Award Winning Physics Tutor and Civil Engineering Grad

Max G.

My name is Max, I'm currently working as a bridge engineer-in-training at a large engineering firm in Detroit, Michigan. I graduated from McMaster University in Civil Engineering. I was given the Physics Award and Carruthers Shaw Scholarship at my high school graduation for my ability to teach physics to my peers. With over 200 hours tutoring during the pandemic, I have tons of experience with effective virtual learning strategies and a bright student roster to show for it.

My experience teaching/tutoring includes opening an after-school robotics school in 2015, when I was only 18. We taught children ages 6-18 the mechanical and programming aspects of robotics. From 2015-2020, I was also a mentor at my high school's FIRST robotics team. Here, I taught high school students mechanical design, and other STEM concepts. I became the lead mentor of the junior team by 2017 where I coached the team to the World Championship qualifications two more times before leaving the team.

My core values are to help students succeed in their goals, set new ones, and continue to achieve higher and greater goals. Not only do I want to be one of many methods students use to get ahead, stay ahead, or catch up, but I also want to be a role model for my students to emulate.

My strongest units to teach include:
-Physics: dynamics, kinematics, statics, forces, energy (up to college level)
-Math: calculus and functions (up to AP calculus), statistics (up to high school), algebra and geometry (junior and high school)
-Engineering: civil engineering fundamentals, drafting (2d multi view, 3d orthographic view), design process
-Other skills: excel programming