Teaching

Teaching Philosophy

My teaching goals are focused on disseminating information amongst students from diverse audiences while ensuring clear and lasting retention. With adequate preparation, sensitivity to students’ needs, and accessibility, an effective learning environment can be created to cater to students’ needs.

Approach

• Lecture in 15-minute bursts with 3–5-minute breaks in between
• Lecture material is guided by learning outcomes
• “Breaks” included
  • Class discussions
  • Anonymous polls program
  • Short reflections
• Consistent Evaluation
  • Self-reflection
  • Student assessments (quizzes and exams)
  • Student feedback
• Teaching tools
  • Virtual lectures (Zoom and in-person streaming)
  • Smart boards
  • Virtual platforms
  • Polling and assessment software

Feedback 

• Students in chemical engineering department are very interested in the application of the lecture materials in “real-life” examples
• Students also appreciate the instructor taking time to go through difficult problems by providing a well outlined step-by-step approach to solving problems

Example

• Mass transfer using chromatography columns
  • Convection
  • Axial dispersion
  • Film mass transfer
  • Pore diffusion
  • Adsorption