06 Feb, 2023
Short interview on my perspective on medical/surgical robotics with Riddhi Nanda Kumar, an interested high school student at Dublin High School.
Educational Studies Program (ESP) Splash, MIT
Led two lectures (90 students, 60 students) on soft robotics, encompassing: bioinspiration, materials, actuation and sensing methods, and applications. Used examples of recent literature to demonstrate core concepts as well as use cases for soft robots.
Virtual, Northeastern University
Led two lectures of 15 students each (on average) on the history and state-of-the-art of medical technologies. Starting from the Ancient Egyptians up to important discoveries in the 19th and 20th centuries, all the way to modern day devices and techniques. Gave examples of recent academic papers exploring some more experimental designs and ideas, not yet developed into products. Ended course with Q&A section for students to ask me their questions and clarifications.
Virtual, Northeastern University
Led two lectures with ~40 students each on the history and state-of-the-art of medical technologies. Starting from the Ancient Egyptians up to important discoveries in the 19th and 20th centuries, all the way to modern day devices and techniques. Gave examples of recent academic papers exploring some more experimental designs and ideas, not yet developed into products. Ended course with Q&A section for students to ask me their questions and clarifications.
Instructor: Professor Jeff Foster (Fall 2019), Professor Norman Ramsey (Spring 2020)
Department of Computer Science, Tufts University
Undergraduate teaching assistant for graduate-level course in programming languages. I held weekly office hours to assist students in understanding key course concepts, navigating proofs, and facilitating their understanding of the material through their weekly homework assignments. I also joined the teaching staff in a weekly homework grading meeting, as well as meetings to grade exams.
Educational Studies Program (ESP) Splash, MIT
Led two lectures with ~50 students each on the history and philisophical themes found in the science fiction genre. Beginning with the literary birth of the genre (Mary Shelly's Frankenstein) and the reflection of society at the time in films such as Forbidden Planet and The Day The Earth Stood Still. I incorporated an exercise for the students to consider a fictional planet of their own, and begin to think as sci-fi writers making a single change to a "normal" world and seeing what that would entail (ex: a planet with corrosive acid rain; what would umbrellas be like? What about the water supply? Is there a way to use this acid rain to an advantage?)