Prince Sharma

I genuinely enjoy teaching and mentoring — for me, the best classroom moments are the ones where a student works out an idea for themselves rather than just being handed it. I like to start from a real engineering problem (why did this alloy fail, why does a reactor material change under irradiation) before turning to the underlying theory, so the physics has something concrete to attach to.

Given my background in computational materials science, I also try to bring hands-on computational experience into my courses — having students run their own DFT and MD calculations rather than just reading about them — since that mirrors how the work is actually done in research and industry. Every class is a little different, and I like adapting as I go based on how students are engaging with the material.