University of Delaware

Starting the fall of 2015, I accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Delaware. The courses I have taught or am preparing to teach are listed below.

CHEG 112: Introduction to Chemical Engineering

The spring of 2016 will be my first semester teaching my favorite course! My contributions are primarily in the recitation sections and guest lectures and activities for this semester. I will also work with a team of faculty to develop further MATLAB instruction related to introductory chemical engineering problems to better prepare them for future programming projects.

CHEG 231: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I

In this course, with guidance from the AIChE Concept Warehouse and the work being done at LearnChemE, I implemented a (new to UD) set of conceptual questions and worksheets with gaps to promote more active learning in this typically lecture-based course. I also took on the honors discussion section of this class, where we explored contemporary issues and specifically chemical process safety from a thermodynamic perspective.

CHEG 304: Random Variability in Chemical Processes

In this course, we prepare students for work in experimental design. I am working with a team of faculty and graduate students to increase student practice in technical communication in this course starting spring of 2016.

CHEG 345: Chemical Engineering Laboratory I

In the spring of 2016 I am effectively serving as backup for the junior lab as I will likely take over the logistics of team dynamics, lab safety, and the lab schedule in the spring of 2017.

CHEG 431: Chemical Process Design I

In the first official year of having a two-semester capstone design sequence, I worked to include a five-week module on chemical process safety into the course. In the future we will try to integrate it more seamlessly into the rest of the course, and it's my hope that eventually we will spin off an entire course devoted to process safety.