James W.
Private tutor in Tacoma, WA
Education
Graduate student in Bioengineering at University of Washington. Class of 2011, Bioengineering and Premedical at University of California San Diego.
Experience
I am always excited to teach. I have been teaching all my life. It is not enough to say that love teaching; it is in fact more accurate to say that teaching is a personal calling. I love the progress of explaining difficult concepts in a personalized way, perfectly tailored to my student's personal understanding and growth. I have been tutoring for 6 years through a variety of college and high school subjects. (Biology; Physiology, Genetics, Biomechanics, Static Mechanics, Dynamics,...), engineering math (Multivariable calculus, Linear Algebra...), and engineering programming (C, Matlab) courses. In addition, taught Unix, and biostatistics. In short, I am skilled in giving my student the best understanding of the subject. I give an interdisciplinary education of a wide range of subjects. I am experienced in the full course gamut that is involved in Bioengineering, including: 1. Engineering mathematics: Single/Multivariable calculus, Differential equations, Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra 2. Engineering physics: Mechanics, Statics and Dynamics, Continuum mechanics, Biomechanics, Linear circuits, Orbital mechanics 3. Biology: Mammalian Physiology, Genetics, Neurobiology, Metabolic and Structural Biochemistry, Biomaterials, Bioinstrumentation 4. Chemistry: General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry G. Writing: Bioethics, Law and Society, Power and Justice, Ethics and Society SAT: 2290 GRE: 165 Verbal, 166 Quantitative, 6.0 Writing My breadth of understanding of a wide variety of fields is my greatest strength; it allows me to call up on a sea of analogies, comparisons, models, and what I call interdisciplinary synthesis - grasping one subject through another. After all, every field of knowledge is related. I follow up to each individual lesson and try to make sure from differing facets that the knowledge is not just memorized -- but also understood and incorporated to the greater understanding of a field. I am currently doing research at a neuroscience lab at University of Washington, as well as a neuroimaging/neuropsychiatry lab at UCSF School of Medicine. I have 11 publications in major research journals in the fields of neuroimaging, neuropsychiatry, and optical engineering.
Availability
Wednesday after 1PM, Friday after 1PM, Weekends after 12 Noon
Can Meet
Up to 30 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
I read (endlessly!). In my spare time I do photography, cooking, astronomy, and camp and hike. You'd be surprised how much of science can relate to your favorite hobbies. Just ask me!
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