Fun Facts

#1. I did not know how to ride a bike for a total of 22 years.
#2. I managed to learn how to ride a bike at the age 23!
#3. I've only seen shooting star once my entire life. Although I was told countless times that a shooting star just went by above my head, when I looked up the sky was as dark as a black hole. I doubt it.

About Me

I am a senior studying mechanical engineering at the washington">University of Washington. I plan on pursuing a Masters in mechanical engineering after the B.S. degree. I work in one of the department labs on a project of building a robotic hand. Because of this, I have the chance to demonstrate my research to middle and high students on Engineering Discovery Days.

In my junior year in high school, I volunteered in an after-school program for elementary students at YMCA, and participated in the class activities. In the last year of high school, I tutored at the math learning center in Shoreline Community College with students of different math levels. After I was in college, I tutored at the washington/seattle">Seattle Public Library in the after-school homework help program for elementary, middle, and high school students. Subjects involved are mostly math and English.

As a late learner for a lot of things, such as swimming, bicycle, and guitar, I realize the key word for learning is understanding. That is to say, I need to know why I am doing something the way I am doing it. I like to pass this thought on to the students I washington/washington/seattle">seattle">tutor. My approach when it comes to washington/washington/seattle">seattle">tutoring is to help students understand the problem by explaining and showing them examples. Instead of training them to carry out one method to solve specific types of problems over and over again, upon understanding, showing them one way to solve a problem will inspire their creativity to develop their own skills to analyze and get to the solutions.