"I have a PhD in materials science as well as degrees in chemical engineering & mathematics, and love helping people understand these and related subjects. I've done peer-to-peer tutoring and mentorship in the last ~8 years at the college level. I'm open to STEM subjects from late high school through graduate school* levels: materials science*, transport phenomena*, (multivariable)calculus* and (partial)differential equations*, thermodynamics*, kinetics, polymers, chemistry, physics, etc.

Before any actual tutoring I always have a conversation about specific learning goals. My teaching philosophy is Socratic and conversational, meaning sessions are structured around 'storylines' with open-ended guiding questions. Often, to fully explore one of these questions, we will blur the boundaries between subjects (e.g. heat transfer can be thought of as a messy bundle of math, physics, chemistry, and thermodynamics). This approach encourages curiosity-driven learning that builds on the student's existing knowledge and experiences. Ultimately, we are developing a framework to answer the classic questions: when is this useful? what is this based on? why should I care?

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