Passionate PhD student with extensive teaching experience

Bobby P.

I hold both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in electrical engineering. My academic and professional background has prepared me to tutor mathematics, including algebra, precalculus, and calculus, as well as physics and circuit analysis. I have worked with high school and college students in subjects including high school mathematics, Physics I and II, computer science, semiconductor physics, and electrical circuits. I earned a 1530 on the SAT, including a perfect score on the math section, and received scores of 5 on the AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, and AP Physics 1 exams.

I have six years of tutoring and teaching experience in both one-on-one and classroom settings. At Georgia Tech, I have served as a teaching assistant for several senior level undergraduate engineering courses with more than 70 students. My responsibilities have included hosting office hours, leading exam review sessions, answering individual student questions, and teaching several full lectures. In recognition of this work, I received the GTA Award from Georgia Tech’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

My teaching approach focuses on building a strong foundation and gradually developing a student’s confidence and intuition. Rather than relying on rote memorization, I help students understand why methods work and how fundamental concepts can be applied to increasingly advanced problems. I am also a published researcher in integrated photonics and analog circuit design, have presented my research at multiple conferences, and have professional engineering experience designing circuit boards for defense applications.