Construction Materials
Teaching Assistant · Drexel University · Two quarters
Teaching & mentoring
Learning to ask.
Learning to investigate.
I help students and early-career scientists develop scientific independence and problem-solving skills through teaching, research mentoring, and outreach.
In the classroom
Ideas made
tangible.
My teaching experience spans construction materials, mechanics, earthquake engineering, and programming—subjects that connect physical intuition with quantitative reasoning.
Earthquake Engineering
Teaching Assistant · Sharif University · One semester
Mechanics & programming
Teaching Assistant · Shahid Beheshti University · Statics, Fluid Mechanics, laboratory instruction, and Computer Programming
Statics & Mechanics of Materials
Private tutoring
In the laboratory
Room to grow
as a scientist.
I have mentored undergraduate and doctoral students across materials research projects, including NIST SURF, NSF REU, and Drexel research programs.
NIST
Summer research
Undergraduate mentoring through the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program in 2025.
Drexel & Rowan
Research experience
Mentoring across NSF REU, STAR, co-op, and summer research programs from 2021 to 2024.
Doctoral research
Collaborative inquiry
Mentoring Ph.D. students through NSF-supported work at Drexel in 2024.
Beyond campus
An early encounter
with science.
STEM outreach at Drexel included a two-month K–12 internship program with Latin Charter School in 2023 and a workshop for Eureka Summer Camp in 2022.
Best Teaching Assistant Award · Shahid Beheshti University · 2013