...I have taught courses in Mathematical Logic at the undergraduate level on many occasions. I routinely use MATLAB for research purposes and to perform extensive matrix computations and simulate differential equations. Additionally, I have taught courses in Scientific Computing with MATLAB at the undergraduate and graduate level many times. (read more)
...Learning happens best when students are comfortable and interested, and my teaching style is based on that premise. I enjoy interacting with students and I think it shows in the energy and encouragement I bring to the job. Listening is at least as important in my job as talking. (read more)
...At first, I could get away with doing the subjects I liked and ignoring the ones I didn't. Eventually it caught up to me and I had to spend a full quarter on grammar and history. The solution I found was to dig deeper into the subjects I hated. (read more)
...Additionally, I started my training to become a teacher. I was assigned many labs sections to not only teach but to develop new experiments to incite student interest and involvement. After graduate school I spent a few semesters teaching conceptual physics to both technical and non-science students at a community college in North Carolina. (read more)