Teaching

Introduction of Diffusion (ISW, Winter 2023, UBC)

Over four weekends in November and December 2023, I participated in a postdoc instructional skills workshop (ISW) offered by the Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) at UBC. The workshop focused on the theory and practice of evidence-based teaching techniques, where we learned various elements of learner-centred lesson design and taught three short lessons to each other. My topic was about diffusion (Brownian motion, the Stokes-Einstein equation, and the kinetic theory), and I was teaching it to an audience from diverse disciplines (from biology to psychology). Overall, it was an engaging and helpful workshop.

Applications of Classical Mechanics (PHYS 350, Winter 2022, UBC)

This was an undergrad course on classical mechanics (e.g. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics), instructed by Prof. Mona Berciu. I gave a guest lecture near the end of the course on the topic of Q-learning, based on the example of a simple microswimmer. The detailed course materials (lecture notes and demo code) are here.

Boundary Layer & Heat Engines Labs (SG1217, SG2214, SG1216, 2016-2019, KTH)

These labs were part of the degree program for Engineering Physics and Aerospace/Vehicle Engineering students at KTH (mainly BSc level). Each lab took 2-3 hours and involved 3-5 students. My role as the lab instructor was to help the students connect the theory to reality, as well as to make sure they were safe during the experiments. Fun fact: We were interviewed by the Swedish National TV during one experiment!

Dynamics of Fluids (AME 309, 2014-2015, USC)

This was an undergraduate course on fluid dynamics. I was grading the homework assignments of around 50 students for Prof. Veronica Eliasson and Dr. David C. Wilcox (inventor of the k-ω model), respectively.

Mentees

1. Ricardo Tavares Domingos, MSc student, UBC (2024.09-)
   Topic: Fast Stokesian Dynamics (coadvised with Prof. Gwynn Elfring).
2. Giovanni Ferraresso, BSc student, UBC (2023.09-2024.05)
   Topic: Surface tension driven flows (coadvised with Prof. Gwynn Elfring).
   Next: MSc student at UBC.
3. Tim Berglund, BSc student, KTH (2023.01-2025.05)
   Topic: Solute transport in biofilms.
   Next: MSc student at KTH.
4. Naveen Kumar Agrawal, PhD student, KTH (2021.10-)
   Topic: Suspension rheology and dynamics (coadvised with Profs. Luca Brandt and Outi Tammisola).
5. Salar Zamani Salimi, MSc student, KTH (2020.06-2021.06)
   Topic: Numerical simulations of dense suspensions (coadvised with Prof. Luca Brandt)
   Next: PhD student Norwegian University of Science and Technology.