Mikaela Lewis, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Mikaela Lewis is a Doctoral student in the department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering. Mikaela has been described as passionate, and adaptable in the classroom environment; if students are struggling in her course, she adjusts her teaching according to the feedback she receives. Mikaela goes above and beyond in her role as a TA and ensures that she is up to date on course material to better benefit her students, working with them until they understand the material. As told by a student, “Mikaela came to my lectures in order to stay up to date with what students were learning in class and ensure that she could use the same verbiage for clarity when talking to students”. As well, she holds additional office hours attended by many students, highlighting her impact in the classroom. Mikaela is also highly organized in her teaching; she creates preparatory notes and structures the course to provide students with a variety of teaching modalities. Her PhD supervisor mentions, “I received plenty of great feedback from students in her tutorials; this is quite rare that students go out of their way to complement a TA.” Overall, Mikaela demonstrates great efforts in her teaching and is shown to go above and beyond for her student's success.
Mikaela has held a teaching assistant position for ME 351.