Simpas, James Bernard B.

Ateneo de Manila University · 8 comments

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PhD · Associate Professor · Research Scientist (Manila Observatory) · Head, Air Quality Dynamics Laboratory, Manila Observatory · Head/Coordinator, Ateneo Atmospheric Physics Laboratory

Atmospheric science (atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric physics, urban air quality, aerosol science)

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PhD Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University

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Clarity3.3

Helpfulness2.8

Workload3.8

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Kind Bison

Chill PS 31.1 lab; late pre-labs unless you chase him

positive

CoursePS 31.1

WOO GO U GUYS!!! I was his beadle for PS 31.1. He's an all-around chill guy. Since there were only a few of us in class, we were grouped up by pairs. We had mostly lab activities and one long test for our grade. He tends to send in pre-labs and instructions for the next lab activity a bit late, unless the beadle emails him about it to ask for it. Most of the lab activities are actually pretty similar to the lab activities of PS 2 for the earlier part of the sem. When it comes to attendance, he comes in a little bit late every now and then, and is pretty lax. If he comes in late and your class beadle is the kind that goes to the department to look for them (lol that was me), he's hardly ever in Faura, so you may have to go all the way to Manila Observatory to find him, even for consultations. Before doing the experiment, he'll show you how to go through everything and how to use all the machines, and he isn't sungit when you ask him to show you how to do it again which I really appreciated!! During actual lab times, if you and your partner/group decide to answer the questions for lab activity already, you can actually go up to him and ask if you got the right answer and he'll let you know if you're correct. He even lets you use the computers in the labs so that you can Google the answers. All in all he's a really chill guy - easy B+ and definitely A-able. Funny story: At the start of the sem, we didn't have lab for two weeks. People would go look for him in Faura to find out that he wasn't there. We later found out - not from him, but from the department chair - that he was working on something in the States for NASA. We wouldn't have known he was there if we hadn't looked for him.more

Hidden Tiger

Chill PS 31.1 beadle take; late pre-labs, find him at MO

positive

CoursePS 31.1

WOO GO U GUYS!!!I was his beadle for PS 31.1. He's an all-around chill guy. Since there were only a few of us in class, we were grouped up by pairs. We had mostly lab activities and one long test for our grade.He tends to send in pre-labs and instructions for the next lab activity a bit late, unless the beadle emails him about it to ask for it. Most of the lab activities are actually pretty similar to the lab activities of PS 2 for the earlier part of the sem.When it comes to attendance, he comes in a little bit late every now and then, and is pretty lax. If he comes in late and your class beadle is the kind that goes to the department to look for them (lol that was me), he's hardly ever in Faura, so you may have to go all the way to Manila Observatory to find him, even for consultations.Before doing the experiment, he'll show you how to go through everything and how to use all the machines, and he isn't sungit when you ask him to show you how to do it again which I really appreciated!!During actual lab times, if you and your partner/group decide to answer the questions for lab activity already, you can actually go up to him and ask if you got the right answer and he'll let you know if you're correct. He even lets you use the computers in the labs so that you can Google the answers.All in all he's a really chill guy - easy B+ and definitely A-able.Funny story: At the start of the sem, we didn't have lab for two weeks. People would go look for him in Faura to find out that he wasn't there. We later found out - not from him, but from the department chair - that he was working on something in the States for NASA. We wouldn't have known he was there if we hadn't looked for him.more

Quiet Ibis

Knows his stuff but never returned work

Retake?No
LeniencyNo

For future reference: Sir Simpas is a nice person naman and he really knows what he's doing since hes worked with NASA , got a PhD abroad and he's like the program director sa Manila Observatory etc etc so he's really good and may matutunan ka talaga whenever you ask him questions! Pero medyo sad experience lang especially sa Online Setting because sir has some trouble with teaching online so as a result I personally didnt really get to learn sa lab :(( we cant blame him naman for not being techy but he did two things that were really off putting 1. He never returned any outputs and didnt give feedback 😢 Gulatan nalang sa end ng sem if mababa grade mo... he also didnt follow the syllabus rubric (dapat 20% peer evals, pero di niya cinount, dapat 6 prob sets pero he only graded 4 etc,,) despite this the Physics Dep didnt entertain our appeals kahit na violation ng student rights sa handbook 🤔 2. He follows a normal distribution when handing out grades! In other words he grades RELATIVELY, ie. The groups with the "best" lab report gets an A, tapos the next groups end up with B+, tapos B etc. in his own words "impossible naman na A kayo lahat",, so that means you can do everything right but just get a B because he likes the other outputs more 3. Medyo di siya clear mag bigay instructions and he can say things na insensitive / walang empathy esp during these times,, eg "sometimes we think too highly of ourselves" etc sksks more

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Vivid Badger

Chill lab, one LT, almost no post-labs

positive

CoursePS 31.1
WorkloadLight

Had him for PS 31.1!! He’s super chill and really nice!! He would give us brief lectures on the lab activity and explain it really well and like when we’d have to set up something he’d demo it in front! We didn’t have to do post labs (probs had 2 lang) cause he made us answer an activity sheet that came with the experiment! His LT questions were the same as the pre lab guide questions and we only had 1 LT! He didn’t return a lot of our papers I think it’s cause he’s really busy with all the other stuff he does like he was absent the first 2 or 3 weeks of school cause he had a conference w NASA or smth daw!more

Fancy Wolf

Dry lectures, generous partials, no curve

positive

LeniencyYes

His teaching style is quite boring, and he gets lost in his own solutions at times. If you study the book, you would be able to follow the lesson. He grades pretty generously (i got like 5/15 points for an item in an LT just for putting the given and a completely wrong solution). No curve at all, if he says you're getting a D, you're getting a D. Would still recommend him though, you're in good hands!:)more

Keen Osprey

Practice questions basically preview the LTs

negative

Before our LTs under him, he gave us questions to practice on. In one of them, he just copy pasted a question from the book. The rest were very similar. 👌👌👌

Lively Crane

Life is unfair. You should just deal with it.

neutral

"Life is unfair. You should just deal with it." 🥴

Anonymous

Chill lectures; LT problems are book copies

positive

Had him for PS21/21.1. Sir Simpas is generally chill. He has simple but direct ppts about the lesson from the syllabus. He simplifies the stuff in the book and has examples for each topic which he explains clearly. Could be boring at times if he gets into story mode or talking about the topic further than the basics but I guess he really loves PS lol. He helps you understand stuff so long as you ask him. The thing is there might be points where he has to hurry stuff along because of time (he can be busy with his other job and can be late at times(so free cut)) so just help each other/don't get left behind. For LTs he gives you problems from the book. They are a lot but the problem solving part of the LT is literally copy pasted except the numbers are changed. The rest is short answers for the theory. Best advice is really just do everything. Try to memorize how to do a problem but also the theory of course. As for labs he explains what to do and the concepts before an experiment. He goes around and helps you in any way possible just ask. Even helps you make sure your data is correct. The class is definitely B+/A-able with effort. 😁more

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ATMOS 200.2MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE3 u1 section
- ZZZ1LectureNo schedule published
ATMOS 240ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY3 u1 section
- ZZZLectureNo schedule published
PHYS 199.1UNDERGRADUATE THESIS I2 u1 section
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