David Delene:  Teaching

Classes

Professor:   AtSc 270 - Computer Concepts in Meteorology  
Spring Semester, 2007 (Graduate Teaching Assistant:  Jason Naylor)  

Professor:  AtSc 405 - Numerical Methods in Meteorology
Fall Semester, 2006

Professor:  AtSc 535 - Measurement Systems
Fall Semester, 2006

Professor:  AtSc 270 - Computer Concepts in Meteorology
Spring Semester, 2006 (Graduate Teaching Assistant:  Derek Blestrud)

Laboratory Instructor:  Introduction to Meteorology
January 1997 to May 1997

Laboratory Instructor:  Engineering Summer Program
June 2-13, 1997

Graduate Committe Member

Eduation Philosophy

Education is critical in today's complex world.  To help people understand our complex world by contributing to their education is very rewarding to me.  Universities serve a critical role in the educational process because they deepen student's knowledge while teaching how to critically analyze and synthesize that knowledge.  I believe the ability to analyze and synthesize knowledge is the real value of an educated person.  Enhancing student knowledge and the ability to apply knowledge to novel problems is my educational goal.  To obtain this goal, I believe it is critical to design courses which have planned objectives.  These objectives denote the knowledge and abilities you want students to have at the completion of the course.  The course design should utilize material best suited to achieve the course objectives that have been set.  Class room lectures and demonstrations aim at teaching one or more of the course objectives and home work problems give students practice on mastering the objectives. Student evaluations should be based on sampling individual students ability to demonstrate that they have mastered the objectives of the course. Questions and student collaboration are very important to the learning process and should be strongly encouraged.  New technology, such as email, web pages and the Internet, should be used to enhance the learning process.  My teaching interests are in the whole spectrum of University education, from undergraduate courses in atmospheric and environmental science to graduate courses in cloud physics, aerosols, and radiation.