Experimental nuclear/particle physics PhD student

Austin K.

Hi! I'm Austin, a PhD student studying experimental nuclear & particle physics at the University of Rochester, as well as a student researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

I recently completed my undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree in physics at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). During my stay at RIT, I took it upon myself to be the best learning assistant I possibly could. I LA'd five courses across math and physics during my time, and I was honored to win the School of Mathematical Sciences Outstanding LA/TA award in my final semester. I also became heavily involved in the learning assistant program, serving as a co-lead for the mathematics LAs in my final semester.

As a teacher, I focus on an "active learning through examples" workflow. An example of a personalized session for me would see me go through a concept, with the learner providing the necessary steps to continue until we'd gone through the strategy for tackling a problem. After that stage, we'd move into a guided example where I scaffold the student through the problem. The next example problem would be predominantly done by the student, with me stepping in as needed. Finally, I'd provide the student with some problems to work through themselves, and I'd then assess how they did to make sure they've understood the topic.

Learning is very important to me, and I want to help any student whom I tutor or assist to excel in math and physics. While the objective measure of success is grades, I also strive to make sure my students achieve understanding, on top of academic excellence.

My services are available for any student who is at least a junior in high school and up. I'd prefer not to tutor adults looking to learn a new subject as a hobby. I can tutor any range of physics and math, along with basic chemistry and statistics. My strengths include mechanical, quantum, and statistical physics, calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, and discrete math.