Teaching

I grew up in a family of teachers. At Purdue I taught or assisted with Engineering Economics for ten semesters, and I keep building tools that help students learn.

Zhuoli Yin lecturing IE 343 Engineering Economics in a Purdue lecture hall
Lecturing IE 343 Engineering Economics at Purdue, Fall 2023.

Instructor

IE 343 Engineering Economics, Purdue University, Fall 2023

  • Enrollment of 150 undergraduate students from 10 engineering disciplines
  • Overall evaluation score of 4.5 out of 5.0
  • Fully responsible for the course, supervising two teaching assistants and two graders
  • Syllabus (PDF)

Other teaching

  • Guest Lecturer, EEE 560 Environmental Data Science, Purdue University, Fall 2024
  • Teaching Assistant, IE 343 Engineering Economics, Purdue University, Fall 2021 – Fall 2025 (10 semesters)
  • Teaching Assistant, IE 590 / EEE 595 Urban Mobility Optimization, Purdue University, Spring 2024

AI in the classroom

With colleagues at Purdue I built Arthur, an AI-powered teaching assistant for Engineering Economics, published in the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education and featured by Purdue Today.

Mentorship

Undergraduate researchers I have mentored:

  • Laura Almeida Tinjaca (National University of Colombia–Purdue Program)
  • Quan The Dinh (Purdue, Computer Science)
  • Karen Fortunat (Purdue, Industrial Engineering)
  • Kalei Bass (Purdue, Industrial Engineering)