Billy Wu - Tutors - Keystone Tutors

Experience

I am currently a graduate teaching assistant at Imperial College London. Within the department of Mechanical Engineering I tutor 1st year applied mathematics, 1st year computing and also run practical laboratory classes in 1st year material sciences and 2nd year heat transfer. In the department of Earth Science and Engineering, I tutor 3rd year heat and mass transport classes.

As a PhD research postgraduate I also supervise a number of masters and undergraduate student projects within the department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Futures Lab relating to future vehicle technologies. I also lead the undergraduate division of Imperial Racing Green on fuel cell research and assist in the Imperial Outreach program, where I do presentations about engineering to school children between 14-19 years old.

Recent Keystone Work:

AS/A2 Physics: A level Physics (Started: August 2011)

GCSE Maths: Maths tutor needed for GCSE (Started: September 2011)

GCSE Maths, GCSE Physics: GCSE Maths and Physics (Started: September 2011)

13+ Science: Science for 13 year old (Started: September 2011)

GCSE Maths, GCSE Physics: MATHS and PHYSICS (Year 9) study support (Started: February 2012)

Biography

I was born in Hong Kong but moved to England when I was 2 years old where I grew up in a small town near Sheffield called Worksop. My parents worked as cooks in our Chinese takeaway to earn a living but our financial situation was often difficult. Undeterred, I completed my primary school education at Ryton Park Primary School, achieving the top student award every year. I then attended Valley Comprehensive School for my secondary education, again achieving the top student award every year. My A2/AS-level qualifications included Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Biology.

I subsequently went on to achieve a Masters with honours in Mechanical Engineering in 2010 at Imperial College London, which is the top ranked university in Europe for this subject. In the summer of my 2nd year of my degree, I completed a summer research project on modelling emissions from diesel vehicles in the Centre for Transport Studies. In my 3rd year I led a team of students in the development of an electric race vehicle as part of the Imperial Racing Green project (www3.imperial.ac.uk/racinggreen)(www.racinggreenendurance.com). As one of the top achieving students I was selected to go on a 3 month summer placement with major car manufacturer to work on future vehicle technologies at their fuel cell research centre in Japan. In my final year I led another team of students in the development of a fuel cell race vehicle, again as part of the Imperial Racing Green project.

I am now in the first year of a PhD at Imperial College London working on fuel cell and battery technologies for vehicle applications as part of the Energy Futures Lab and Mechanical Engineering Department. I current lead the fuel cell development division of Imperial Racing Green, which involves supervision of undergraduate and master’s level students. Within the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Earth Science and Engineering I am a senior graduate teaching assistant, running tutorials and practical laboratory sessions for undergraduates. I am also a channel manager for Imperial Consultants for corporate investment projects.

Personal Approach

Different students have different strengths and weaknesses, therefore my approach for teaching is very much based on the individual and his/her requirements.

I like to encourage students to get to the answers by themselves rather than lecturing them. By talking about how to solve a problem, and guiding them through it step-by-step, this builds on their own confidence of the subject which I believe is just as important as the technical content.

I also like to teach subjects from first principles such that the students fully understand where an answer comes from. This allows them to be much more prepared when being examined.

What I do when I am not tutoring

I am currently a PhD research postgraduate at Imperial College London working on fuel cell and battery technologies for automotive applications. I am also currently a channel manager for Imperial Consultants on corporate investment projects.

My university research profile can be found here at http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/billy.wu06

Testimonials

21/12/2011: The tuition with Billy went extremely well. He is brilliant and made science interesting for our daughter (Mother of 13 yr old Science student)

24/11/2011: Billy is a delightful young man, he and my son got on well! (Mother of GCSE Maths and Physics student)

22/11/2011: Billy and my son got on extremely well. He was really happy with the amount of work they covered during the 3 days. (Mother of GCSE Maths and Physics student)

17/10/2011: “I can’t tell you how impressive Billy is, he got on well with me and my son from the very first phone call. His enthusiasm is infectious” (Mother of Physics GCSE student)

17/10/2011: “Billy really was very impressive” (Mother of Physics student)

''Huge thanks. You were very hepful indeed'' (Geordie, father of GCSE physics student)

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