teaching

Materials for courses Dr. Patnaik has taught or is currently teaching.

📚 Welcome to my Teaching Page I'm deeply passionate about education, and below is a curated overview of the courses and sessions I’ve designed and delivered—from high school outreach to graduate-level instruction. My teaching philosophy emphasizes hands-on experimentation, inclusive learning environments, and building strong theoretical foundations for real-world robotic systems.

:book: Arizona State University

  • EGR 611: Applied Optimization (Fall 2024, co-taught with Prof. Wenlong Zhang)
    Introduced graduate students to optimization in control and robotics using solvers like GUROBI and MATLAB.

  • High School Robotics Workshop (Summer 2024, ASU Preparatory Academy)
    Designed and led an outreach program on robot types, sensors, actuators, and hands-on programming using a 4-DOF arm manipulator.

  • EGR 202: Use-inspired Design Project II (Summer 2023)
    Project-based course on reverse engineering an electric skateboard, covering battery systems, mechatronic assembly, and PID tuning.

🗣️ Guest Talks

  • Wichita State University, ME Grad Seminar (Apr 11, 2025)
    Advancing Autonomy in Complex Environments with Nature-Inspired Contact-Aware Robots.

  • Manipal Institute of Technology (Nov 16, 2023)
    A New Paradigm for Robust Aerial Physical Interaction.

🔧 Guest Lectures and Workshops

  • Semiconductor Adventure Day (May 15, 2025, ASU Poly)
    Lightning sessions for 7th–12th graders on A Hands-On Introduction to Demonstration-Based Control.

  • MicroSpark Conference (Feb 25, 2025, ASU Tempe)
    Sessions for educators on The Need for Hands-on Learning in Robotics with live robot demos.

  • Sensor Fusion Guest Lecture (Prof. Dan Aukes, RAS 598)
    A 40-minute session on Kalman filters and multi-sensor integration.

More materials including lecture slides, project examples, and open-source code will be added here soon.
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