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Stephanie C.

I hold a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and am currently breaking into industry. My undergraduate coursework covered the core chemistry, biology, and chemical engineering sequence, including general and organic chemistry, thermodynamics, and reaction kinetics, and I built on that foundation with four years of hands-on biotech research experience, where I applied chemistry concepts practically rather than just academically. That combination gives me both the theoretical grounding and the applied context to explain why a concept matters, not just how to solve the problem in front of a student.

My teaching experience comes from a formal undergraduate mentoring program in the College of Engineering, where I worked one-on-one with undergraduate engineering students for about three years. In that role, I helped students work through coursework they were struggling with, but more importantly, I focused on building their problem-solving habits: breaking a dense problem into smaller pieces, checking units and assumptions before trusting an answer, and connecting a formula back to the underlying concept so it wasn't just memorized. I adjusted my approach depending on the student, since some needed more structured, step-by-step walkthroughs while others just needed a sounding board to talk through their own reasoning.

I'd bring that same approach to tutoring in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, and chemical engineering: meeting a student where they are, diagnosing whether the gap is conceptual or procedural, and building toward independent problem-solving rather than just getting through the assignment in front of us.