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Patient and Experienced Tutor: math, physics, and computation
Matthew G.

4.9 (63 ratings)

308 hours tutoring

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Hourly Rate: $58
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Patient and Experienced Tutor: math, physics, and computation
Patient and Experienced Tutor: math, physics, and computation
Matthew G.

4.9 (63 ratings)

308 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee
4.9 (63 ratings)

308 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

About Matthew

Bio

I am a scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory and have my PhD from Carnegie Mellon University. I have years of experience, both as a tutor and as a teaching assistant, helping undergraduates with their homework and understanding their lectures. I've also guest lectured for professors. All of these experiences have helped me understand that I have a passion for teaching and tutoring. I strive to teach with patience and empathy.

I am a scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory and have my PhD from Carnegie Mellon University. I have years of experience, both as a tutor and as a teaching assistant, helping undergraduates with their homework and understanding their lectures. I've also guest lectured for professors. All of these experiences have helped me understand that I have a passion for teaching and tutoring. I strive to teach with patience and empathy.

Education

University of Pittsburgh
Civil Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Masters
Carnegie Mellon University
PhD

Policies

  • Hourly Rate: $58
  • Rate details: Group rates are $85/hr online and $93/hr in-person
  • Lesson cancellation: 8 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 10/14/2014

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Subjects

Computer

C,

C

I have had courses in and worked on projects in C. I am currently taking a class in heterogeneous parallel programming which uses CUDA. It is a good exercise in both C and parallel programming. I have also taken multiple data structures and algorithms courses that used C.
C++,

C++

I have had courses in and worked on projects in C++. I am currently working on a C++ implementation of the finite element method in solid mechanics. I use a lot of OOP and know a lot of the new features in the C++11. I have taken C++ courses on Coursera as well. I use the googletest framework for all my unit tests.
Computer Programming,

Computer Programming

In high school I took college level computer science courses in Visual Basic and Java and tested out of Intermediate Java. For my undergrad engineering degree I had courses in and was exposed to C++, Matlab, Mathcad, and Excel. At an internship I developed a full-scale web application in PHP, javascript and HTML that was used internally and licensed to external clients as well. I am also active on github and have a couple of opensource applications I am working on.
Computer Science,

Computer Science

In high school I took college level computer science courses in Visual Basic and Java and tested out of Intermediate Java. For my undergrad engineering degree I had courses in and was exposed to C++, Matlab, Mathcad, and Excel. I've taken many courses online at Coursera in computer science including data structures, algorithms, and even heterogeneous parallel programming.
JavaScript,

JavaScript

I have developed many applications in both javascript and jQuery. At an internship I developed a full-scale web application that relied heavily on javascript. I also know AJAX. I also know and have used JSON on many projects.
MATLAB,

MATLAB

MATLAB was used in at least half a dozen courses in my undergrad. It was used in Computer Methods, Intro to Engineering Methods, Intro to Finite Element Method, Ordinary Differential Equations and others. I also used MATLAB in my research as a graduate student.
PHP,

PHP

For over a year and a half I was involved in developing a web application for visualizing large data sets from scientific experiments--it was written mostly in PHP. I use PHP for almost all of my server-side code in personal webpages that I have developed as well as commercial sites.
Python,

Python

I learned Python at an internship and use it for a lot of general purpose programming. I have also gone through the Kindle Edition of "Object Oriented Programming in Python 3". I have open source Python projects on my github. I have even done GUI programming with Tkinter and Qt4 in Python and done unit testing with the unittest package.
HTML, SQL

Corporate Training

C++,

C++

I have had courses in and worked on projects in C++. I am currently working on a C++ implementation of the finite element method in solid mechanics. I use a lot of OOP and know a lot of the new features in the C++11. I have taken C++ courses on Coursera as well. I use the googletest framework for all my unit tests.
HTML, SQL

Homeschool

Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Calculus, Geometry, Physics, Prealgebra, Precalculus

Math

Civil Engineering,

Civil Engineering

I just completed my undergraduate degree in civil engineering. In addition, I have passed the FE examination and have become an E.I.T. I have multiple internships at various Civil Engineering firms in disciplines such as Green and Sustainable Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Site Civil Engineering. I am currently doing research at the University of Pittsburgh in Structural Engineering and computational mechanics.
Differential Equations,

Differential Equations

In both high school and undergrad I had Calculus 1, 2, and 3, and differential equations. I have also had classes in partial differential equations and numerical techniques for solving partial differential equations such as finite element method.
Linear Algebra,

Linear Algebra

I had a linear algebra course in undergrad and a computer methods course in which we developed linear algebra programs and learned linear algebra algorithms. I also had a finite element method course which relied heavily on linear algebra.
MATLAB,

MATLAB

MATLAB was used in at least half a dozen courses in my undergrad. It was used in Computer Methods, Intro to Engineering Methods, Intro to Finite Element Method, Ordinary Differential Equations and others. I also used MATLAB in my research as a graduate student.
Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Calculus, Geometry, Physics, Prealgebra, Precalculus, Probability

Most Popular

Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Calculus, Geometry, Physics, Prealgebra, Precalculus

Science

Civil Engineering,

Civil Engineering

I just completed my undergraduate degree in civil engineering. In addition, I have passed the FE examination and have become an E.I.T. I have multiple internships at various Civil Engineering firms in disciplines such as Green and Sustainable Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Site Civil Engineering. I am currently doing research at the University of Pittsburgh in Structural Engineering and computational mechanics.
Physics

Summer

Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Calculus, Geometry, Physics

Ratings and Reviews

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First session - Precalc Test Prep

Matthew covered exactly what was needed for Unit 1 Precalculas test. Talked about function composition, function addition, function subtraction, function multiplication, function division, domains of functions, difference quotients, and even/odd/neither functions. Practiced these concepts through problem solving.

Anne, 5 lessons with Matthew

Walked through examples and gave background explanations to complex concepts

Matthew helped me understand the complicated math involved with Physics, and with his help I was able to pass! He also is ready to work through as many problems as needed and provide examples to further your understanding. I would recommend him for sure... Thank you Matthew!

Kate, 6 lessons with Matthew

Great first session ...

First session went really well ... definitely helped with tests I had the next day. Helped with my Calculus and physics. Will continue sessions as I need more work. Thank you Matthew

Scott, 4 lessons with Matthew

Explained concepts clearly and gave great examples!

Matt’s explanations were very clear and concise. We reviewed dictionaries, lists, and sets. He is very knowledgeable in Python and a great tutor. Thank you, Matt!

Olenka, 5 lessons with Matthew

Great first lesson

Matt worked really well with my son. He did a nice job of making the lesson challenging and personalizing it to my son's interests. He was a really great fit! Thanks Matt!

Ethan, 2 lessons with Matthew

Great at explaining!

He Was very patient and took his time to explain concepts to me. I was really happy with his work!

Mike, 12 lessons with Matthew

Great first session!

Matthew showed me how to break down a graphing equation. Looking forward to our next session. I'm determined to figure this stuff out!

Pamela, 1 lesson with Matthew

Very helpful!

We had a good quick meet up going over cylindrical unit vectors and spherical unit vectors. as well as changing the orders of integration which helped out a ton!

Wendy, 9 lessons with Matthew

Yo! Matt in da house!

He has been very patient with me at all times. So far he's been a great tutor. He listens and explains any questions I may have. He even asks in advance what's there to review so he can be 110% ready for our tutoring sessions.

Ricardo, 1 lesson with Matthew

Great Tutor!

Although both our schedules seem to be very busy, Matthew still made arrangements to meet with me. I gained a better understanding of my statistics material. Thanks to Matthew, I can say I left our tutoring session with more confidence and a better understanding of how to complete my assignment. Thanks, Matthew!

Brent , 3 lessons with Matthew
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