Teaching
My primary goal as a teacher is to help students meet their own learning goals without judgement. For some, this may simply be competency in course material. Others may want to develop a level of mastery with which they can analyze and evaluate different approaches to the material. I aim to design syllabi, assignments, and feedback with the right combination of rigor and flexibility to meet many different students' needs.
In my experience as a teacher, I have noticed two major challenges: (1) student fear of failure leading to aversion to trying multiple approaches and (2) use of equations without understanding of context. To address these challenges, I encourage my students to take an experimental approach to their own learning, and to thoroughly examine and understand a problem prior to attempting any solutions.
My teaching portfolio includes a combination of assignments, syllabi, and student feedback on instruction from the following experiences:
Courses Taught
| ME 210: Intro to Mechatronics | Primary Instructor | 2025 |
| ME 220: Intro to Sensors | Primary Instructor | 2024 |
| ME 210: Intro to Mechatronics | Course Assistant | 2024 |
| ME 210: Intro to Mechatronics | Course Assistant | 2023 |
Training
| CIRTL@Stanford Associate | 2024 |
| Graduate Course Design Institute | 2024 |
Service
| Leadership in Inclusive Teaching | Academic Year 2024-2025 |
| Hope House Scholars | Summer 2024 |