My Teaching Philosophy is that hands-on engineering experiences enrich student problem-solving skills by linking analytical concepts with real-life applications. This approach helps students bridge academic gaps, and is especially beneficial to growing numbers of non-traditional students, including first-in-college students, learners with disabilities,  community college transfers, and adults pursing second careers.

Instructor Experiences: As a faculty member, I highlight the engineering advantages of integrating different perspectives in my team-based coursework and in my advising of students and their society chapters. I relate my teaching experiences where students who were former caretakers, drivers or store clerks build successful prototypes by trial-and-error machining, while many others may only consider 3D printing. Inclusion of such diverse approaches is critical to maintain US innovation in STEM.