Mentor (IAP 2022) in the Physics Directed Reading Program for Brian Shi on the topic of Quantum Optics (coherent and squeezed states)
Completed 8.S998 Pedagogy and Practice evidence-based mentor training course
Traditional Associate Advisor (2020-2021) for 13 first years alongside Jocelyn Heywood - Senior Staff Associate, Advising and Academic Performance, OFY
Mentor (2020) for Edgerton Center Engineering Design Workshop (helped a team build muon detector from scratch)
Traditional Associate Advisor (2019-2020) for 4 first years alongside Jesse Thaler - Professor of Physics; Director, IAIFI
Seminar Associate Advisor (2018-2019) for 12 first years in the Edgerton Center Engineering, Art, and Science seminar alongside the well-known Ed Moriarty; K-12 Maker Team Leader (and my first year advisor) Diane Brancazio; and fellow associate advisor Talia Blum
Maintained a makerspace to facilitate a community of student-engineers from middle schoolers through professional alumni accessibly sharing advice on personal, class, and research projects
Recruited and scheduled 12 mentors to provide monitored access to students in addition to weekly hours in which I held a safety orientation for new users
Scheduled and conducted weekly training workshops on design for and operation of digital fabrication tools (3D printers, laser cutter, vinyl cutter) as well as drill presses, saws, a glass fusing kiln, a sewing machine, soldering tools, and/or electronics test equipment
Developed and co-taught a month-long virtual class on digital fabrication of pinball machines (assembled 24 108-piece kits, produced 231 student-designed parts)
Assessed the need for ordering and organizing tools, materials, and storage in addition to maintenance, repair, planning, and mentoring activities
