Teaching

Fast.ai Part 2, 2022

Practical Deep Learning for Coders, Online, 2022

As an instructor for this ongoing course, I am preparing Python notebooks and code for the class, recording lectures with other instructors and course contributors (led by Jeremy Howard), answering student questions, managing the course forum, and conducting research along the way.

The first set of lectures were released here.

Fast.ai Part 1, 2022

Practical Deep Learning for Coders, https://course.fast.ai, 2022

As a teaching assistant for the class, I was answering student questions during and after lessons and managing the course forum.

BIM 1 Fall 2020

Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2020

Led two 3 hr long weekly discussion sections that involved:

  • Mentoring teams for the class design challenge (assistive shoe-tying machine for hemiplegic children)
  • Solidworks tutorial
  • lecturing about the engineering design process
  • reviewing the main lecture content
  • grading quizzes and Solidworks assignment for about 60 undergrad freshman and sophomore ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏engineering students
  • organization and coordination of the design challenge for the entire class Due to the virtual nature of the class that year, significant work was put in to ensure that the class format (which usually involves lots of hands-on activities as part of the design challenge) translated well to the new format.

BIM 1 Fall 2019

Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2019

Led two 3 hr long weekly discussion sections that involved:

  • Mentoring teams for design challenge 1 & 2
  • Design Challenge #1 (Rube Goldberg machine with various constraints and requirements)
  • Design Challenge #2 (Assistive shoe-tying machine for hemiplegic children)
  • Solidworks tutorial
  • lecturing about the engineering design process
  • reviewing the main lecture content
  • grading quizzes and Solidworks assignment for about 50 undergrad freshman and sophomore ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏engineering students

Mentored 11 teams for the design challenges. Out of the total 35 teams in the course, one of the teams that I mentored won the challenge.