Graduate teaching assistant, Spring 2024
Undergraduate course, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MANE Department, 2024
TA for Mechatronics under Professor Sandipan Mishra. Mechatronics is a senior-level elective course that combines the sheer mathematical fun of control theory, the joy of characterizing and using hardware, and the headaches of hardware-software integration into a high-workload course that challenges even the few graduate students who take it. It is, without a doubt, my favorite course to TA.
| Responsibilities | Detail |
|---|---|
| Hold office hours for 3 hours a week. | Bi-weekly office hours were attended by a strong contingent of students. I leveraged a group format to ensure students learned to work together and tackle problems they thought were insoluble. |
| Guide students in-class to complete assignments. | Attended most lectures to provide supplemental instruction as needed, including help with lab assignments and hardware work. |
| Revise and update labs. | Expanded labs to clarify content and include key takeaways, which were noted on student evaluations as extremely helpful. |
| Update MagLev project documentation. | Revised the assignment structure for the magnetic levitation final project to follow the engineering design process. |
| Grade assignments. | Graded assignments promptly and fairly. |