During my time as a grad student at Cornell, I was a TA as well as a grader for a few classes. Here you can find infomation about these classes and some student feedback.
phys7681: quantum info. processing [grader, fall 2022]
Covered quantum algorithms, including Grover's algorithm and Shor's algorithm, error correction, teleportation, and cryptography.
I graded homework assignments. This was a nice opportunity to brush up on quantum computing.
phys6554: general relativity II [grader, spring 2021]
Covered Kerr and Reissner-Nordstrom black holes, the Penrose process, superradiance, FRW cosmology, inflation, and cosmological perturbation theory.
I graded homework assignments and held weekly office hours.
phys7652: relativistic QFT II [grader, spring 2020]
Covered path integrals in QFT, symmetry breaking, Abelian and non-Abelian gauge theory, the renormalization group, and anomalies.
I graded homework assignments, held weekly office hours, and wrote half of the final exam.
After the semester ended, the students sent me some great gifts, as you can see on the right: a shirt and two books!
phys2217: electricity and magnetism [TA, spring 2020]
Introduction to electromagnetism for physics majors. I taught two discussion sections and a lab section.
Some notes from discussion sections:
- Ampere's law, current-carrying wires and sheets (6 April)
- Induced electric field from sinusoidal current (13 April)
- Relativistic formulation of Maxwell's equations (27 April)
Comments from students (emphasis mine):
Arguably as helpful, if not more helpful, than the lectures themselves
...always found a way to explain complicated topics in very simple terms...
...sparked my interest in physics by posing interesting high-level questions.
Really fun guy... able to teach in an understandable and lighthearted manner that I really liked.
...would always teach us some additional, occasionally advanced extensions to our EM curriculum that really helped deepen our understanding of physics.
phys1101: general physics I [TA, fall 2019]
Algebra-based introduction to physics for non-majors. It's also an autotutorial (self-paced) class.
It was very rewarding to teach students with no background in physics—even more so because of the many opportunities for one-on-one tutoring, as opposed to teaching groups.
