Teaching, Mentoring, and Service

Connecting fundamentals to function

My experience teaching capstone and introductory design courses at Caltech and MIT taught me the importance of active learning and autonomy in promoting effective student learning. By emplpoying these techniques with opportunities to practice varied communication modalities, I aim to promote confident communication and application of engineering first-principles in my students. 

Growing diverse leaders from diverse learners 

Having mentored undergraduates in research and holistic settings as a research mentor and residential associate, I strive to create safe spaces for students to fearlessly learn and make mistakes, adapting my communication to suit diverse needs and interests. Having had formal technical leadership training at MIT, I plan to expose students to a variety of communication and technical leadership frameworks in settings that encourage students to practice and master what works for them. 

Promoting a holistic growth mindset 

By serving as a peer mentor for first-year graduate students at MIT Mechanical Engineering, I learned the importance of holistic development in growing as an effective researcher. From navigating uncertainty in communication to perseverance through setbacks and building healthy life habits, I aim to instill a sense of growth from failure as achievement and lifelong learning in my mentees and students. 

List of Courses 

I am most qualified to offer the following courses at the undergraduate level: 

• Statics

• Mechanics of Materials 

• Dynamics and Vibrations 

• Measurement and Instrumentation

• Capstone Design 

At the graduate level, I am qualified to teach courses related to my research: 

• Continuum Mechanics 

• Introductory Finite Element Analysis 

• Structural Responses to Waves and Vibrations 

• Mechanics of Architected Materials 

Sample Syllabus