Teaching

Current Teaching

My colleague Dr. Joel Porquet-Lupine has a great discussion on the value of sites such as RateMyProfessor. If you are a BME student, you probably know that BME students rarely post reviews to these sites. I strongly believe that transparency from the instructor themselves (and information sharing between the students) is much more valuable than anything you read on these sites.

Therefore, along with my current teaching schedule, I will also provide the average teaching evaluations across all times I have taught the course (out of 5.0), as well as an average workload as reported by the students if I have taught this course (lecture/lab/self study; unit is hours per week), so you may make your own informed decisions.

CourseUnitsTitleCourse /5Inst /5Exp. LoadNext Offering
BIM 12Introduction to Biomedical EngineeringN/AN/A1/3/2Fall 2025
BIM 89C4Scientific Computing for BME (Python)4.65.03/2/7Winter 2026
BIM 1072Manufacturing Processes for BME4.74.91/3/1Winter 2026
BIM 1116Biomedical Instrumentation Lab4.64.64/3/12Fall 2026
BIM 1554Machine Learning for BME4.64.63/3/6Spring 2025
FRS 31Navigating Challenges as Women in Engineering4.44.61/0/1Spring 2025

If you elect to take my course, my syllabus also has a grade distribution of all students who have taken this course in the previous three years.

Previously Taught

Dr. Wang have taught the following courses at UC Davis or Washington State University, but is not currently teaching them:

  • BIM 110BC (total 6 units), Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Experience, last taught in 2023
  • BIO_ENG 310 (3 credits), Introduction to Transport Processes, last taught in 2021
  • BIO_ENG 330 (3 credits), Bioinstrumentation, last taught in 2022
  • BIO_ENG 410/411 (6 credits), Bioengineering Senior Design, last taught in 2022
  • BIO_ENG 481 (3 credits) Data-Driven Methods in Bioengineering, last taught in 2021
  • BIO_ENG 481 (3 credits) Biophotonics and Image Processing (with Dr. Wenji Dong), last taught in 2022

Dr. Wang is the winner of the American Society of Engineering Education, Pacific Southwest Section (ASEE-PSW) Outstanding Early Career Teaching Award in 2024, the UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award in 2023, the Washington State University's Reid Miller Excellence in Teaching Award in 2022, and the Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering Departmental Teaching Award in 2022. 

The Reid Miller awards are designed to commemorate Miller’s long and distinguished career in the College of Engineering and Architecture at Washington State University both as a faculty member and as its Dean. The awards are designed to recognize faculty who emulate Miller’s strong commitment to the quality of teaching in the college.