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Former Engineering Professor | 10+ Years Tutoring Experience
Katie R.

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I am a mechanical engineering educator with over 13 years of combined teaching and tutoring experience, holding a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan. I spent three years as a professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where I developed curriculum and taught engineering coursework, working directly with hundreds of students navigating the most challenging parts of their undergraduate programs.

I specialize in tutoring mechanical engineering college students...

I am a mechanical engineering educator with over 13 years of combined teaching and tutoring experience, holding a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan. I spent three years as a professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where I developed curriculum and taught engineering coursework, working directly with hundreds of students navigating the most challenging parts of their undergraduate programs.

I specialize in tutoring mechanical engineering college students across core coursework: Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Machine Design, Dynamic Systems, Measurements and Controls, Aerodynamics, and Vibrations. I also tutor engineering mathematics including Calculus, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra, as well as MATLAB in both dedicated courses and the upper-division courses where it is integrated into projects and assignments.

My approach focuses on building problem-solving skills that hold up under exam conditions. One thing I emphasize is learning to work through being stuck, a feeling students rarely practice on homework but encounter constantly on exams. I help students develop strategies for pushing past that moment rather than shutting down, so they walk into exams with both the knowledge and the composure to perform.


Education

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Engineering Mechanic
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
PhD

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MATLAB

MATLAB

I taught introduction to MATLAB for three years to freshman engineering students at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) and integrated MATLAB programming throughout the mechanical engineering curriculum I developed. During my PhD in Aerospace Engineering, I used MATLAB extensively for complex simulations and data analysis for my research. I also applied MATLAB in industry for engineering analysis and problem-solving. My experience spans teaching MATLAB fundamentals to new programmers, advanced engineering applications, data visualization, and simulation development for both academic and professional projects.
Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

I hold a PhD in Aerospace Engineering with heavy focus on mechanical systems and served as a mechanical engineering professor for 3 years at the college level. I have 12 years of teaching experience including 4 years as an undergraduate tutor, 5 years as a graduate teaching assistant, and 3 years as a professor, plus 3 years of industry mechanical engineering experience. I specialize in helping students develop systematic problem-solving approaches for statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, MATLAB programming, instrumentation, and vibrations analysis.
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