Stephen

differential equations

In acquiring my PhD in Nuclear Engineering I took numerous upper division and graduate classes in math and physics. Concerning math, I have taken and passed courses in differential equations, partial differential equations, calculus on a manifold and group theory. Differential equations also describe many of the fundamental principles of physics. I have encountered differential equations in courses in modern physics, quantum mechanics, special relativity, electrodynamics, field theory particle physics to name a few. There are two categories of differential equations: the type that one typically encounters in modern physics and those those confined mainly to math texts. I am very well qualified on the former. Concerning the latter the techniques used to solve the more difficult cases, e.g., non-linear or inseparable equations, are described in most nearly any undergraduate math text on the topic.

college counseling

GRE

Russian

While working on my PhD in Nuclear Engineering I became preoccupied with all things Russian - literature, culture and language. While a graduate student at Cal I took two undergraduate grammar courses, one conversation and one phonetics course one upper division conversation course and one upper division business course. I believe I got an "A" in all of these courses, except for the upper division conversation course, where I got a "B+". I have a proclivity for languages and speak Spanish (and have passed the requisite WyzAnt test), some German and love linguistics. I have complete command of the 6 conjugations in the language, have mastered the subtleties of the soft and hard signs and am actually a fairly proficient speaker, having traveled twice to Russia, both for extended periods of time. For beginning Russian learners I feel there would be an advantage to having me as a tutor rather than a native speaker for reasons of familiarity with the English language and knowledge of the pitfalls, having had to learn them first hand as a young adult.

ACT Science

physical science

precalculus

Spanish

trigonometry

astronomy

SAT math

literature

economics

physics

I am a part-time physics instructor at Cal State East Bay, was a TA for six semesters at Cal (7 and 8 series) and tutored dozens of students while while working on my PhD there. More importantly I love physics and enjoying sharing my deep appreciation of the subject with others!

algebra 1

algebra 2

I fell in love with math while taking Algebra 2 in 9th grade. I look at it as the "gateway" class to higher mathematics.

calculus

While earning my PhD at Cal, I studied calculus and higher mathematics extensively and have tutored the subject on many occasions. The subject is dear to my heart and, if I may say, fun.