Teaching

I take great pride in my teaching. I truly believe teaching and research are synergistic activities in the dissemination and creation of knowledge. Here are some of the courses I teach:

1. Engineering Analysis 2 (undergraduate): Syllabus
   

   

        Overall instructor rating:              4.54/6.00

        Overall course rating:                  4.21/6.00

        Level of intellectual challenge:    4.69/6.00

1. Computational Inelasticity (graduate): Syllabus
   

        Overall instructor rating:              5.43/6.00

        Overall course rating:                  5.14/6.00

        Level of intellectual challenge:    5.71/6.00

Honors & Awards

1. O. C. Zienkiewicz young investigator medal 2007. Awarded biennially by ICE for best paper in finite elements (see the paper)
   

2. Searle Center for Teaching Excellence Fellow, 2007-2008
   

3. ASCE New Face in Civil Engineering (see press release here)
   

4. Shaw Family Graduate Fellowship, Stanford, 03-04
   

5. John A. Blume Graduate Fellowship, Stanford, 01-03
   

6. Florida Institute of Technology Distinguished Scholar, 02
   

7. Outstanding senior, junior and sophomore of the year, Florida Tech, 99-01
   

8. All American Scholar, 00, 04
   

9. Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society
   

10. Chi Epsilon, Civil Engineering Honor Society