Daniel Ayoub entered the University of Virginia a student and left a teacher.
The River Vale, New Jersey, native, who will graduate in May with a dual major in electrical engineering and computer engineering, with a minor in mathematics, designed his own one-credit course as an introduction to engineering and has kept it going as the University has shifted over to online classes.
For four semesters, Ayoub was a teaching assistant in the computer engineering department. He soon realized what does a computer engineer do what was clear and understandable to him was not necessarily clear and understandable to the students in front of him, and he sought to find a different way to present that information.
“That quickly humbled me and showed me that I can’t just explain things quickly,” he said. “Presenting the material became a creative process with me to think about, and that ended up being a challenge or a puzzle, especially at the beginning. But seeing students who were discouraged about the material begin to understand it and have an appreciation for the course, that was very meaningful to me.”
The River Vale, New Jersey, native, who will graduate in May with a dual major in electrical engineering and computer engineering, with a minor in mathematics, designed his own one-credit course as an introduction to engineering and has kept it going as the University has shifted over to online classes.
For four semesters, Ayoub was a teaching assistant in the computer engineering department. He soon realized what does a computer engineer do what was clear and understandable to him was not necessarily clear and understandable to the students in front of him, and he sought to find a different way to present that information.
“That quickly humbled me and showed me that I can’t just explain things quickly,” he said. “Presenting the material became a creative process with me to think about, and that ended up being a challenge or a puzzle, especially at the beginning. But seeing students who were discouraged about the material begin to understand it and have an appreciation for the course, that was very meaningful to me.”
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