Experience: October 2011 to Present: Over one - thousand hours of tailored enthusiastic tutoring in:

HS Physics: Honors and AP Physics 1&2 and C, Math including Algebra 1 and 2, Geometry and Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus and Differential and Integral Calculus ( AP AB and BC), ACT Prep. : Math Science, Reading and English ACT and SAT Verbal and Math Reasoning

College Physics and Math including Physics 211 (Classical Mechanics), Physics 212(Electricity and Magnetism) taught at OCC, CLC, UIUC (remote), Grad School Entrance Test Preparation: GRE and GMAT

Results in HS Academic/Test Prep Tutoring – Helped raise students grades in Physics, Honors Physics, Physics 1&2 and C; Algebra 1 and 2, Geometry, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus from C range to high B/mid A range.

( Stevenson, Deerfield, Barrington, Libertyville, and Glenbrook South Students)

Typical Results in HS College Admissions Test Preparation- Helped raise students ACT Test Scores from an average of 25 to 30 ( to 33-34 in six cases)in one case (Libertyville, Lake Forest Academy, Highland Park and Barrington High School students)

Recent students are now attending NW (2), Harvard (2), UIUC, Loyola (2)

Ross Holman (1), U of Southern Cal (1),

Results in College Academic/Test Prep Tutoring- Helped college students maintain a minimum of B grades (up from C or D) in Physics 211 and 212 at CLC, OCC, and UIUC (remotely).Support included help in completing HW on a timely basis to obtain maximum credit. Helped two students raise their GMAT scores

From 650-660 to 720-730 with work on the verbal and math sections.

Prior Experience : Twenty- Five years R&D experience in the Aerospace Industry including a position at Northrop Grumman as Senior Technical Advisor (21 years)

Education :

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering -- University of Illinois. Champaign --Urbana

MS Mechanical Engineering - University of California, Berkeley California

BS Mechanical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology

Teaching Assistant U of California Berkeley, Research Assistant University of Illinois -Champaign Urbana,

Adjunct Professor at Triton College.