This site serves as a portfolio for my academic research and teaching history. The contents of this site also document my participation in the College Teaching course offered by the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana.
Testing for in-service stress
on a steel gusset plate
with guided waves.
Overview:
Several published modules of this site exist as a portfolio of work accomplished during a course on College Teaching. The first enclosed module is a module on effective course design techniques. This module includes a revised learner center syllabus of an existing course, an observation of an excellent teacher and a sample lesson plan utilizing active learning concepts. The second module is a module with an example teaching lesson video. This lesson was generated for a flipped classroom environment to teach graduate level programming concepts for engineers. The final module included in this portfolio is my teaching philosophy statement.
Personal History:
Currently, I am a graduate student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana. My education history includes a bachelors degree from Michigan Technological University and a masters degree from The University of Illinois at Chicago both in Civil Engineering. My work experience includes working as an on-site civil engineer and in the office as a staff engineer for a large civil earthwork contractor. I enjoy traveling to the many different locations of various civil projects. One of my favorite aspects of engineering is that civil engineers often spending considerable amounts of time and energy in areas that most people travel through without any thought, such as tunnels, underpasses, retention basins, berms or bridge catwalks.
Research:
Past research topics of interest have been time-series analysis for production classifications, high density slurry fluid transport behaviors, and in-service stress identification of steel structures.
Current research topics of interest include advanced processing of synthetic aperture focusing techniques, ultrasonic array applications for infrastructure, automated infrastructure testing platform analysis and material nonlinearity identification through nondestructive vibration.
Teaching:
Past courses in which I have been a Teaching Assistant:
-University of Illinois at Chicago : Statics
-University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana : Nondestructive Testing for Infrastructure, Project Based Learning Course
Photos from site visits:
Evaluating ultrasonic array imaging on fiber reinforced bridge columns.
Finite element model of ultrasonic array behavior on a concrete slab.
Non-Academic Interests:
– Amateur Radio
– Skiing, Backpacking
– Landscape Photography
