Teaching Experience

This course explores the physics and impacts of extreme weather events in our changing climate. I held twice-weekly study sessions where students could dive deeper into atmospheric dynamics, climate modeling, and the connections between extreme events and climate change. Leading exam review sessions and substituting two lectures gave me the opportunity to present complex material on topics like heat waves, hurricanes, and precipitation extremes to the full class. I also developed supplementary materials including homework error guides and practice worksheets to help students master challenging concepts and improve their problem-solving skills.

Teaching earthquake science in the San Francisco Bay Area, where students literally feel the subject matter, made this course particularly engaging. I facilitated weekly discussion sections exploring topics from plate tectonics and seismic waves to earthquake forecasting and building codes. Creating interactive quizzes and discussion materials helped students connect abstract geological concepts to their lived experience in earthquake country. The exam review sessions I organized gave students space to work through complex problems and develop intuition about how earthquakes work and how we can build resilience to seismic hazards.

This capstone design course challenged students to tackle real-world civil and environmental engineering problems through semester-long team projects. My role focused on mentoring student teams as they navigated the messy, iterative process of engineering design. I provided feedback on their project proposals, design iterations, and final deliverables, helping them develop both technical rigor and creative problem-solving skills. Watching students move from initial uncertainty to presenting polished, innovative infrastructure solutions was incredibly rewarding and reinforced my passion for mentoring the next generation of environmental engineers.