"I believe everyone has to learn. It is only a question of what to learn (content), where and how (setting) and why (for what purpose).

My learning approach: Key to problem solving is to make sure you understand the problem – the information being provided and the answer being asked for. Problem solving is a process. Students often simply want to get to the answer. But suppose you have arrived at an answer. Now what. What does the answer mean. And above all, how will what you have done so far prepare you to solve further problems? Answers are not meaningful by themselves, only in the context of the problem being presented to you. My role as tutor is to stimulate your thinking and providing guidance so you reach the answer using a path you devise.

About myself: At this point in my life, I am retired after formal careers in both academia (teaching and administrative - Professor and Department Chair) and industry (engineer doing research and development). I am now very much interested in returning to a role I have always loved, interacting with students in the learning process.

Tutoring background: I have informally and formally tutored over my entire career. My first formal such activity was to tutor a student in calculus, which was a requirement for him to retain his job. He passed his course with a grade of “A”. Most recently I tutored students one-on-one in geometry. As a professor I always had very extensive daily office hours to make sure I would be readily available.

My educational background: My degrees are in engineering with a focus on math and physics (University of Wisconsin Madison – BS, University of Pennsylvania - MS and PhD). Hence, I can readily teach math, physics and engineering (electrical and mechanical). The foundation language of engineering is math and an integral part of virtually every course I taught. I have in essence taught anything from algebra, geometry, and trigonometry up through vector calculus." less...