He was late to class on multiple occasions, almost never posted supplemental materials on time, and copied straight from the textbook as "notes" . On top of all that, I consistently felt blindsided outside of class by assignments dropped on us out of the blue. To top it off , he assigned 3 projects for the last week of classes.

To start Joe Manning is not a bad guy I'm sure if I knew him as a friend ad not a professor I wouldn't have the passionate hatred I do for him. But unfortunately I did have him as a professor...... to put it simply his lectures are mind numbingly boring I would rather staple my tongue to the bulletin board in EB3 then sit through his class again

Here we go with part two because 350 characters is not enough Joe Manning was often late to class very unorganized and would send random emails that would blindside you about new assignments. Often I would open my email and see an email from him I would then immediately look for the nearest solid object to slam my head into and then start working

Do not take this guy he is inconsistent and I would prefer having a teacher that doesn't make jokes about dead babies. It's not funny.

Did not teach some things and then tested multiple questions on said subjects. Most homeworks involve looking up formulas or what variables mean because they are not outlined in class. Very disorganized. Only seems excited to be in the class when it's the day of an exam. Don't take aerospace vehicle performance with him.

I do not feel like Dr Manning should continue as a lecturer. I think he would be better adjusted elsewhere where he is not instructing people. Maybe he would be better only working with machines. I mean that in the kindest way possible. Thank you.

Would not take another course with this professor.

Disorganized and refused to communicate.

Not worth my money.

Would not take again.

Does not answer emails and not great at communicating.

Just…no.

Would not recommend.

Suggest taking this class with literally any other professor available.

Homework involved outside research which was taxing as the information was unavailable in class. He was very disorganized. He was often late to class. Would expect that from students but not the professor. DO NOT take aerospace vehicle performance with him!!

He comes in late to class! Non-communicative. I learned from the framework of the course but I had to seek other sources out to truly grok the material.

I did not feel respected.

I would not say there was an apt ability to communicate anything clearly by the professor which is my main hang up. He the ability to effectively communicate complex concepts related to the subject matter that we were tested on, he is poorly organized, doesn't engage students, fails to provide clear feedback, and is unresponsive to questions.

Even in the very first classes, you can tell if the professor presents the material in an interesting way. Be especially alert for professors who stand up there and read large sections of the lecture from their notes. If it's a snoozer in Week 1, it's going to get excruciating by Week 15.

A few pet peeves of mine with this professor. Gave unclear explanations, was extremely unorganized, showed up late to class, prioritized reading notes out loud over teaching ie made us sit there and listen to him read notes himself instead of explaining concepts; we could have done this on our own, lacked accessibility outside of class.

Get ready to put in the hours to be self-taught as needed to present new or special MAE subject matter. Was not was I was expecting.

Prof read notes out loud that was about it all semester lol. We could have done that ourselves at home.

Not challenging enough as I learned mostly on my own outside of class.

Is this guy serious? Professors like him are why people don't take NC State seriously like they take UNC and Duke seriously.

Made confusing concepts more confusing. Not accessible outside of class. Felt like I ended up teaching myself.

Felt like I taught myself, as others have stated. Seems like a good guy just overall unavailable.

Unavailable to answer questions I felt like I had to teach myself.

Don't take this class with Manning. Consider yourself warned lol.

No thanks taught myself everything I needed to know

Couldn't seem to answer questions in a manner that helped us move beyond our core understanding of the topic. Unavailable outside of class. Doesn't answer emails and showed up late multiple times. Some of his lectures were Word for Word copied from other sources ie repetitive. Would not suggest taking this professor.

If you can do the homework by teaching yourself everything you need to know, you are guaranteed to do well on the tests.

Confusing with grading and moving deadlines. He comes in late occasionally, and not give clear guidelines on the final project, and often has basic grammatical errors. Wouldn't go out of my way to take him again.

This is the worst professor. He is constantly late to class; his policies do not follow NC State guidelines.

Leaving this review because I'm wondering if anybody else was offered extra credit in exchange for leaving positive review on professor? I don't think that's fair and I would imagine that goes against NC State policy.

Would not take again

Just my opinion but I would not take this processor again. The issue isn't the complexity of the concepts or the workload, but the monotone delivery and the missing explanations of why we're learning each topic. The professors seem to be devoid of the spark that made you pursue engineering.

I started studying Engineering in 2019 (I already work as a translator for engineering companies, so I was attracted to this field). If I had to describe his lessons in one word: PAINFUL!

Objectively terrible professor, you know the type I am talking about. All students in his classes have nothing nice/only terrible things to say about his teaching ability (among other things), all bad reviews on RMP, and presumably bad reviews on his official end-of-semester evaluations from students.

Overall less than average. I feel like I should remove more than average for a teacher for what a pay in tuition.

Would rather not talk about it,

Offering your students “extra” extra credit in exchange for positive reviews on RMP is not only dishonest but vile. I hope NC State realizes who they have put in charge of setting an example for their students in the engineering department!

HE IS A SLOW GRADER. The moment of writing this we still have not gotten test 2 back which took almost 2 weeks ago. Also he makes simple dynamics concepts difficult to understand. He derives equations all class just to slap an example problem in front of you and tasks you with solving it. His tests are also quite difficult. Take someone else.

This professor is terrible. He doesn't answer emails and made multiple grading errors which lead to confusion on what your final grade was. Also he graded the final projects and didn't tell us why we got that grade. Also it took him 2.5 weeks to grade a test. Do not take.

Unclear and untimely communication. Made multiple grading errors. Still not sure what my grade was!

Avoid at all costs.

Terrible professor. Please do better, NC State!!!

STILL NO GRADE. Unreal!

Slowwwwww grader! Doesn't respond to emails at all. STEER CLEAR.

Awful. Felt like the weight of taking an extra class actually just getting through to the guy about communicating on the grading of the tests

Would not take again. Take someone else if it's possible.

Without going into it it was just a stressful situation with the lack of commutation. I asked several questions I never received an answer to and it stressed me out even more! Take another professor if you can.

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND AVOID HIM AT ALL COSTS. If you seek pleasure in brain-rotting boredom and confusion, follow along with what is taught in the classes. If you're smart study more than the practice quiz, skip his classes.

He goes on and on about how it's his first semester teaching. I think everybody's really sick of the “victim narrative”. It's my first semester as a student, so does that count? Take another professor if you have the option.

Would rather kms than take this class again. Cannot say a single good thing about this professor; this class made me want to drop out.

Nooooooo No No Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

Made me want to drop out of engineering program. Not good. Sad.

I didn't feel respected and a teacher ought to offer mutual respect to their students.

Would not take this professor again

Bad at communicating and explaining simple concepts. I taught myself honestly.

No feedback, hard to reach

Professor simply reads notes from the textbook every class. So maybe that's why attendance is not mandatory. Anyway, would not reply to emails. And was a really slow grader. I would recommend taking somebody else. Thank you.

Would not take again

He is the worst at communicating. Finished things late which he said he would do months before. Showed up LATE to class often!! Will not return emails. Avoid if you can help it.

Does not connect with students. Late to class, disorganized, made simple concepts confusing and honestly it's not worth the stress. Wouldn't retake or recommend.

Unclear from day 1 on what the grading rubrics were as well as the expectations of the class. Never replied to ANY of my emails. Wasn't available outside of class either to help. If I had the option, I would have taken another professor. NC State, please offer us another option. My brother has to take this class as well.

I can't vibe with this guy at all. Dropped class.

Is he really a teacher? Or just someone that stands there and reads notes that I could read on my own time. Fail.