Graduate Teaching Assistant — Southern Methodist University

Lyle School of Engineering
January 2025 – May 2026 | Dallas, TX

Courses Supported

• Machine Learning (Undergraduate / Graduate)
• Advanced Python Programming
• Digital Logic Design & Hardware Laboratories

Key Responsibilities

• Instructed and mentored over 100+ students in fundamental and advanced Machine Learning concepts, including gradient descent optimization, loss functions, neural network architectures, and transformer attention mechanisms.
• Led weekly hands-on coding laboratories and office hours, guiding students through implementing machine learning models from scratch in Python, PyTorch, and scikit-learn.
• Designed curriculum and laboratory experiments for digital systems and VLSI testing, directing students in implementing JTAG boundary-scan controllers and debugging Verilog HDL on Xilinx FPGAs.