My primary objective as a teacher of a laboratory course is that the students taking my classes, receive the best-required support from me as an instructor to facilitate the learning process, preparing them with a qualified engineering background either for industry or for a research position in academia. My teaching strategy combines approaches based on my personal experience as a Ph.D. student at USF College of engineering in the RF-MEMS field in the Electrical Engineering department, and experience working as a professional in the industry. I combine the theory learned in class and experiments learned in the laboratory, relating them with real problems currently happening in the semiconductor and RF/ Microwave industries.

Since my teaching classes are hands-on oriented laboratories for EEL 6935 Advanced Integrated Circuit Technology or EEL 5936 Wireless Circuits and System Lab, I evaluate my students with homeworks, pre-laboratory assignments, post-laboratory reports, pop quizzes, group projects and exams, typically for the pre-laboratory assignments I give the students some Journal Papers as references related to the assignment and hints how to get or find the required answers to solve these assignments, I usually post before each session in CANVAS the procedures and laboratory assignments with step by step problems or questions that are solved during the laboratory session that is typically in teams of 2 maximum 3 students per team.

Related to the pop quizzes and final exam, I usually notify the students in advance and talk with them related to the content of these examinations, hence the students have time to prepare for the exams. All the laboratory assignments are performed in a team, however, the pre and post laboratory reports are individual assignments, the pre-laboratory assignments are due at the beginning of the laboratory class and the post-laboratory reports are due one week after the laboratory class (unless otherwise announced).

The result of my teaching method as observed in the past has been very effective, all the students have opportunity to work with the equipment taking measurements and they usually graduate with an excellent hands-on background in measurements for semiconductor devices or for RF/Microwave measurements (depending on the class that I am teaching), some students usually apply and pass the Agilent Technologies certification called “Agilent RF & Microwave Industry-Ready Certified” for EEL 5936 Wireless Circuits and System Laboratory class.

As part of my continuous improvement teaching method, during the term, I usually apply a survey for feedback from the students about my laboratory classes in order to make some changes if they are required or cover special topics that they need if time permitting during the term.