Hi, I am Mike, and I love helping anyone learn anything from patching a bike inner tube to calculus to figure drawing to engineering to cross-country skiing! I enjoy working with students in a supportive, collaborative, and nonjudgmental way, while adapting to their particular learning styles - whatever works best.
I graduated cum laude with a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University. I began my career as an IBM engineer. Later, as a graduate school classroom teaching...
Hi, I am Mike, and I love helping anyone learn anything from patching a bike inner tube to calculus to figure drawing to engineering to cross-country skiing! I enjoy working with students in a supportive, collaborative, and nonjudgmental way, while adapting to their particular learning styles - whatever works best.
I graduated cum laude with a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University. I began my career as an IBM engineer. Later, as a graduate school classroom teaching assistant at Cornell University (earning a PhD in engineering), I learned to love teaching. I was a successful lecturer at Cornell and the University of Vermont for many years (mechanical engineering, applied math, and design). I won TA of the year in my department at Cornell and was nominated twice for the campus-wide Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award. My time in academia included extensive one-on-one and small-group interactions with students during office hours, advising, and project/thesis mentoring. I can tutor K-12 math and science, as well as college-level math, physics, numerical computations, and mechanical engineering.
After UVM, I was a math tutor at the Rock Point School in Burlington, VT. Students there typically struggle to thrive in typical school settings. I love helping students learn to think beyond rote learning, especially through hands-on learning. In addition to tutoring there, I taught calculus one-on-one to a few advanced students and helped the teacher devise hands-on science-related math activities.
Currently, I am a one-on-one academic coach at Champlain College. I work with students on their executive functioning skills to help them adapt to all aspects of college life: time management, organization, self-advocacy, and resourcefulness.
In addition to my STEM background, I am an artist, photographer, pianist, and athlete. I hope my broad skill set will help me connect with students on different levels.
I look forward to working with you!
