Hi! I’m JohnPaul, researcher, engineer, and physics tutor. I’ve been teaching and tutoring physics at different levels since 2007. While earning my PhD in Physics at the University of Mississippi, I taught college-level physics lab classes. For seven semesters I gave lectures, demonstrations, and one-on-one instruction to over 250 student with 720+ hours of mentored learning in one-on-one and small group settings. I also logged 210+ hours in the school’s physics tutoring lab. I tutored Navy...
Hi! I’m JohnPaul, researcher, engineer, and physics tutor. I’ve been teaching and tutoring physics at different levels since 2007. While earning my PhD in Physics at the University of Mississippi, I taught college-level physics lab classes. For seven semesters I gave lectures, demonstrations, and one-on-one instruction to over 250 student with 720+ hours of mentored learning in one-on-one and small group settings. I also logged 210+ hours in the school’s physics tutoring lab. I tutored Navy ROTC cadets in algebra, trig, calculus, and advanced mathematics for a semester, and now teach intro to astronomy at Frederick Community College. I have taught mechanics, thermodynamics, optics, electricity and magnetism, and my personal favorites: fluid dynamics, waves and acoustics, which I continue to study in my fulltime work as a Flow Noise Engineer.
I was consistently rated the best instructor in student evaluations. Regardless of starting level, all my students became fully engaged, learned the material, and loved the class. They improved their grades (becoming the highest performers!) and were well prepared for the next level—whether it was grad school, med school, or other endeavors. I can do the same for you!
I’d love to help you with your learning goals, and make it fun! I’ve learned to do so by fostering self-confidence, curiosity, active engagement, and personal ownership of the learning process.
I like to start my lessons with a fun and creative exercise question. I use a see-do-teach style of teaching, where I teach the theory and method, have you work through an exercise, and then teach me back. I encourage you to think of alternative methods to demonstrate the concepts and theories we just learned. Other methods include having you create your own personalized practice questions, exams, and demos.
My goal is not only to help you understand physics and math, but inspire your enjoyment of it, and cultivate your creative and analytical thinking. I look forward to helping you meet your goals!
