In 2003, I earned a PhD in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. After graduating, I taught university level mechanical engineering courses for 12 years, with class sizes from tens to hundreds. Since 2017, I have been doing 1-on-1 tutoring, covering a broad range of engineering, physics a... (read more)
...I am currently an Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics at a university in Colorado. I have been teaching classes for about 15 years and tutoring for about 20 years. I have taught courses in Discrete Mathematics at the undergraduate level on many occasions. (read more)
...I have taught Alg 1 and Alg 2, Geometry Honors, Precalc (which includes a lot of Trig) AB Calculus, and AP Statistics, both for about 7 years. I feel very comfortable tutoring in any of the areas or with the math section of the ACT or SAT. I have two daughters in college, a wonderful wife, a dog (Cody) and a cat named Kibbles. (read more)
...The most important step of learning is to be comfortable. From there, my focus is asking many questions that lead a student to making decisions and discovering the answers on their own, rather than it being directly given. The answer itself is certainly important, but if a student doesn't understand why that is the correct answer, they wouldn't be able to find it again. (read more)
...It's that easy?!", and my response gets to be, "Yep, that's it!" Absolutely.The.Best. I've also taught at the university level (at both for-profit colleges and community colleges), and taught a 5th grade science course for 12-weeks, which was a blast! I enjoy working with students of all ages (even adult learners) as long as they are willing to give these difficult topics a chance. (read more)