I-Fan Lin

I have been a Teaching Assistant for undergraduate and graduate courses at Purdue University for many years. I have served as a Lab Instructor advising and guiding students to develop skills in basic electric circuits and systems. I have also been in theoretical courses providing discussion and review sessions for students, to demonstrate an effective way to prepare for the exams and every project assignment.

This summer, I was an Instructor teaching “Probability.” I independently created course material to establish a solid background in probability and random processes. I like to interact with students and explain difficult concepts by using simple examples. I also love to give daily life examples combining current events such as FIFA World Cup in the probability questions. Therefore, students could know what binomial and geometric distribution is easily. In this way, students do not feel bored about the theoretical courses and was willing to learn actively. I made sample homework videos so that students could understand the concepts and some tricks in the problem anytime if they have time conflicts going to my office hours. I feel quite happy at the moment when students understood the concepts and knew how to solve the questions by my assistant. When students did well from struggling, I felt it was worthy. Students and I both grew and learned.