to a D+, what do you think? Too sensitive, and way insecure

2.0
5.0
CEG3391
Oct 26, 2001

He expects to know all aspects of ELG when we are not ELF STUDENTS Heeellllooooo

1.0
3.0
CEG3191
Nov 6, 2001

His students seem to know more than him, never admits he's wrong

5.0
1.0
CEG3391
Dec 13, 2001

The best of the best....better than that groza

1.0
2.0
CEG3391
Dec 16, 2001

Quite lazy, can't think on his feet in front of class if asked a question

1.0
4.0
CEG3391
Dec 19, 2001

Obviously a sympathy case from beginning to end.

1.0
5.0
CEG3391
Jan 5, 2002

No Comments

2.0
3.0
ELG3133
Jan 7, 2002

he has mood swings and doesnt really know what he's doing

1.0
3.0
CEG3391
Jan 9, 2002

gives easy exams, but you're on your own otherwise

1.0
5.0
CEG3391
Jan 9, 2002

I never wan't to hear about that 4th year project again.

1.0
4.0
CEG
Jan 9, 2002

Lazy, Boring, Insecure, Intolerable, arrogant, Hopeless case of self fixation.

5.0
2.0
CEG3391
Jan 27, 2002

He is a very good prof and a nice person too

1.0
5.0
GNG1101
Feb 2, 2002

CanT TeaCh!!

2.0
5.0
GNG1101
Feb 5, 2002

No help at all to his students.

1.0
3.0
CEG2131
Feb 7, 2002

Really lazy & disorganized, but will lecture for 20 min. on how hard he works

2.0
4.0
CEG2131
Feb 11, 2002

He was arrogant, and very unhelpful! Labs were way too out of hand disorganized

3.0
1.0
GNG1100
Grade: Pass
Mar 22, 2002

If evil had a home, it would be in his heart

2.0
1.0
GNG1101
Apr 4, 2002

Counted ten typos in ONE page of code! overhead projector = zzzzzz

2.0
3.0
CEG3391
Apr 25, 2002

He hates to admit being wrong.He'll toast you with his hot temper!!

2.0
3.0
CSI1101
May 23, 2002

Can't understand him!

1.0
3.0
ELG4392
Sep 21, 2002

mean, useless; highest grade A+, lowest grade A

1.0
4.0
ELG1100
Sep 22, 2002

Be nice to students. How do you want people to remember your name when you leave

3.0
4.0
CEG2151
Oct 14, 2002

Easy:- easy to talk; helpful:- how to find the code for lab that he gave

4.0
1.0
CEG2151
Nov 3, 2002

Vey understanding, very kind

1.0
5.0
CEG2131
Nov 13, 2002

he don't know anything and his joke are very stupid:)

1.0
4.0
CEG2131
Nov 15, 2002

Better not talk in his class...otherwise his head will explode...all over you!

1.0
5.0
CEG2131
Nov 27, 2002

Extremely rude, monitone, bad attitude towards students

1.0
5.0
CEG2131
Nov 29, 2002

Very rude, never accepts when he's wrong and doesn't understand a lot of things.

1.0
5.0
CEG2151
Dec 7, 2002

narrow-minded, rude, hot temper, revengeful, copy everything from the textbook

1.0
5.0
CEG2131
Dec 8, 2002

Rude idiot. ya7mar.

1.0
5.0
CEG2151
Dec 9, 2002

How did you get a phd. As I can see, it is very easy to obtain nowadays.

1.0
5.0
CEG2131
Dec 9, 2002

His exams are written in some language which does not resemble english.

1.0
5.0
CEG2131
Dec 12, 2002

worse techer in the world

5.0
1.0
CEG3131
Dec 12, 2002

I personaly find him a very good teacher.

5.0
1.0
CEG2151
Dec 12, 2002

me too

2.0
2.0
CEG2131
Dec 14, 2002

To stubborn to accept he is wrong.

1.0
5.0
CEG2131
Dec 14, 2002

poor professor

1.0
4.0
CEG2131
Dec 14, 2002

Avoid him. He is not ready to admit his mistakes.

1.0
5.0
CEG2131
Dec 14, 2002

He has a small **** and takes out his frustrations over it on the class

4.0
2.0
CEG2131
Dec 15, 2002

Not the nicest prof. Gives easy questions, repeats information so ppl understand

5.0
1.0
CEG2131
Dec 15, 2002

really? i always thought he had a big one

1.0
5.0
CEG3391
Dec 15, 2002

he just doesn't know how to explain things at ALL

5.0
3.0
CEG2131
Dec 17, 2002

excellent prof. excellent TAs (for most part).

2.0
3.0
CEG2130
Jan 7, 2003

Switch to another prof if you can - otherwise...

1.0
3.0
CEG2151
Jan 15, 2003

stupi, arrogant, revengful, avoid him if u can

1.0
4.0
CEG2151
Jan 15, 2003

He believes that the way the textbook does something is the only possible way.

1.0
3.0
CEG4910
Jan 17, 2003

He doesn't know Jack.

1.0
5.0
CEG2131
Jan 27, 2003

very bad and arrogant proff, extremely rude to his students

1.0
4.0
CEG3151
Feb 2, 2003

He doesn't understand what he is trying to teach . . . jackass!

3.0
3.0
CEG2131
Feb 11, 2003

This prof is extremes-sometimes he's supernice, the next day he flips.

1.0
1.0
CEG2135
Feb 19, 2003

His way is the only way. But its often wrong as he doesnt know anything

1.0
3.0
CEG3151
Feb 24, 2003

The worst prof ever, he will stoop to revenge and be physically assaulting ...

1.0
2.0
CEG2135
Mar 9, 2003

He's judgemental, opinionated, rude and narrow minded. This guy needs a huge reality check for his ego. One of the worse prof ever.

2.0
3.0
CEG2135
Mar 28, 2003

Gave me a D on final cause he didn't like my code style even with the correct answer. Took my D+ and ran DON'T TAKE A CLASS WITH HIM!

2.0
4.0
ELG2131
Apr 5, 2003

VERY RUDE! SEEMS NEVER BEEN EDUCATED!He refuses to answer quesions which he talked about before.

5.0
3.0
CEG3151
Apr 11, 2003

Very nice person and good teacher. Gives the best final exams out of all the profs. Cheers Prof!

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E
Apr 20, 2003

No Comments

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4.0
CEG3151
Apr 22, 2003

Should have never come to this university. Its like a zoo. Even a zoo is more organized.

1.0
4.0
CEG3151
Apr 28, 2003

No Comments

1.0
4.0
CEG3391
May 12, 2003

No Comments

4.0
3.0
CEG3391
May 22, 2003

I think anyone who disses this professor is absolutely ridiculous. This is what happens to a good professor. Students hate him because he actualy wants them to learn something from his course and profit from the labs.

5.0
1.0
CEG3151
May 29, 2003

Best professor at SITE....others could learn a few things from him. Knows his stuff inside out, prepared for every lecture, organized about labs and writes (and marks) the midterms and finals. Finally, a REAL professor that can TEACH

4.0
4.0
CEG3151
Jun 11, 2003

It seems like some students got A+. Only the selected few!.

2.0
3.0
CEG2131
Aug 12, 2003

kinda a grumpy guy, get on his good side and visit his office to ask questions.

1.0
3.0
CEG3151
Aug 28, 2003

a good note reader, not a teacher.

1.0
5.0
ELG1011
Sep 9, 2003

No Comments

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3.0
CEG3391
Oct 1, 2003

I kinda like knowing the material better than the prof :) Makes for an easy A+

2.0
1.0
ELG3133
Oct 1, 2003

Doesn't really know what he's teaching. Mostly copies from books or other universities to generate lecture notes and lab material. Almost seems like he bought his Phd degree.

2.0
1.0
ELG4392
Oct 13, 2003

No Comments

2.0
5.0
CEG3131
Oct 15, 2003

Dead body waliking in the class!!!

2.0
1.0
CEG2151
Oct 24, 2003

Useless professor! Only reads his notes that are taken straight from the textbook. I wish the faculty could put a monkey to teach this course, so at least it could be fun.

1.0
3.0
CEG2131
Nov 4, 2003

Does he even know VHDL? Not up to date with the outside world. Pretends he knows something, but doesn't know anything when asked questions.

4.0
2.0
CEG2131
Nov 24, 2003

He's a good teacher, he understands the content, however he does not understand student questions.

2.0
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CEG2131
Dec 7, 2003

No Comments

5.0
1.0
CEG2131
Dec 25, 2003

good guy

2.0
2.0
CEG2131
Jan 1, 2004

Nice guy, but pretty much useless. If you want to understand the topics I suggest reading the text book, not his notes (they are just summaries of the text). It helped me out so much for the final. Now I hear he's changing the text book though so....

2.0
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CEG2131
Mar 26, 2004

No Comments

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5.0
CEG2131
Apr 14, 2004

He only says hi and try to help before the evalution of the course. Bad guy

1.0
5.0
CEG2131
Apr 15, 2004

No Comments

1.0
5.0
GNG
May 4, 2004

hmph...

2.0
2.0
CEG2131
May 7, 2004

Nice prof, but not enthusiatic enough about course material. Good thing the course material was easy. ;)

4.0
2.0
CEG2131
May 19, 2004

he is helpful espacially if you go talk to him before exams

5.0
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GNG1101
Aug 5, 2004

He is a good and helpful professor. He's midterms and exams are easy if you study his notes and always go to class. He is always at his office hours and will help you as much as you can with any questions you have. He is a good professor!!!!

5.0
1.0
CEG3151
Aug 17, 2004

Very Very good prof.

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GNG1101
Sep 29, 2004

This Progfessor is by far the most arrogent, useless SOB. I did well in his class but I never attended any of his lectures. He is spitful,he tried to fail everybody by testing only his lecture examples on his exam. Even though they don't work.

1.0
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CEG2151
Oct 4, 2004

Have had several courses with him. Poor professor - does not know his material, lecture examples are sometimes in correct, just reads lectures directly from slides, not open to criticism and insincere. Not a good prof. especially if he doesn't like you.

3.0
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MANY
Oct 18, 2004

No Comments

1.0
4.0
CEG2131
Oct 21, 2004

No Comments

1.0
1.0
ELG
Dec 2, 2004

what an ... hole! know nothing, why doesn't he get fired?

4.0
1.0
CEG3391
Dec 6, 2004

Although he is very helpful for the exam preparations and he is an easy professor, his attitude is very unpleasant and he can be very rude.

1.0
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ALL
Jan 28, 2005

Amazing how he become a prof. Avoid at all cost.

5.0
3.0
CEG3151
May 4, 2005

amazing profesor, cares about students

5.0
1.0
CEG
Nov 20, 2005

Nice with his students and if you have any problem just talk with him.

1.0
3.0
ELG
Nov 23, 2005

he was a total @$$ when he taught us and when we made a point about his marking scheme of being unfair he actually physically pushed us out and slammed the door almost breaking my nose!!!!

5.0
4.0
CEG2131
Nov 27, 2005

Abdul is just amazing. Conveys all topics clearly and helps students with even the smallest problems. Takes extra time in class to make sure that everyone understands the topics. Good humoured and very approachable. 2 big thumbs up here!!!

3.0
3.0
ELG
Nov 30, 2005

Now I come to understand why he acts the way he does. Look at where he is teaching. I feel sorry for him and for all the students who go to that school, except for the cheating students (which constitutes a majority btw).

1.0
5.0
CEG2131
Dec 20, 2005

so bad professor

3.0
1.0
CEG3150
Jan 5, 2006

He's not inspiring at all, and he wont solve all your problems if you go to him, but he's definitely easy. Probably easiest prof ever, you cant fail his course if you tried. I think that makes up for all his bad attributes, and then some.

4.0
3.0
CEG2131
Jan 8, 2006

easy prof...goes really slow. Doesn't like to hear anything bad about his teaching... holds grudges He seems good humoured during class but i always think there is another side to him... a baddddddd side :( Did not adequately prepare the students for the FINAL... practically gave away the questions for the mid-term... try to figure that one out...

1.0
2.0
GNG1101
Mar 26, 2006

Very very very bad prof. Grumpy, arrogant, cocky all rolled into one. Does not teach, only read slides during lectures. He basicly teaches a reading class but the school labels it as Engineering!

5.0
1.0
CEG3180
Apr 17, 2006

best prf ever,,easy,, u will have fun in his course.

1.0
1.0
CEG3180
Apr 18, 2006

The most useless prof at the university. Doesn't know JACK about what he is teaching, and reads directly from the slides that came with the book. The only reason he is easy is because he has to be so that nobody complains about him. AVOID AT ALL COSTS IF YOU WANT TO LEARN SOMETHING

5.0
1.0
CEG3180
Apr 25, 2006

Very nice person and he taught Networking eventhough it is not his major. Better than EL-Hadef :( and Wail :(

5.0
2.0
CEG3150
Jan 15, 2007

Show up to class and you'll do fine.

4.0
2.0
ITI1100
Apr 22, 2008

Great Prof.

5.0
2.0
CEG3136
Dec 5, 2008

He is a great prof, honest, and try his best to help the students.very funny in class and friendly. ready to help you and debate whenever you want. I like this prof. He gives you what you need from the course and do not bother you or complicates your life with non needed material, unless helpful for the futur!

5.0
1.0
ITI1100
Apr 6, 2009

a professor i will never forget, taught me so much more than just the course. Very nice and honest person, the most helpful at the university of ottawa. I will definitely take all the courses i need with him coz i bet i cant find a better prof.

1.0
5.0
GNG1337
Sep 8, 2009

Too every single one of you saying that he is a great professor. You are all clearly ignorant on the subject of proper teaching. This professor is cocky,rude, and doesn't teach anything. He would talk about his children every other lecture! Everyone was afraid to ask questions in his class because he would snap at them. Horrible, horrible professor

2.0
2.0
GNG1106
Nov 10, 2009

A warning to those coming into his class, if you don't have prior knowledge of C code and are hoping to learn from the prof then you're screwed. Abdul is not knowledgeable in the subject matter and is inapproachable as a result. His lectures are useless because he talks about his kids all day. You'll have to learn most of the course independantly

4.0
3.0
ITI1100
Apr 22, 2010

He ight... could try to make the class less boring though =)

2.0
1.0
CEG3155
Feb 1, 2011

Horrible at teaching but fairly easy in his exams. Not very helpful in his explanations and sometimes even displays poor knowledge of the subject. Lectures are boring and repetitive. Cares about students to a certain extent ("You are like my sons and daughters..."). Bottom line : Study on your own from the text and the exams should be easy.

4.0
1.0
CEG3155
Jul 31, 2011

Professor Al-Dhaher is a fairly easy going person. Easy midterm and easy final - most questions are directly from his slides. As one of the old-timers, he is all right at teaching. His slides are complete in the sense that they contain exactly the information he expects you to know. Can be a bit hard to understand what he means at times.

Class Info

Textbook Required

100%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

LowHigh

Predicted Grade

F

53% confidence
Based on 1 grades
Most common grades:
F (1)
Pass (1)
Grade Distribution
A(0)B(0)C(0)D(0)F(1)A-/B+(0)
Based on 2 reported grades
F: 1
Pass: 1
Rating Trend

Improving

+0.75 avg change
Apr
Sep
Nov
Apr
Feb
Jul
Last 6 months
Ratings by Course

CEG3136

5.0

(1)

ITI1100

4.3

(3)

CEG3150

4.0

(2)

CEG3180

3.7

(3)

CEG3131

3.5

(2)
+26 more courses
Difficulty by Course

E

5.0

ELG1011

5.0

GNG

5.0

GNG1337

5.0

ELG1100

4.0

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