...Wood. I've been an engineering professor for 8 years and have 10 years of tutoring experience before that. I'm on sabbatical for a year and wanted to do some tutoring so I can keep working with students during that time. (read more)
...Throughout high school, I came to understand that I appreciated the most were not the ones I necessarily was the most interested in. Instead, the teachers made the difference between an enjoyable class and an unengaging class. I sometimes found the textbook definitions and explanations unsatisfactory so those instructors that were patient and fully explained concepts were my favorite ones. (read more)
...After graduating, I applied to a PhD program in Physics at UMass, and switched gears to soft matter physics. This gave me more expertise in computational physics, differential equations (both stochastic and deterministic), as well as a plethora of experimental methods in biology, chemistry, and ... (read more)
...I prefer to tutor online and one-on-one but am happy to meet in person if that is preferred. I like to work through the content with my student and determine where the student is confused. Then, we may move on to practice problems focused on the difficult areas for the student. (read more)
...At the university level, I served as both an instructor and teaching assistant, leading courses on topics such as mechanics, electricity magnetism, optics, etc. I’ve also tutored students from various age groups, from high school to undergraduate to graduate, and learning backgrounds, adapting m... (read more)