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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.

2021–2022

Construction Materials

Teaching Assistant · Drexel University · Two quarters

2015

Earthquake Engineering

Teaching Assistant · Sharif University · One semester

2011–2014

Mechanics & programming

Teaching Assistant · Shahid Beheshti University · Statics, Fluid Mechanics, laboratory instruction, and Computer Programming

2013–2019

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