Award-Winning Engineering Tutors serving Des Plaines, IL

...Caltech with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and am currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Sports Administration (Sports Analytics track) at Northwestern University. I played 4 years of basketball in college and am on the coaching staff for the Men's Basketball team at the University of Chicago. I tutored in high school and college and take pride in my ability to explain things clearly. I am excited to meet and help new students!... My teaching philosophy...

...apply a method; others do best seeing material in the opposite order preferring to see how a theory is applied before learning the general theory. When tutoring, I try to observe which method of learning best suits a particular student and adapt the lesson to their learning style. No matter which type of student, I sometimes find connecting mathematical or physical concepts through hobbies or every day applications helps spark interest. Pattern drafting for sewing...

I am a german-born physicist. After my PhD at the University of Pittsburgh I spent almost 4 years doing cutting edge research at Argonne National Lab in Chicago, IL in theoretical particle physics. I love teaching, passing on knowledge and inspiring people to find their footing in math and physics!

...scholarship from the Society of Women's Engineers to complete my Master of Systems & Controlling Engineering degree from Case Western Reserve University. I have always been committed to helping students and started tutoring in college and throughout my career as a professional engineer and scientist before transitioning into full time teaching at the university level. I also created engineering/science/mathematics programs between NASA, Oberlin College and Case Western Reserve University for students who could work with...

...degree in Industrial Engineering. After college, I have started my career in the Financial Services Industry and tutor high schoolers after work. Since my background was heavily focused on maths and sciences, those are the areas I like to focus tutoring in! With experiences in tutoring, but also being a camp counselor for many years, I am passionate about tutoring others to help them reach their goals and pursue their dreams. Other than tutoring, I...

I am a graduate of a top engineering university and a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering. I have years of experience tutoring math and various sciences from elementary through college. I tutor high school sciences such as physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics. I also have extensive experience in several college engineering classes.

I am a mechanical engineering grad and current law student passionate about helping those interested in the STEM field

I'm a director of manufacturing operations for a fortune 500 company. I have 17 years of experience in teaching and building a team to achieve success and in getting a desirable results. I have a passion for teaching and helping to pass great knowledge to the student. I have a Ph.D. in Industrial and System Engineering. My passion in life is to help people be the best in a moment that matter.

I am a Software Engineer, Educator and Art Enthusiast. I am certified AWS Developer and Google Educator. I have 5+ years of working in education, teaching robotics, coding, 3d design, game development and creating hands-on programming tutorials. Love to teach and learn new things. I've worked on so many Web Application, Machine learning, and Data Science projects that solves real-life problems. Looking forward to seeing you in my sessions.

...elevates the challenge and required a more nuanced approach to deal with the complexities that often accompanies adolescence. To my surprise, I loved it. Not only was this an opportunity to review all the material I had previously learned, tutoring allows me to elucidate the concepts in a manner tailored specific to the student which also improves my understanding of the topic and my method of communicating it. I worked closely with both the parent...

...have a degree in electrical engineering from Northern Illinois University ('13) as well as five years experience in the embedded software industry (C and C++ programming languages). I can tutor most STEM at the high school level and specialize in ACT tutoring. With my degree I am proficient in electrical circuits, boolean algebra and programming at the university level. If you're interested in STEM vocations and are in high school, if you are in college...

...Having personally spent lots of time with those tests, I've grown really fond of them, and consider them my favorite thing to tutor. I work with my students patiently and try to bring a full smile of energy to every session. What is most important to me is that my students feel confident in their skills and encouraged to learn more, no matter where they're at in their scores. In my free time, I enjoy...

...a Teaching assistant at my university (part of my PhD program) from 2020 to present. I have taught lab classes and problem-solving classes in college-level Physics classes such as Mechanics and Electromagnetism. I encourage trial-and-error. I believe making mistakes is the first step to learning anything. I focus on making materials interesting and showing different perspectives. I prefer a back-and-forth discussion style tutoring where we explore different ideas, rather than a lecture-style session.

...to the following subjects: Math (High School and College Level), Science (High School - Chemistry, Physics, Biology and College Level- Chemistry), English with a specialization in essay editing, and more. My favorite subjects to tutor are all aspects of math and science, which I enjoy. My philosophy for teaching is to discover your learning style to increase learning and improve academia. Outside of tutoring, I enjoy sports, in particular basketball, softball, and track and field.

I am a first-year at the University of Chicago studying for a biology and political science double major. I have a passion for learning and working to help students achieve their goals. I believe education and knowledge to be paramount for one's success in life. Only through a supportive and focused tutoring environment can this be achieved. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about tutoring math and biology.

...a private tutor for the last 2 years. Before I began as a private tutor I tutored friends and was a tutor for the National Honors Society in High School. I love working with students and seeing them understand a subject they previously did not. Often students are missing a few pieces of information that keeps them from succeeding. My job has a tutor is to figure out what these pieces of information are and...

...teacher, who just has too much time on her hands!!! I have a studied Mathematics and Computer Science, and have many years of experience in teaching math and statistics college students. The subjects that I usually teach are covering a broad spectrum of mathematics, CS, and finance Courses, at graduate and undergraduate level. I enjoy the same the complexity of doctoral level theoretical or hands on courses to introductory college algebra and statistics classes. Yes,...

I have a great passion for helping others with all of their math troubles. I love teaching students of all ages and with any type of math. When I'm not tutoring/teaching I enjoy going for long walks to enjoy the outdoors, going to the movies, and of course, binge-watching Netflix.

...is an intensely personal endeavor. It is my job to motivate you to want to learn whatever it is you trying to learn. From there, my job is to guide you so you can not only discover for yourself, but keep discovering beyond my influence. In general, my favorite topics to teach are history and science. In history lies the importance of why things are because of us humans. Science is raw objective knowledge.

...at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, to DePaul University's Graduate College of Education (MEd Secondary Science Education). An ACT composite of 29, MCAT composite of 33, and USMLE Step 1 score of 238 (all well above national averages) are illustrative of my academic success. I have 1.5 years of classroom teaching experience in Chicago Public Schools, having taught regular biology, honors biology, and International Baccalaureate biology to...