Teaching at Purdue

David often teaches heat and mass transfer classes. This includes teaching ME 505 Intermediate Heat Transfer to graduate students, including in Fall 2022 and 2023. He also teaches ME 315 Heat and Mass Transfer. In Spring 2025, he teaches the 2:30 section. In Fall 2024, he runs the the lab. In Fall 2021 he taught the 9:30 section, in Fall 2019 and 2018, He taught the 12:30 section. Brightspace is the course website for both, while HW is submitted on gradescope.

In Spring 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020, David taught ME 463 Engineering Design. His section has been the Research section, which often has included water and energy systems, the MECC competition teams, and other research-based projects. He received a 4.9/5 overall instructor teaching review in 2020-more recent years have discontinued that category.

Previously, David has also done two study abroads to Peru for Water-Energy research with Prof. Luciano Castillo, the latest for Course Credit (4.9/5 teaching reviews). These combined networking between institutes while collecting data on water pollution. Link to trip video.

David also includes fun demo’s in his classes, like caramelizing the meringue of Baked Alaska Ice Cream with a torch.

 Service for Students

David is a member of the, ME Taskforce on Equality, Anti-Racism, and Inclusion. Previously he was the founder and chair of the Mechanical Engineering Diversity Subcommittee, which was related to the admissions committee. A notable success includes achieving a university-wide fee waiver for low income students and waivers for a broad scope of diverse students.

David has been serving as chair of the ME Fellowship committee

David was also the chair of the Heat Transfer Area Exam in mechanical engineering.

Graduate and Undergraduate Mentor

David works with many students and makes mentoring them a priority. Info on undergrad opportunities here.

 

 

David, next to the posting in the MIT infinite corridor for the award: "Outstanding UROP Graduate Mentor 2014-2015" while holding the trophy for said award. One was awarded each year among MIT's 6,800 graduate students.

 

Past Teaching Experience

 

MITxplore

Teacher of young ambitious students (grades 4-7) on unconventional math topics. More info

Teaching Assistant, MAE 221 Thermodynamics

Undergraduate Thermodynamics course for Mechanical & Aerospace majors. Role: Taught a 35-student section, graded homework, and held office hours.  David received the highest rating by students among TA's (4.63/5), and had very high attendance (and defectors from other sections attended his). (2010)


Grader, TAM 203 Dynamics

TAM, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Standard Dynamics course for undergraduates. Role: Graded homework, held office hours, and attending course planning meetings. (2007)

Elementary School After-School Science Teacher

Beverly J. Martin Elementary School Role: Planned and taught weekly after-school lessons for the “A-plus” program, partnering with the local “Sciencenter,” teaching Kindergarten through 5th grade. (2007)

 

Freelance Tutor

Role: Taught math, physics, and chemistry for grades 6 through 12, undergraduate, and graduate students.

 

Teaching Training: Courses & Certificates

  • Effective College Teaching Workshop, (Purdue), 2019

  • Engineering Diversity & Inclusion Workshop, (Purdue) 2019

  • Fundamentals of Teaching Science (Yale) 2017

  • Kaufman Teaching Certificate (MIT) 2016

  • Learner’s Workshop (MIT) 2015

  • An Introduction to Evidenced-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching (MOOC) 2015

  • Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering (MIT)

  • Engineering TA Development Program (Cornell) 2010

  • The Art of Teaching (Cornell) 2007