Teaching
Profe Ana is committed to evidence-based teaching practices that develop students' technical, analytical, and professional skills. Her courses emphasize active learning, real-world applications, and international collaboration. She studies the effectiveness of these approaches through the scholarship of teaching and learning.
International Virtual Exchange
Since 2023, Profe Ana and Profe Daniel Suárez Venegas from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia have implemented an International Virtual Exchange. Within her Global Health in Biomedical Engineering course, the exchange connects students across both institutions to collaborate on real-world global health engineering challenges, developing their intercultural communication and critical thinking skills.
Problem-Centered Learning
In BME 3060 - Biomedical Engineering Fundamentals, Profe Ana uses active problem solving and real-world biomedical engineering applications to teach core mathematical and analytical skills to second-year undergraduates. Every class period incorporates hands-on problem sets designed to develop both technical proficiency and critical thinking. Example problems and solutions are available on her YouTube channel.
Integrating AI Tools in STEAMM Education
Profe Ana and Profe Sindia Rivera Jimenez (University of Florida) collaborate on research and teaching innovations that leverage large language models to foster critical thinking, global perspectives, and social responsibility in STEAMM courses. With support from the National Science Foundation (Grant No. RIEF 2106206 & CAREER 2338708), they have developed workshop materials and are currently conducting research on the effectiveness of these approaches