ME Professor | Dynamics, Mech of Materials, Machine Design, Statics

Katie R.

I am a mechanical engineering educator with a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and over 13 years of combined university teaching and tutoring experience. I spent three years as a professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where I developed curriculum and taught core mechanical engineering courses, working directly with hundreds of students through the most challenging parts of their undergraduate programs. My specialties are Engineering Dynamics, Statics, Mechanics of Materials, Machine Design, and Mechanical Systems and Controls. Feel free to reach out if you need help with another mechanical or aerospace engineering course.

My approach focuses on building problem-solving skills that hold up under exam conditions. Most students can follow along when an instructor works a problem, but freeze when they see a new one on their own. What I teach is how to identify the type of problem you're facing before you touch the math, because once you can recognize what's in front of you, the setup becomes clear. I help students develop the confidence and strategies to push through being stuck, a feeling they rarely practice on homework but encounter constantly on exams.

I work exclusively with college-level mechanical engineering students on core coursework. Sessions are focused, efficient, and built around your specific exam or assignment. If you're struggling with a course in your ME program and want to work with someone who has taught these subjects at the university level and knows exactly where students go wrong, I'd love to help.