Teaching

Teaching Philosphy

I have a teaching philosophy that is strongly informed by my homeschool upbringing and my time at VCU. I believe that in order for an engineer to truly understand the material they must perform the task. Experiential learning cannot be replaced where value added to the student is concerned. As much time needs to be spent building/designing as is spent lecturing. I also believe that assessment and rigorous application of mathematics to hone student's skills are critical tools for teaching. It is important to frequently provide students with quizzes to assess their knowledge and use targeted homework and recitation to re-enforce key topics. I still believe that for assessing the course overall, exams are the gold standard. Students should view exams as an opportunity to display the skills, they have enjoyed learning hands-on. I try my best to relate any topic in class to real world scenarios and design problems. One advantage of working for the DoD is that every kind of electrical engineering problem you can imagine comes up in the real world as a problem to tackle. This has benefitted me greatly when it comes to explaining the importance of each topic to students. A lot more work can be done back of the envelope that one would imagine and it's a joy to see the students realize that when they hear real world examples.

EGRE-310 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

Spring, 2022
This course covers the fundamentals of time-varying electromagnetic fields. Topics include electromagnetic induction, Maxwell’s equations, wave propagation, guided waves, transmission lines and antennas. Laboratory exercises will serve to reinforce students’ understanding of time-varying fields and waves and train them in methods to measure, quantify and analyze dynamic electromagnetic phenomena.

EGRE-539 Introduction to Microwave Engineering

Fall, 2022 & 2023
Basics of electrodynamics in cartesian and cylindrical coordinates, design and fabrication of rectangular and conical waveguides, attenuators, horn antennas, wire and planar antennas, microstrip lines and microstrip RF filters.

EGRE-540 Microwave System Design

Spring, 2023 & 2024
Advanced electrodynamic principles and passive and active RF components, such as isolators, tuners, phase shifters, resonators, power amplifiers and oscillators. Antenna arrays, radiation patterns to include antenna measurements, microwave measurements using network analyzers, signal generators and signal/spectrum analyzers.
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