Teaching
Teaching Assistant, and Guest Lecturer. 19-653/24-640 Climate Change Mitigation. Carnegie Mellon University. 2016 Spring.
Leading Teaching Assistant, and Project Manager. 19-452/88-452/90-720 Project Course: Providing Information to Non-English Speakers during Disasters. Carnegie Mellon University. 2014 Fall.
Guest Panelist. 19-425/19-625 Sustainable Energy for the Developing World. Carnegie Mellon University. 2015 Spring.
- Course instructors/References: Allen Robinson, Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering and Public Policy; Inês Azevedo, Engineering and Public Policy.
- Course descriptions: Graduate-level course with focus on science, technology, social science, and public policy issues related to climate change sciences and mitigation.
- My responsibilities: (1) helped design and graded problem sets, in-class quizzes, mid-term exams, and final exams; (2) held tutorial sessions and office hours, and led in-class paper discussions to help students learn by themselves; (3) served as a guest lecturer and gave two lectures on Natural Gas and Climate Change, and Transportation and Climate Change.
Leading Teaching Assistant, and Project Manager. 19-452/88-452/90-720 Project Course: Providing Information to Non-English Speakers during Disasters. Carnegie Mellon University. 2014 Fall.
- Course instructors/References: Jon Peha, Engineering and Public Policy, and Electrical and Computer Engineering; Michael Yu, Social and Decision Sciences.
- Course descriptions: Students work in multidisciplinary teams on a cutting edge project topic with very little in the way of pre-digested analysis or solutions. Project deliverables include two formal presentations and a technical report between 100 and 200 pages, and are examined by an external review panel of real-world experts and professors on campus who have the expertise. Read here for more information.
- My responsibilities: (1) worked closely with instructors to design the course, track students’ progress, evaluate and discuss coaching strategies, and grade students’ performance; (2) met with students in and out of classroom to help them work together effectively; (3) provided critical feedback to students on their analytical work, presentations, and written reports; (4) presented guest lectures on graphics and visual design, writing, etc. to help students overcome key learning barriers.
Guest Panelist. 19-425/19-625 Sustainable Energy for the Developing World. Carnegie Mellon University. 2015 Spring.
- Course instructor/Referee: Paulina Jaramillo, Engineering and Public Policy.
- Course descriptions: An upper-level undergraduate/graduate course examines the current state of energy systems in developing countries and the challenges these countries will face to sustainably meet their energy needs during the 21st century.
- My responsibilities: Served as a guest panelist for discussion and Q&A with students about energy issues in developing areas of the world.