If someone told me—somehow factually—that I'd die in the next minute, I'd hope they'd catch me either in front of a piano or teaching. These two are probably where I feel most at peace. Teaching has led me to some of the best times of my life.

My Master's thesis was titled Many Interesting Things, which is the name of a first-year course I piloted at MIT in the spring of 2018. The basic idea of the class was that while standard engineering curricula tend toward ruthlessness, even the most crazy of topics can be introduced in an inviting, exciting way. I covered computer architecture, strobe photography, quantum computation, machine learning, and computer vision. It was a joy to teach, yes, but more importantly, student feedback indicated that this was how they most enjoyed learning. The full thesis can be found in the Thesis page on this site!

Following my Master's, I was offered a one-year Lecturer contract at MIT for the 2018-2019 academic year. I taught multivariable calculus and piloted two new freshman classes based on the principles of Many Interesting Things. Above all, I worked with some truly wonderful students and colleagues. I think working with people is one of the reasons I most love to teach.

In 2020, I was awarded a Fulbright teaching grant, but the pandemic moved everything around, naturally. To stay useful, I taught a fair amount of new classes for MIT and high school students around the country using a remote teaching setup I developed. More on that can be found in the Personal Projects page on this site.

In 2023, I accepted a position back at MIT! Currently I advise first-year students, I teach a few courses, and I hold hands-on engineering workshops for students around the world. An evolving story... with many potential avenues to follow.