Teaching

My teaching interests and competencies lie in the areas of fluid and thermal science at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Teaching is something that I do with a great deal of passion. I was bitten by the "teaching bug" early on and have never since recovered. In fact, as far as I can recall, except for my relatively mild "rebellious" teenage years when I dreamt of being a volcanologist, a geologist, an astronomer and an explorer (!), I have always wanted to teach.

As I see it, a good teacher must have a good sense of humor, be knowledgeable, approachable, enthusiastic, and fair. A good teacher motivates students to learn, peeks their curiosity, addresses their various learning styles, and encourages them to seek more knowledge on their own, all of which are skills that will help them throughout their life. Ultimately, this means preparing students to eventually become better than we are, so as to continue to advance science, technology and to seek the betterment of all humankind.

Students are welcome to stop by my office anytime, even outside of office hours. Please be forewarned, however, of the increase of entropy principle that applies to my office as the semester progresses!

Current and Past Courses:

Students enrolled in one of my classes may access the course handouts, assignments and other materials by logging into their OU Moodle account.

EGR 2500: Introduction to Thermal Engineering

ME 3500: Introduction to Fluid and Thermal Energy Transport

ME 4510/5510: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics

ME 4520/5520: Intermediate Heat Transfer

ME 5515: Computational Fluid Dynamics

Obsolete courses:

ME 241: Thermodynamics

ME 449/549: Numerical Techniques in Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow