Teaching

Courses I co-developed, assisted, and guest-lectured, plus student mentoring at the University of Florida.

Teaching Statement (PDF)

Course Development

EML4842C: Autonomous Vehicles

Course Co-Developer · University of Florida · Fall 2022 (with Carl D. Crane III)
  • Co-developed the course with Prof. Carl D. Crane III.
  • Designed and maintained the robotic vehicle platforms, and created assignments, projects, and lecture materials alongside the lecturer.
  • Taught undergraduates autonomous navigation with GNSS and LiDAR on a 1/10th-scale autonomous vehicle platform running ROS 2.
  • Course documentation: av1tenth-docs.readthedocs.io
1/10th scale autonomous vehicle platform used in EML4842C
The 1/10th-scale vehicle platform
GNSS receiver used on the vehicle
GNSS positioning
RPLidar sensor used on the vehicle
LiDAR mapping and localization

Teaching Assistant

University of Florida · 2021–2023, 2025

EML2023: Computer Aided Design

Fall 2021, Summer 2025

Graded assignments and held office hours.

EML6282: Robot Geometry II

Spring 2022

Graded assignments and held office hours.

EML3301C: Mechanics of Materials Lab

Summer 2025

Graded assignments and provided office hours.

UF-MAE Rapid Prototyping Facility

Manager and Lab TA · Gainesville, FL · September 2021 – August 2023
  • Trained and managed student assistants in CNC machining and 3D printing to precise tolerances.
  • Designed and built apparatus and experiments for undergraduate labs: Computer Aided Design, Mechanics of Materials Lab, and Dynamics and Controls System Laboratory.

Guest Lectures

  • Uncertainty-Aware Motion Planning for Magnetic-based Navigation, EML6934: Sensor-Based Robot Planning, Spring 2026 · Slides (PDF) · Slides (PPTX)
  • Controllability, EML4312: Control of Dynamic Systems, Fall 2024
  • Particle Filtering, EML6934: Sensor-Based Robot Planning, Spring 2024 · Slides (PDF) · Slides (PPTX)
  • Dead Reckoning, EML4842C: Autonomous Vehicles, Spring 2023

Mentoring

Zi-Hao Zhang, master’s and Ph.D. researcher (2024–present)
Learning-based tracking of divers and agents

Khanh Dong, master’s researcher (2026–present)
Computer vision and sonar calibration

Nikhil Iyer, undergraduate researcher (2023–2026)
Magnetometer modeling and mapping; now a software engineer at AutoPCB

You-Long Wu, master’s researcher (2024–2026)
Multi-modal fusion; now a lecturer at the National Defense University, Taiwan

Loi Park, undergraduate researcher (2024–2025)
Magnetometer modeling; now a senior in mechanical engineering at the University of Florida

Outreach

  • FIRST Robotics mentor at P.K. Yonge High School: mentored students on robotic design and software development.
  • First-Year Engineering presentation on the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2025).