Matthew Eckelman is a Civil Engineering professor at Northeastern University rated 4.57/5 on Rate My Professors by 7 students, with 2.6/5 RMP difficulty and 100% who would take them again (RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated October 2026).
Matthew Eckelman professor reviews and ratings: 4.57/5 from 7 RMP ratings at Northeastern (100% would take again). RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
This was among my favorite classes taken at NEU. Professor is super nice and will relate to you in all senses, including grading. Homeworks are 1 per week, and directly tied to in class problems. Would recommend this course heavily.GE3300 2026-04-13 19:18:21 +0000 UTC
I had fun...CIVE1200 2024-12-17 15:26:03 +0000 UTC
Great guy! Passionate and good at teaching. It's maybe 3-5 hours of homework a week which I'd say is below average for engineering classes. Extremely interesting course material and exams are very fair. I didn't study much, but did all the homeworks, and got consistent Bs. Can't complain. Probably the best person to take energy systems with.GE3300 2024-04-24 20:28:47 +0000 UTC
Professor Eckelman is a really really really nice guy who knows so so much about this course. This course is of course extremely difficult but his pure amount of knowledge and passion makes it interesting. Take-home midterms are extremely challenging and the grading is quite difficult but it is manageable as is the homework.GE3300 2022-05-10 03:10:46 +0000 UTC
Eckleman is super genuine and really cares about his students. He's clearly passionate about what he teaches/is always prepared for class which makes lectures much more interesting to attend. Midterms are both take home and open notebook. Very manageable workload with usually 1-2 homework assignments a week.GE3300 2022-04-21 18:01:12 +0000 UTC
Really nice guy who is clearly interested in material he teaches. Lectures can get a bit boring, but two open note, take-home midterms didn't hurt.GE3300 2018-12-06 15:09:08 +0000 UTC
If you can take Energy and Sustainability with Eckelman do it. He gives one kinda long homework assignment a week but no midterm and an open note final.GE3300 2015-12-14 15:27:51 +0000 UTC
Matthew Eckelman is rated 4.57/5 on Rate My Professors from 7 ratings. 100% of RMP reviewers said they would take them again.
Matthew Eckelman's classes have a difficulty rating of 2.6/5 on Rate My Professors.
Matthew Eckelman has taught SBSY5400, CIVE1200, CIVE7001, HONR1310, GE3300, CIVE5365, CIVE5368, SBSY5500 and 4 more at Northeastern.
Data updated October 2026.