Guelph Engineering Tutor – ENGG*2400 & ENGG*2450

Hi! I'm Richard, a postdoctoral researcher in physics at the University of Toronto, with 7 years of experience as a university teaching assistant and private tutor. My PhD work is in fluid dynamics and numerical simulation, so system models and differential equations are what I work with every day.

I offer one-on-one online tutoring for two second-year engineering core courses at the University of Guelph:

ENGG*2400 Engineering Systems Analysis
- Modelling mechanical, electrical, thermal and hydraulic systems
- Step, impulse and sinusoidal steady-state responses of first- and second-order systems
- Laplace transforms and transfer functions
- How time constant, damping and resonance shape the response

ENGG*2450 Electric Circuits
- Resistive circuits and DC analysis techniques
- The ideal operational amplifier
- Circuits with capacitors and inductors, and their transients
- AC circuits and phasors
- Magnetically coupled circuits

The two courses run on the same math: first- and second-order differential equations plus the Laplace transform. An RC circuit follows the same equation as a draining tank or a heater, and an RLC circuit behaves like a mass-spring-damper. Learn it once and both courses get easier.

WHAT WE WORK ON
- Getting the concepts straight instead of memorizing formulas
- How to approach the assignments (you write your own solutions)
- Midterm and final review with past exams
- Filling gaps in differential equations

DETAILS
- Online via Zoom, in English or Chinese (中文)
- Scheduled around your course and exam dates
- $50/hour, with a free 15-minute intro call

I help you learn the material. I don't complete assignments, quizzes or exams.

To get started, message me on Kijiji or text 437-441-9178 with your course, what you're stuck on, and the date of your next exam.