Teaching
Teaching is important to me for various reasons, especially due to the central impact it has in bringing about collective harmony and progress among people. My initiative chemystery.org was also born out of this motivation – in an attempt to become a reference of sorts for scientific concepts that are difficult to understand while sparking curiosity to learn more within those spaces. As such, I will venture to present both these sites in a concise and simple form.
I love materials. They have been my daily bread and butter ever since I started playing with various chemicals at home. This natural inlincation has taken deep roots and as a result, I love to learn and share about them. I am passionate in helping the next generations understand their value and provide them an avenue for informed decision-making.
Visual learning plays a big role in fundamental learning, I will be making heavy use of illustrations, charts and plots in these webpages.
I have been a teaching assistant for various courses as a graduate student in Cornell, and have been actively engaged with high-school students to conduct crash courses in engineering and materials science.
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Teaching Assistant, MSE5860: Atomic Structure (Spring 2021)
- Teaching Assistant (Grader), MSE4330: Materials for Energy Production, Storage and Conversion (Fall 2018)
- Teaching Assistant, ENGRG1060: Exploration in Engineering (Summer 2019)
Expanding your horizons (EYH), Ithaca, NY, USA
- Teaching Assistant, Intro to Engineering: Conducted a summer-course crash course involving both academic and an experimental lab component for graduating high-school students (2014-2016)
Made a Difference (MAD), Hyderabad and Bangalore, India
- Course Mentor, Chemistry: Taught 2 batches of high-school students for a summer course (2014-2016)