During my time in graduate school at Georgia Tech, I’ve had many opportunities to teach, ranging from guest lecturing, grading for courses, to multiple semesters experience autonomously teaching an undergraduate statics course. I have also had the pleasure of mentoring several other graduate instructors.
Teaching Philosophy Statement
Download: J. Ben Deaton Teaching Philosophy (*.pdf)
Honors
- 2011 GT CETL/BP Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (for category “Graduate Student serving as instructor of record”) — Link
- 2011 GT CEE Bill Schutz Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Experience
Instructor of Record (at Georgia Tech)
| Course | Term | Num of students | Mean review score(/5.0) |
|---|---|---|---|
| COE2001 Statics | Spring 2012 | 51 | 4.82 — Raw data |
| COE2001 Statics | Fall 2011 | 54 | 4.58 — Raw data |
| COE2001 Statics | Summer 2011 | 54 | 4.81 — Raw data |
| COE2001 Statics | Spring 2011 | 44 | 4.78 — Raw data |
| COE2001 Statics | Fall 2010 | 51 | 4.73 — Raw data |
| COE2001 Statics | Summer 2010 | 50 | 4.81 — Raw data |
| COE2001 Statics | Spring 2010 | 44 | 4.77 — Raw data |
| COE2001 Statics | Fall 2009 | 48 | 4.52 — Raw data |
Note that the links to course review data above are copied onto my web server but completely unedited. I thought this may provide some objective feedback to interested parties. You can also find some unofficial feedback on my teaching here or here.
Guest Lecturer / Grader (at Georgia Tech):
- CEE 3055: Structural Analysis I
- CEE 4550: Structural Analysis II
- CEE 6504: Finite Element Method of Structural Analysis
- CEE 6522: Reinforced Concrete Slab Systems
Annual Departmental Seminars (at Georgia Tech)
- Introduction to Finite Element Programming in Fortran
- Introduction to Abaqus CAE/Standard/Explicit
Articles/Resources I’ve written for my students:
- Who should you study with?
- How to email a professor (and make them want to help you)
- Should you drop my class?
- Teaching computational thinking
- Graduate school---now or later?
- Advice for new university instructors
- Does teaching make grad students better researchers?
- Embedding real-time feedback loops in exams
- How to stand up to fellow (graduate) students who cheat
- What I (really) think about people who cheat in engineering classes
- Teaching and notetaking in technicolor
- Time spent on basic ideas is never wasted
- Engineers and "exact" calculations
- Before you skip my class
- Reducing bias when grading exams
- Why engineers need a master's degree
- Teaching math in a physical world- SOHCOHTOH (sic) edition
- And that's why you always solve your own exam first
- What can a EE learn from statics?
- A homework solution format that works
- How to succeed in engineering courses 101
- Course average calculator
