STEM tutoring

Alexis Cox, tutor

About

I have a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park campus. I worked in the Anne Arundel Community College math tutoring lab for 6 years, from 2001-2007, from before starting as a student at the community college until I got my job offer after graduation from the University of Maryland, College Park. I had walk-in tutoring students for everything from remedial pre-credit math courses through second semester calculus, physics, and chemistry. I am delighted to help an entire study group simultaneously, including a group with mixed subject matter, because the variety is fun for me.I spent 14 years as a patent examiner, and there was a surprisingly large amount of skill overlap with tutoring, because many attorneys and agents were experts in the patent law aspect but not in the engineering associated with the inventions themselves. I am now a registered patent agent, and offer patent application tutoring for inventors who prefer to interact with the patent office directly instead of through an agent or attorney.I have never taught a class, and have always felt that for many students, a teacher is the mean person who assigned homework that doesn't make sense, while a tutor is the nice person who helps you understand it.I also appreciate terrible jokes that are useful. Things like "three cats are sitting on a roof. Which one slides off first?answer: the one with the smallest mu. And now, you will never forget that the Greek letter mu is the coefficient of sliding friction.

Recent Work

  • Homeschool subjects: Algebra, Pre-Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus I and II, physics, consumer math

  • Mechanical engineering subjects: Statics, Dynamics, Physics I-III, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Differential Equations,

  • Patent Prosecution: certification exam prep, initial filing requirements, drawing compliance, restrictions, what to expect