Mithun Ravisankar

Philosophy of Teaching

"When you learn something, you should be able to teach it to people. You should put the same effort into teaching as into learning. And if you want to teach, you should be humble enough to learn something. Then you can teach. If you try to teach just because you know something, you cannot teach anything. When you are ready to be taught by someone, then, if necessary, you can teach people in the true sense of the word. So, to learn is to teach and to teach is to learn."
- Shunryu Suzuki

Brown University

ENGN 0030 - Introduction to Engineering (Fall 24)

Course Description:

ENGN 0030 introduces students to the engineering profession and the important role engineers play in society. It provides the foundation for further study in engineering. The course begins with engineering design, followed by the analysis of static structures. Topics also include CAD, basic Matlab programming, professional ethics, and social responsibility. Led by an undergraduate mentor, students complete group design modules, which require an additional two hours of meeting time per week.

ENGN 0810 - Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (Fall 19 - 23)

Course Description:

Properties of fluids, dimensional analysis. Fluid statics, forces on submerged surfaces, kinematics. Conservation equations. Frictionless incompressible flows, Euler's equations, Bernoulli's equation: thrust, lift, and drag. Vorticity and circulation. Navier-Stokes equation, applications. Laminar and turbulent boundary layers, flow separation. Steady one-dimensional compressible flow. Sound, velocity, flow with area change, normal shocks.

ENGN 1110 - Transport and Biotransport (Spring 19 - 22)

Course Description:

To develop a fundamental understanding of mass transport in chemical and biological systems. The course includes mechanisms of transport, biochemical interactions and separations; mass transport in reacting systems; absorption; membrane and transvascular transport; electrophoretic separations; pharmacokinetics and drug transport; equilibrium stage processes; and distillation and extraction. Other features: design concepts; modern experimental and computing techniques; and laboratory exercises.

GEC Academy

GEC Academy is a Beijing-based organization founded by Ivy League alumni, in cooperation with the world’s top university professors and researchers, international educators and counselors, and leading education and technology innovators. Headquartered in Beijing, GEC currently has 8 regional offices across China and 14 representative offices across the globe.

GEC - Introduction to Aerospace (Summer & Fall 22 - 25)

Course Description:

The motion of fluids is present in every aspect of human activities, from physiological flows to airplanes and cars. Engineers must learn to predict the behavior of fluids to design devices and systems to handle and manipulate flow. This course will offer an introduction to some practical aspects of engineering fluid mechanics. In particular, the course will address some fundamental concepts in car and airplane aerodynamics. The concepts of pressure, drag, and lift forces will be presented and discussed. These concepts will be explained and tested considering two laboratories.