Teaching

As a teacher and mentor I strive to create inclusive spaces in classrooms and research labs where students feel respected, comfortable to show up as their whole self, and are engaged in dynamic and interactive learning opportunities. I use pedagogy and teaching and mentoring methods that put students at the center of their learning experiences.

Recent Courses


ENGR 3112: Advanced Engineering Foundations: Thermodynamics
Course Instructor – Fall 2024 at Boston College

Thermodynamics is everywhere! It's heating our homes, powering our cars, in our medical procedures, and controlling changes in the atmosphere and environment.

This course will cover the first and second laws of thermodynamics and apply them to closed and open systems. Topics include:

  • Energy conservation
  • Heat cycles
  • Entropy
  • Enthalpy
  • Material property estimation for pure components and mixtures
  • Phase equilibria.

Course will include engineering applications of thermodynamics in energy, the environment, and health.

Who should take this course?

All junior and senior HCE majors are eligible to take this course! We will build on concepts related to heat, energy, and thermodynamics that you learned about in EFS III. No matter if your area of interest is energy, the enviroment, health, or something else, we will have a myriad of examples to work won because thermodynamics is everywhere! It fulfills one of your Advanced Engineering Foundations and technical elective requirements.


ENGR 4320/3320: Quantitative Sustainable Design

Course Instructor – Spring 2025/2024 at Boston College

This is a project-based course that focuses on the application of quantitative sustainable design (QSD) to energy technologies. QSD is a framework linking design and operational decisions to sustainability indicators to inform decision-making. This allows for navigation of trade-offs across environmental, economic, and social dimensions of sustainability.

In this course students will learn methods for economic analyses (TEA – techno-economic analysis, LCC – life cycle costing) and environmental sustainability assessment (LCA – life cycle assessment), as well as uncertainty and sensitivity analyses. Students will apply this process to a semester-long design project of an energy technology of interest.

(Course was listed as ENGR 3320 in Spring 2024 and updated to ENGR 4320 in Spring 2025.)

Who should take this course?

HCE majors interested in energy concentration. Environment concentration students may also be inetrested. Non-HCE majors shold contact the instructor for permission.

Potential project topics:

  • Sustainable aviation fuels
  • Biorefineries with biofuels and co-products
  • Electric vehicles
  • Batteries
  • Hydrogen production
  • Green infrastructure

 

ENGR 3702 & 3703: Third-Year Reflection

Course Instructor – Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, at Boston College

  • Weekly 50-min (0 credit hour) required seminar for all third-year students (25) majoring in Human-Centered Engineering
  • Course Description: Students will participate in weekly reflections designed to integrate experiences in the HCE classroom with broader questions about the relationships among engineering, design, and society. In the third year, students will explore ideas of engineering identity, service-based engineering, and what it means to engage with communities during engineering project work.

Past Courses

ABE 226: Biotechnology Laboratory I
Teaching Assistant – Fall 2019 at Purdue University

  • Supervised laboratory section of the course: twice weekly, 2 hours, 24 students in ABE, biology, and other majors ranging from sophomores to seniors
  • Guided students through SEA-PHAGES Phage Discovery process of isolation, purification, amplification, and characterization of new bacteriophages
  • Taught students fundamental biotechnology lab skills including aseptic technique and proper use of pipettes, centrifuges, and proper waste disposal
  • Assisted students with decision making skills, data analysis, and presentation of data
  • Graded laboratory notebooks, project reports and presentations

ABE 201: Thermodynamics in Biological Systems I
Teaching Assistant – Fall 2019 at Purdue University

  • Supervised laboratory section of the course: weekly, 3 hours, 64 sophomores
  • Organized and lead in-lab activities and assisted students with projects
  • Graded laboratory assignments and project reports
  • Provided students with feedback and guidance on maintaining lab notebooks

ABE 304: Bioprocessing Engineering Laboratory
Teaching Assistant – Spring 2018 & Spring 2017 at Purdue University

  • Taught laboratory classes and pre-lab lectures to 64 junior-level students on fluid dynamics, fermentation, bioseparations, and membrane filtration
  • Graded pre-lab assignments, laboratory reports, and laboratory notebooks
  • Contributed to course planning including designing experiments and updating laboratory manuals for clarity

Other Teaching & Mentoring Experiences

  • Verified Certificate, The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project, Boston University Online (BUx), December 2021
  • Certificate in Foundations of College Teaching, Purdue University, March 2020
  • Provided formal and informal mentoring to graduate students in the same research group as well as others
  • Tutored more than 10 Division I student-athletes throughout a semester in Chemistry 1, Principles of Biology, and Introduction to Materials Engineering (Spring 2014)
  • Learning Assistant for BAE 101: Introduction to Biological Systems Engineering at Kansas State University – lead classroom discussions and organized out-of-class enrichment activities for freshmen students entering the major (2013)
  • Design Mentor for BAE 131: Introduction to Biological Systems Engineering Design 1 at Kansas State University – mentored freshmen throughout their semester-long design project, provided critical feedback and assistance (2012-2013)
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