I hold a PhD, Masters and Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Chemistry. I have scored a perfect score on the Math portion of the SAT, as well as near perfect scores on the Math 1 and 2 Subject Test and the Chemistry Subject Test. I have tutored for over 10 years, volunteering at local high schools and private one-on-ones. (read more)
...During the past 6 years, 100% of my Algebra students passed their SOL tests. I also tutor students in Algebra 2 and GED and SAT test preps. I'm an algebra SOL and SAT Math tutor. (read more)
...Often, a student can develop a dependency on their tutor that can prove academically unhealthy. They want the tutor's affirmation at every step of a process and once the tutor is not beside them, they cannot engage in that process alone. The key to success is that they believe that they can do ... (read more)
...Others want to build vocabulary or learn strategies for specific question types. From struggling readers to advanced scholars looking to gain admission to highly selective schools, my students see significant gains -- and that makes coaching a joy. I've found that many students -- even advanced readers -- need extra preparation to succeed on the ACT English section. (read more)
...I specialize in tutoring math and Matlab programming for success in school and on the SAT, GRE exams. At work, I apply partial differential equation based methods for digital image processing and analysis. I devise probabilistic models and algorithms for target detection, characterization and recognition. (read more)