Teaching
Teaching
First-year engineering, human-centered design, and engineering pathways, taught in the United States, Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
Approach
How I teach
I teach engineering as a practice that students do, not a body of facts they watch. My courses are built around projects with real stakeholders: students observe, interview, and listen before they define a problem, then prototype, test, and revise in studio-style sessions and design critiques.
I start from what students bring. Many of my students have come through transfer, dual enrollment, or another country’s school system, as I did, and I design for those routes rather than around them. Culturally responsive and ethical practice runs through the design process instead of sitting in a separate unit.
I also teach judgment about AI. Students learn to evaluate AI-generated work critically, to explain their reasoning without it, and to decide when it helps and when it gets in the way of learning. That classroom work feeds directly into my research and into Usewright.
Record
Courses and teaching roles
| Institution | Course or program | Role | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundational first-year engineering courses (three sections) | The Ohio State University, USA | Faculty | Autumn 2026 – present |
| EGN 3910: Human-Centered Design within Systems and Society | Florida International University, USA | Instructor | AY 2025–2026 |
| EGS 3060: Engineering Professional Development for a Global Society | Florida International University, USA | Guest lecturer | AY 2025–2026 |
| EGS 2053: Foundations of Interdisciplinary Engineering (redesigned, fully online dual enrollment) | Florida International University, USA | Instructor of record | AY 2023–2024 |
| Engineering Project Methodology; Engineering Pathways (remote) | Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria | Lecturer | Summer 2023 – Summer 2026 |
| STEM curriculum and mathematics; Model United Nations program | Ministry of Education, United Arab Emirates | STEM Specialist and Mathematics Teacher | 2019–2022 |
| Career-exploration workshops for international students | Oasis of Life, United Kingdom | Educational consultant | 2018–2019 |
| Introduction to Engineering Pathways; Engineering Design | Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria | Instructor | 2016–2018 |
| Engineering Mathematics; Calculus | Delta State University, Nigeria | Graduate teaching assistant | AY 2014–2015 |
| Assigned Project I; Engineering Mathematics; Advanced Calculus | Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria | Graduate teaching assistant | 2014 |
Evidence
Results and redesigns
Outcomes
- 100% course completion in the redesigned, fully online EGS 2053 dual-enrollment course for high school seniors at Florida International University.
- Leads an instructional team of six undergraduate and three graduate teaching assistants across three first-year sections at Ohio State, with weekly planning and feedback meetings.
- Founded First Class Profs’ Academy (2008–2014), a tutoring service for more than 200 engineering undergraduates a year, with a team of more than 15 tutors.
Curriculum design
- Redesign of EGS 2053, Foundations of Interdisciplinary Engineering, with Drs. Monica Cardella and Bruk Berhane (2023–2024).
- Committee member for the redesign of the PhD in Engineering and Computing Education at FIU to incorporate AI and emerging technologies (2024–2026).
- Model United Nations curriculum for high school seniors, approved by the UAE Ministry of Education (2020).
- Restructured the mechanical engineering capstone course, Assigned Project I, at LAUTECH (2014).
In students’ words (EGS 2053)
This design process is beginning to make more sense since you started teaching us.
Thank you for always engaging us with activities that make our milestone deliverables easier.
Ongoing development
- Teaching and Learning to Build AI Fluency Teaching Endorsement, Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning, Ohio State (expected January 2027).
- SoTL and DBER Learning Community, 2026–2027 cohort, Drake Institute (expected April 2027).