High Hopes Tutoring

I am passionate about teaching and enabling the next generation to achieve their goals. I am empathetic and endeavor to anything to understand my students are struggling, and I am willing to use various startegies to elucidate concepts to students.

I am a hard worker, and will be willing to go the extra mile to help you to not only understand the subject material, but master it and be able to transfer learned skills to other subejcts. I aim to not only teach studnets the subject matter, but help them to develop character skills such as self-discpline, diligence, problem-solving, and creativity.

I have been teaching/tutoring science and math over the last 5 years, and have experience dealing with Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Adv Chemistry, Adv Physics, K-6 Math, Algebra 1 & 2, Trigonometry, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus 1, Calculus 2, and Calculus 3. I have taught in one-on-one settings and in classroom settings with grade K-12. I have tutored privately in Cleveland, OH, and currently am starting my 3rd year teaching/tutoring at Falls Baptist Academy, where I am the head of the Science Department.

Unweighted GPA: 4.0

ACT Score: 36

English: 36

Math: 36

Reading: 35

Science: 35

Math Classes

I have taken Calculus 1, 2, and 3.

Entrepreneurship

Venture #1: acoustiGLASS: Wearable Sound Alert Glasses for Deaf People (2016-present)

“Wearable Sound Object Identification, Localization, and Signaling System for the Hearing Impaired”

Designed and developed acoustiGLASS, a wearable, real-time sound detection device that alerts the wearer of important environmental sounds such as a police siren or smoke alarm through unique LED patterns (e.g., color, blink, fade) in their peripheral field of vision.

PLEASE watch this 5-min highlight video! https://vimeo.com/199512170

Founded a biomedical tech company, Kanou Tech LLC, with the mission of enabling people with disabilities with innovative wearable electronic devices. “Kanou” means “enabling” in Japanese.

Start-up was registered in Ohio in May 2018 (CEO: Kotaro Kojima, CFO: Kei Kojima).

International 1st Place in Business Concept Track at the global Diamond Challenge for High School Entrepreneurs competition (http://diamondchallenge.org/) at the University of Delaware (April 2017).

Won $11,000 venture fund. Featured entrepreneur finalist at the Youth Entrepreneurship Summit (YES!) at the University of Delaware (April 2017).

Provisional Patent “Wearable Real-Time Object Identification through Robust Acoustic Pattern Recognition for the Hearing Impaired” was filed on February 22th, 2017 (USPTO Application #62/461820) under a partnership with IP Venture Clinic, CASE Western Reserve University Law School.

Working with entrepreneur assistant programs JumpStart Incorporation and Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI) since 2016 to launch and grow a successful technology startup.

Engineering Projects and Awards

Project #1. Plasma Water Purification (2018–present)

“Plasma-Based Mist-Flow Purification Reactor Using Non-Equilibrium Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) Plasma for In Situ Degradation of Organic Water Contamination”

This energy-efficient, point-of-use water purifier unit does not use toxic chemicals or filters, and has potential to make clean, drinkable readily available in under-developed countries such as Ethiopia, Nepal, and Cambodia.

Named #1 State Winner (Top in Ohio; top 50 in the U.S.) of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition coordinated by the Water Environment Federation in April 2018

Other selected awards for this project include:

2nd place in Chemistry category, at the Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair (NEOSEF) (March 2018)

Cleveland Chemical Association Award

Engineers Without Borders Award–2nd Place

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Award–1st Place

NEOSEF Board of Directors Sam Brooks Award

Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) John Bell Memorial Award–1st Place

Project #2. Clean-Burning Diesel Fuel Technology (2015–present)

“Development of On-Board Ultrasonic Water-In-Diesel Emulsion (WiDE) Technology for Low-Emission Diesel Engine Combustion”

Designed and prototyped an on-board water-in-diesel emulsion fuel system that produces water-emulsion fuel in a diesel engine during engine operation using ultrasonic cavitation for reduced NOx and PM emissions.

First-authored an original research paper on project. Paper was published in The Ohio Journal of Science (Ohio Academy of Science) in Nov 2018: Volume 118, Issue 2, Pages 43-56. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18061/ojs.v118i2.6443.

Named All-State Finalist (Top 14 in the State of Ohio) at Buckeye Science and Engineering Fair (BSEF) held by The Ohio Academy of Science in April 2016.

Awarded All-State Grand Prize (top 4 out of 10,000 students) for Believe-in-Ohio State STEM Commercialization Competition offered by The Ohio Academy of Science (May 2016). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/559bef5ce4b06c1fb873ebae/t/57aaacb3cd0f68ea5c9795f2/1470803125610/Final+BiO+State+Comp+Winners+News+Release+May+18+2016.pdf

Finalist and Bronze Medal in Environmental Category at International GENIUS Olympiad (June 2015) at SUNY Oswego (Oswego, NY).

Provisional Patent “On-Demand On-Board Water-in-Diesel Emulsion Fuel Production Device Utilizing Ultrasonic Cavitation” was filed on April 20th, 2016 (USPTO Application #62/324,981).

Selected awards received at State Science Day and NEOSEF include:

“Superior Rating” at State Science Day, held by The Ohio Academy of Science at OSU in May 2016.

2nd place in Engineering category, at the NEOSEF (March 2016)

Ohio Governor’s Thomas Edison Award for Excellence in Advanced or Alternative Energy – 1st Place

NOKIA Applied Science Technology & Innovation Award – 1st Place

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Award for “Excellence in the Field of Aeronautics and Astronautics” – 1st Place

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Award for “Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Project”

Cleveland State University Washkewicz College of Engineering Award – 1st Place

Cleveland Regional Council of Science Teachers (CRCST) Award for Engineering Science

Exemplary Attainment Award from Ohio Senator Keith Faber

Project #3. NASA Microgravity Fluid Experiments (2017–2018)

“Unique Physics Phenomena in Drop Tower: Investigations on Hydrophobic Expulsion and Capillary Action in Micro-Gravity”

National Top 5 at NASA Microgravity Capillary Flow Challenge with unique nozzle flow-channel CAD design, which was tested in Portland State University’s 2.1-second drop tower.

Presented in poster session at 33th annual professional American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) Conference held in Seattle, Washington on October 25–28, 2017.

National 2nd Place at NASA Drop Tower Expulsion Challenge with hydrophobic-coated 3D printed objects, which were tested in NASA Glenn Research Center’s 2.2-sec Drop Tower in April 2018.

2nd Place in Poster Presentation Competition at 34th annual ASGSR Conference in Washington, D.C. on October 31–November 3, 2018.

NASA Internship

High-School Internship at NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH

Worked under Dr. Isaiah Blankson, Senior Technologist to design and prototype a compact plasma water purifier unit for point-of-use water treatment in underdeveloped countries and on the International Space Station (April–October 2018).

I love to invest in the next generation. I remember when I would come home from school, discouraged and exasperated because I did not understand the professor's explanations, no matter how I tried. I would look up YouTube videos to help and try to self-teach. I eventually got better and better and teaching myself the concepts, until pretty soon, I began to help other classmates because I knew to how to explain the tough concepts simply.

This is exactly what I want to do for you as the student! I want to come alongside you, care for you, understand the struggles you are going through, and ask questions/give strategy so that you can learn on your own.

I will not just give you the right answer! I will lead you step-by-step through the porocess of soving problems, and show you the most efficient and understadnbale pathway for YOU! I love to teach and see the "lightbulb" glow in the faces of students!

Please reach out with more questions! Looking forward to working with you!