I am a passionate educator and teaching is my primary motivating factor for pursuing a career in academia. My teaching philosophy is captured by BEIM as described below. My hope is that this approach will not only benefit my students but also present learning opportunities for my own personal and professional growth.
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Teaching at Texas A&M University
Fall 2023, Spring 2024 - ECEN 322 Electric and Magnetic Fields
Prior Teaching Experience
Microwave Lab Course Development at Texas A&M University (2021-2022)
Teaching Assistant and lab development, EEL3472C EE Science II - Electromagnetics, University of South Florida, Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
Teaching Assistant, EEL4471, Electromagnetics, University of South Florida, Spring 2017, 2016, 2015
Teaching Assistant, EEL6426/4421 RF and Microwave Circuits I, University of South Florida, Fall 2016 and Fall 2015
Teaching Experience during Graduate School
An older version of my teaching portfolio may be found here: View my Teaching Portfolio here
A successful engineer designs solutions to real world problems and I believe that the ultimate goal of an engineering teacher is to provide students with the guidance, resources, and opportunities to attain success. My belief is that this goal can be attained by providing an interactive classroom with resources for students to build a strong theoretical base and by offering opportunities to apply this knowledge through discussions, design and experimentation. In the past, I have used the following to support my teaching goals:
Interactive animations for teaching concepts in electromagnetics followed by experiments (see picture to the left)
Software to visualize homework answers for electromagnetics and RF/microwave engineering courses
Problem solving tips and group discussions
I used this approach while developing the lab component of EEL3472C EE Science II - Electromagnetics at the University of South Florida. More information on my experience developing the course and results are available here.
Testimonials
"Arya has been an extremely dedicated teaching assistant for me over several semesters, responsible not only for grading but also for creating course material, developing demonstrations to help students grasp difficult theoretical concepts, and running recitation sections. As valued as her efforts were during this period, she raised her impact to an entirely [new] level during summer 2017 and through the fall 2017 semester. Our department was redeveloping one of our foundational courses – Electromagnetics – and this activity included changing the course from 3 to 4 credit hours and adding a hands-on lab component. Arya performed over 80% of the creation, development and documentation of the 11 laboratory experiments…and much of this work was completed in the fall *while* she was teaching the 5 sections of the lab. This was a tremendous amount of work, but even more importantly we have already seen that the laboratory experience is helping our students to understand the concepts in electromagnetics better. The quality of her work is outstanding. "
~Thomas Weller, Ph.D., Professor and Head, Department of EECS, Oregon State University
(formerly Chair of Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida)
"Arya was a teaching assistant for my fall 2017 course, Electrical Engineering Science II, where she played a leading role in the development, and implementation, of a new weekly laboratory portion. Arya has an excellent aptitude for teaching – she effortlessly explains complex material by breaking them down into simpler concepts, with several practical examples/analogies. For my course last fall, Arya practically developed a new laboratory curriculum! She designed and developed all the experiments, sourced components, wrote the lab manual/summary, moderated the lab sessions, and led lab discussions. Undoubtedly, Arya’s efforts & clarity of instruction were a big part of our students’ success in this course. Arya is a passionate teacher; her meticulous organization skills, and clarity of thought, articulation & execution set her apart as an extraordinary teaching assistant. She is a tremendous asset to any professor and is a model representative of our department... "
~Ashwin B. Parthasarathy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor , Department of Electrical Engineering, USF
"Very knowledgeable on the subject matter - always probes discussion from the group - always ready and willing to answer questions - creates a good learning environment - everything really - too much to explain :) "
~Anonymous Student Feedback, USF, Spring 2017
""Very, very good at explaining concepts and reasons behind why certain integrals were performed or formulas used. Visualized problems by drawing them on a board and then explained them in words. Very nice person which makes her approachable. Easy to contact. As expected, very knowledgeable of material. Probably the best TA I've had..."
~Anonymous Student Feedback, USF, Spring 2018
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