Teaching

Making difficult ideas navigable.

I teach mathematics and engineering by making the structure of a subject visible: why a method works, how ideas connect, and what changes when a familiar problem is viewed from another angle.

At a glance

Course instructor at the University of Toronto since 2020.

My experience ranges from proof-based multivariable calculus to mathematical physics, differential equations, and first-year engineering mathematics. Alongside lecturing and assessment design, I have led teams of 5–15 teaching assistants.

Courses

Course instructor

MAT 234

Differential Equations

Winter 2026

MAT 136

Calculus II

Winter 2026

MAT 187

Calculus II for Engineering

Winter 2025 · Summer 2025

MAT 291

Introduction to Mathematical Physics

Fall 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024

MAT 237

Multivariable Calculus with Proofs

Summer 2020 · 2022 · 2023 · 2025 · 2026

MATA 37

Calculus II for Physical Sciences

Winter 2020

Textbook

Introduction to Mathematical Physics

Francis Dawson & Armanpreet Pannu · Kendall Hunt · First edition, 2026

A practical introduction to multivariable calculus for second-year physics and engineering students.

The 506-page text emphasizes intuition, geometric insight, interpretation, and computational fluency. It connects rigorous mathematical ideas to the way they are used in science and engineering.

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Additional experience

Additional experience

Head Teaching Assistant · 2019–2023

Engineering mathematics

Contributed to curriculum development, trained teaching teams, supported the transition to active learning, and supervised consistent assessment across large courses.

Teaching Assistant · 2015–2022

Mathematics and engineering

Taught across calculus, analysis, topology, complex variables, differential equations, linear algebra, and introductory electricity.