EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP

Teaching & Mentorship

Building technical confidence through rigorous instruction, hands-on laboratory training, and reproducible research practice.

LEARNING IN MOTION

From understanding to engineering impact

01Conceptual Mastery

Build a rigorous foundation while cultivating curiosity, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary insight.

02Innovation by Design

Translate scientific concepts into creative solutions through design, fabrication, and hands-on experimentation.

03Evidence-Driven Optimization

Analyze data, diagnose technical challenges, and iteratively improve materials, processes, and system performance.

04Independent Leadership

Develop the confidence, creativity, and professional judgment to lead research and push engineering boundaries.

05Communication & Impact

Communicate complex ideas clearly, collaborate across disciplines, and translate engineering knowledge into societal impact.

TEACHING PHILOSOPHY

From first principles to independent innovation

I guide students from conceptual understanding to design, fabrication, evidence-driven analysis, and clear communication—building the creativity and confidence to develop engineering solutions independently.

01 / UIC teaching

Chemical engineering and interdisciplinary instruction

  • Transport Phenomena I–III
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • Renewable Energy
  • Entrepreneurship in Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • BIO 351
02 / Prior instruction

Engineering courses at Azad University

  • Thermodynamics II
  • Statistics
  • Strength of Materials
03 / Research mentorship

Training researchers for reproducible battery science

  • Cell assembly and glovebox workflows
  • Electrode fabrication and electrochemical testing
  • Safety SOPs, calibration, and troubleshooting
  • Undergraduate and graduate researcher development

TEACHING IN PRACTICE

Instruction, training, and mentorship

Mehran Arzani teaching battery assembly and experimental methods in a classroom
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONConnecting battery engineering concepts with experimental practice
Certificate of Excellence in Training and Mentorship awarded to Mehran Arzani
RECOGNITION · 2024Certificate of Excellence in Training and Mentorship

LABORATORY MENTORSHIP

Learning through research

Hands-on guidance across electrode preparation, controlled-atmosphere cell assembly, electrochemical testing, and data interpretation.

Mentoring undergraduate researchers in battery testing and data acquisition
Researcher receiving hands-on glovebox training for battery-cell assembly
Researcher preparing battery electrode materials in the laboratory
Undergraduate researchers collaborating during laboratory training
Hands-on battery coin-cell assembly during research training
Split-cell hardware arranged for battery research instruction
Electrochemical workstation used for teaching battery diagnostics
Electrode materials and prepared samples for battery fabrication
Fabricated coin cells displayed during laboratory training
Organized glovebox workspace for reproducible battery fabrication
Split test cell and pressure gauge used in battery research
Multi-channel battery testing fixture used for electrochemical training
Battery cycler connected for multi-channel performance evaluation
Preparing and checking glovebox equipment for battery research
Researcher trained to operate a laboratory tube furnace for materials processing
Researcher connecting battery cells to a multi-channel testing system
Detailed battery component handling inside a glovebox