I'm a part time grad student with undergraduate degrees in nuclear engineering and physics and am offering tutoring services to students in 200-500 level NE and PY courses as well as the common MAE courses such as statics, dynamics, fluids, and thermodynamics.

Homework help is available but obviously I have to stop short of violating the academic integrity policy. What this means depends on whether your professor allows any sort of collaboration on homework.

Fees are negotiable and can be worked out in advance. I'm willing to work with small groups for a reduced fee per person and also open to the idea of a flat per-session fee. I was thinking 30/hr or 50 dollars per session to start. I will accept payment in cash or check and only after the end of the session. If by the end of the first session you don't think I'm helping you, then the it's free.

I am most able to tutor in the following courses:

MAE-
Statics (206)
Dynamics (208)
Thermodynamics (301, 302)
Fluids (308)

PY-
Mechanics (201, 204, 205, 211, 411, 412)
Electrodynamics (202, 208, 212, 413, 414)
Modern Physics (203, 407)

I can help with NE, MSE, and some other courses although you would have to send me a syllabus for me to be certain. Please PM me with the course you would like help with and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Mods, move this to classifieds if that's where it belongs. I searched and found similar threads in both sections.

[Edited on October 23, 2008 at 8:43 AM. Reason : ]

10/23/2008 8:41:44 AM

You should have big luck with PY since they eliminated the SI program for that. I struggled with 205 but 208 was much easier.

10/23/2008 1:42:18 PM

^Agreed; however, his asking price is a little to high.

10/23/2008 3:49:19 PM

I did say negotiable. Looking online I do see that 30/hr is a bit high- probably should be closer to ~$17.50 to $20. Most of the people I tutor only meet with me once a month but do so for about 4 hours to get through studying and a long homework or two. At $50 that isn't so bad.



[Edited on October 23, 2008 at 4:38 PM. Reason : ]

10/23/2008 4:32:33 PM

This guy knows his shit. You will not be disappointed.

10/23/2008 6:37:58 PM

BTT.

12/4/2008 4:37:59 AM

depends on the class. material in thermo 2 gets reallly difficult

12/4/2008 9:40:51 AM

It does? I must have missed the tough part.

12/7/2008 8:47:11 AM

The trick with thermodynamics past thermo 2, at least as far as most engineering problems I've had to do, was always finding the appropriate model to use for the appropriate part of the problem. Most of the complexity there usually has more to do with the non-thermodynamics parts of the larger problem though. When convective heat transfer coeficients and/or generation rates are given, the thermodynamics part of the problems are usually pretty easy as long as your calculus and algebra isn't that bad. If you have to solve for these some way, espescially in nuke classes, then things can take a while.

Modeling flow through a boiler or reactor involves solving a set of differential equations that can cross several flow regimes. Depending on the flow characteristics you can end up with a couple different kinds of boiling heat transfer and also non-boiling transfer. Determining which regimes are present and where can leave you with some fun matlab work or fortran-cobbling to do. Add that to the fact that you are dealing with a multi-phase flow they can seem pretty daunting. Things like critical flow (sonic blow-down from a leaking pressure vessel for instance) might also have to be considered.

Once you get comfortable with it though, most of the problems can be approached with the same basic strategies. They take a while, but as long as you don't get intimidated and frustrated trying to even start them then you'll be fine. If you have problems with thermo 2 or engineering problems involving more advanced thermodynamics than thermo 1, this is one area where studying example problems and doing practice problems REALLY helps. The down side to doing practice problems is that it can be hard to find short ones; still better than staring blankly at an exam problem for 30 minutes and sweating like a condemned man.

I've got a few people scheduled so far, but still have plenty of open time available. Right now I'm charging people $15 for 1 hour or $25 total for 1.5 hours or longer. That means a 3 hour study or problem session is just $25 instead of $TEXAS$. Sessions that run longer than that can be negotiated if you need them.

[Edited on December 31, 2008 at 9:33 PM. Reason : ]

12/31/2008 9:19:54 PM