Teaching

“Professor Zekkos has been one of my favorite professor within the CEE department. I really enjoyed coming to class every day”
“Professor Zekkos does a great job of teaching the class to focus on recognizing problems and being able to use your knowledge to select the appropriate solution as opposed to just churning out numbers from equations. I really enjoyed this class.”
“The course material is very clear and straightforward, and was presented clearly. This made it very helpful in learning and applying the knowledge. The level of work was appropriate, and the homework reflected the material learned in class. Zekkos is a fantastic professor and places more value on us learning the material well and less on how quickly we can turn things in. It was very helpful to be able to take time to learn the material on my own time and he was always available to answer my questions. He also provided the class with final thoughts going into post-graduation and full-time work, and always related the material to conditions in the field. I appreciate the emphasis on preparing us for real projects.”
“Overall, this was a great course. I learned a lot about a topic that I hadn’t been exposed to and it was generally easy to follow and understand. Covered a wide variety of topics which I think will be helpful to be aware of in a professional environment.”

“The instruction was excellent. The professor was extremely thorough in presenting all of the relevant and most important details to effectively convey the core concepts in an efficient and easily understood manner. Ultimately he leaves the students with an extremely solid understanding of the material, an improved sense of engineering judgment, and a framework for how to implement these two for success in professional practice.”
“This was a fascinating course that I really enjoyed taking. I appreciate Prof Zekkos dedication and enthusiasm when teaching. I think this course was very applicable to work done in the geotechnical profession, and I appreciate his wealth of knowledge on the subject and about the industry. Thank you for the semester!”</>
“Professor Zekkos does an amazing job of relating classroom learning to real life problems and solutions. I am leaving this course confident in my ability to recognize problems and apply the appropriate improvement methods.”
“Overall this was a great course and I learned a lot about a wide variety of ground improvement techniques, as well as other geotechnical aspects.”

Classes were interesting. powerpoint handouts were helpful. i really liked the project – i learned a ton and it was much more valuable than having a final exam. i enjoyed the real-world exposure and getting feedback from professionals in the field.
Professor Zekkos is obviously very serious about teaching and very passionate about this subject. That made this class so much more enjoyable. On top of that, he is probably one of the most approachable professors I have ever had. Thanks for the semester, Professor!
Absolutely enjoy Prof. Zekkos’ method of teaching. I use his method as a ruler to judge other professors teaching methods. He makes it easy to learn and understand the core concepts of a class. I especially enjoy that the homeworks are based on real world problems instead of just textbook problems.

“The format of CEE 345 appears polished and Professor Zekkos has done a great job helping students gain insight into the material through the use of more traditional methods in addition to presenting modern solution techniques. The lab was one of the best labs during my time at Michigan and really complemented the class.”
“I learned a great deal from this class. Professor Zekkos did an exemplary job making each class interesting by discussing the topic’s importance and applicability to every day life. Professor Zekkos was approachable and extremely knowledgeable about the subject.”
“I have not met a professor as passionate as Mr. Zekkos. I cannot recall a time where a professor cared as much as Mr. Zekkos did this past semester. Mr. Zekkos helped with any problems I have had with out any hesitation, anytime he was not busy! He would even take time out of his lunch break to help. His level of instruction is extremely high and I learned a great deal from his course. I had no concept of Geotechnical engineering, until Mr. Zekkos course informed me of it and now I have a growing passion for Geotechnical engineering! By the way, this was the most important evaluation to me. I really cared about this course. Thank you Mr. Zekkos for the great semester and for all the valuable life and Geotechnical lessons. I will never forget you.”
“Professor Zekkos is enthusiastic about the course and is very knowledgeable about the subject. He does a good job with presenting the information in a way that the students can understand what is being taught.”
“I like that Prof. Zekkos was able to not only teach us about geotech principles, but that he also gave us advice for when we become practicing engineers in the field. This was a really valuable part of the course and had important information to take away, even if we weren’t going into Geotech ”