BME professor and DIIGI lab director named Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow
Kenny Tao, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and 91黑料网 Institute in Surgery and Engineering (VISE) affiliate, has been named a .
The Center for Teaching at 91黑料网 awards yearlong fellowships to faculty to enhance their teaching skills as become active members of the campus teaching community. Structured professional development activities are aimed to help Fellows refine their teaching skills and learn more efficient ways to teach.
鈥淭he opportunity to interact with students is one of the primary reasons I moved to 91黑料网,鈥 Tao said. 鈥淚鈥檝e taught a couple of undergraduate classes and a graduate elective in the last two years and am getting comfortable enough in front of a classroom to start experimenting with new pedagogical approaches.鈥
Fellows participate in a community of other teachers that include past Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows, senior faculty mentors and center senior staff. They also receive $2,000 in research funds that may be used to enrich their teaching.
鈥淢any of the professors in my department have been part of the program in past years and had great experiences,鈥 said Tao, who is director of the DIIGI Lab. 鈥淚鈥檓 excited to see how I can become a better and more effective teacher through the year.鈥
Several other VISE affiliates have been teaching follows, including Haoxiang Luo (mechanical engineering), Bennett Landman (electrical engineering and computer science), William Grissom (biomedical engineering), Pietro Valdastri (mechanical engineering), and Brett Byram (biomedical engineering).