After graduating with a B.S. in Materials Sciences and Engineering from Washington State University in 1994, I worked at Battelle Laboratory in Richland, WA, for two years on various projects (fusion materials research, electrochemical corrosion studies, nuclear fuel assemblies). The job was interesting at times but the long hours alone in laboratories and libraries made me miss working together with other people.I stumbled into tutoring by the suggestion of a friend while I was taking semin
