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--- 184_tutors [2025/09/03 13:06] – [Pritesh Ravi ()] dmcpadden
+++ 184_tutors [2026/01/13 22:28] (current) – [Aesen (Ace) Copeland (He/Him)] dmcpadden
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 **Fun fact about me:** I used to wrestle with Duolingo every 11pm for French lessons, now I fight with Duolingo for my chess lessons instead.
-**Help room hours:** Piazza Manager - Thursdays & Fridays
+**Help room hours:** Piazza Manager - Thursdays, Saturdays, & Mondays
 **Email**: asaseele@msu.edu
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-**Section**: 4
+**Section**: 3
 **Major**: Mechanical Engineering
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 **Fun fact about me:** I hiked multiple 14ers this past summer!
-**Help room hours:** Piazza Discussion Board Manager - Tuesdays
+**Help room hours:** Mondays 3-4 pm
 **Email**: austi155@msu.edu
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-**Section**: 4
+**Section**: 3
 **Major**: Biosystems Engineering
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 **Fun fact about me:** Eminem used to live in the neighborhood across from mine
-**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 6:30 - 7:30 pm
 **Email**: bauertru@msu.edu
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 ==== Aesen (Ace) Copeland (He/Him) ====
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-**Section**: 3
+**Section**: 4
 **Major**: Astrophysics
-**Future plans**: I’m honestly not sure! I plan on getting my PhD, and my dream is to start my own business that leads in space innovation and exploration.
+**Future plans**: I'm hoping to get into a PhD program in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics with a focus on testing Fundamental Symmetries. More specifically, I want to continue using tabletop laser experiments to trap atoms and tests Charge-Parity (CP) violating effects.
 **Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Have an open mind. Those who haven’t experienced a flipped classroom environment yet may not enjoy or understand its usefulness until they adjust to it. I promise it’s worth it!
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 **Email**: copel116@msu.edu
+==== Quinn Dallet (He/Him) ====
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+**Section**: 3
+**Major**: Aerospace Engineering
+**Future plans**: I'd like to master in astronautics or material science, otherwise hoping to help build rockets or fast cars or whatever an aerospace engineer does!
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Learn to work well with your groupmates!!! Collaborating and asking questions will make this class 1000x easier!!
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Talk to your groupmates or your ULAs. We want you to succeed!!! Khan academy is also a great free option for studying and practice problems.
+**Fun fact about me:** I really really REALLY like Geometry Dash
+**Email**: dalletqu@msu.edu
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 **Fun fact about me:** I love cats. My family back home has two cats named Bigfoot and Tiny. If you ever need a cat sitter, let me know!
-**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 6:00 - 7:00 pm
 **Email**: gauntmag@msu.edu
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-**Section**: 4
+**Section**: 3
 **Major**: Computer Science
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 **Fun fact about me:** I love music, and I'm very passionate about playing the guitar!
-**Help room hours:** Mondays 6:30 - 7:30 pm
+**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 4:30 - 5:30 pm
 **Email**: jalabadz@msu.edu
+==== Jackson McKinney (He/Him) ====
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+**Section**: 4
-==== Apar Mohabansi (He/Him) ====
+**Major**: Computer Science
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-**Section**: 3
+**Future plans**: I'd like to move out of the Midwest and work in aerospace or automotive, but I'm open to whatever opportunities I can find!
-**Major**: Computer Science, Minor in Business
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Focus on mastering the overall concepts and key ideas. Having a good foundation on the important concepts will make everything else, like specific equations, easier to understand and apply.
-**Future plans**: To work in AI and create solutions to problems all over the world.
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Remember that asking for help is ok! Asking for clarification while working through a problem as a group can make sure that you understand along with everyone else in the group. Help room is also a great resource if you're struggling on any of the material.
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Do the readings and make friends with your teammates! It will make the class much more enjoyable and you never know where a connection can take you.
+**Fun fact about me:** I love hiking and backpacking. While I haven't gotten to go backpacking recently, I've done small parts of the Appalachian Trail and Nordhouse Dunes in the past, and I recently got to hike Diamond Head over the break.
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Don't hesitate to reach out to the TAs or ULAs if you have any questions. We are always happy to help!
+**Email**: mckin277@msu.edu
-**Fun fact about me:** I love playing tennis with my friends and family on my off time!
+**Help Room Hours**: Mondays 1-2 pm
-**Help room hours:** Mondays 4:30 - 5:30 pm
-**Email**: mohabans@msu.edu
+==== Apar Mohabansi (He/Him) ====
-==== Aaditya Moudgil (He/Him) ====
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 **Section**: 3
-**Major**:
+**Major**: Computer Science, Minor in Business
-**Future plans**:
+**Future plans**: To work in AI and create solutions to problems all over the world.
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**:
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Do the readings and make friends with your teammates! It will make the class much more enjoyable and you never know where a connection can take you.
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?**
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Don't hesitate to reach out to the TAs or ULAs if you have any questions. We are always happy to help!
-**Fun fact about me:**
+**Fun fact about me:** I love playing tennis with my friends and family on my off time!
-**Help room hours:** Mondays 5:30 - 6:30 pm
+**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 5:30 - 6:30 pm
-**Email**: moudgil1@msu.edu
+**Email**: mohabans@msu.edu
-==== Om Nair (He/Him) ====
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-**Section**: 3
-**Major**: Applied Engineering
-**Future plans**: Build a career I love, start a business that helps companies be more sustainable, and make enough money to have a massive home library.
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Ask a lot of questions and don't be afraid of saying the wrong thing. This class values a learning curve over always getting the right answer!
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Talk to your LA! They have a lot of strategies and recommendations to help you succeed in this class.
-**Fun fact about me:**  I illustrated a book when I was in high school and it became an New York Times best-seller.
-**Help room hours:** Piazza Discussion Board Manager - Mondays
-**Email**: nairom@msu.edu
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-**Section**: 3
+**Section**: 4
 **Major**: Math
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 **Fun fact about me:** I have a Mexican Street Dog named Delso.
-**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:00 pm
+**Help room hours:** Mondays 2:00 - 3:00 pm
 **Email**: procto86@msu.edu
 ==== Quinn Raleigh (He/Him) ====
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-**Section**: 3
+**Section**: 4
 **Major**: Mechanical Engineering
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 **Fun fact about me:** I have been to Alaska twice as part of a research project and helped write a research paper published by ASHRAE.
-**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 5:00 - 6:00 pm
+**Help room hours:** Mondays 5:00 - 6:00 pm
 **Email**: raleighq@msu.edu
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 **Fun fact about me:** I competed in a 3D modeling design competition in detroit this summer!
-**Help room hours:** Piazza Manager - Saturdays & Sundays
+**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 6:30 - 7:30 pm
 **Email**: raviprit@msu.edu
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-**Section**: 4
+**Section**: 3
 **Major**: Neuroscience
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 **Fun fact about me:** Both of my dogs have a food name, Noodles and Bean
-**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 5:30 - 6:30 pm
+**Help room hours:** Mondays 4:00 - 5:00 pm
 **Email**: thom2601@msu.edu
-==== Zohar Yossef () ====
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+==== Zohar Yossef (She/Her) ====
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 **Section**: 4
-**Major**:
+**Major**: Computer Science and Jazz Studies
-**Future plans**:
+**Future plans**: Looking to get into cybersecurity, maybe teach guitar, and play lots of jazz!
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**:
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: This class is all about collaboration and working through the process of how to solve problems. Don’t stress too much about the final solutions, if you understand the concepts you will do just fine!
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?**
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Reach out! Whether it's to the ULA’s or your classmates, working with other people is a great resource and way for you to go over the content in this class.
-**Fun fact about me:**
+**Fun fact about me:** I’m a huge fan of side quests- I’ve gone skydiving, learned to crochet, I was in the marching band my freshman year, really I’m always down to try anything at least once!
 **Email**: yossefzo@msu.edu
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-**Sections**: 3
+**Sections**: 4
 **Research Area**: Physics Education Research
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 **Fun fact about me**: I love knitting and crafting, and can explain the physics behind a spinning wheel.
-**Help room hours**: Tuesdays 3:30 - 5:30 pm
+**Help room hours**: Tuesdays 3:30 - 4:30 pm
 **Email**: reyno650@msu.edu
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 ===== Professors =====
+==== Daryl McPadden (She/Her) ====
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+**Section**: 3
+**Degrees**: B.S. in Engineering Physics; M.S. in Physics; Ph.D. in Physics
+**Research/Interest Area**:
+My research area is Physics Education Research.
+**Description of research in that area**:
+My research has focused on the development and evaluation of active learning (non-lecture) physics classes, particularly introductory mechanics and E&M. Most recently, my research has focused particularly on two areas: 1) how we can make active learning classes more accessible and 2) how students develop scientific practices in physics courses, including computational thinking skills.
+**What excites you about physics**:
+I love the explanatory power of physics and that physics can explain what happens in every day life - like how metal detectors work or how power is generated or how the electric grid is set up.
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**:
+This class is about more than getting a final answer, it's about understanding the process and understanding what your final answer actually //means//. Spend the time understanding the assumptions that are in the notes and in the problems, and really evaluate your answers. It's ok if they aren't completely realistic, the important part is to be able to identify why they aren't realistic and what the effects are on your solution.
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?**
+Remember that you have a lot of resources in this class. In addition to help room, you have your instructors in class, you have your group mates, there's piazza discussion boards, and the notes. Don't be afraid of not knowing something - it is always worth it to ask questions or say something if you don't get an idea/concept!
+**Fun fact about me:**
+I love to cook and bake. Most recently, I've learned to make panna cotta from scratch (I've decided it's basically just fancy pudding) and a variety of homemade sausages. I'm also learning how to make lots of different breads as an ongoing project.
+**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 1:30 - 2:30 pm, or by appointment (email me)
+**Email**: mcpadden@msu.edu
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 ==== Ty DeYoung (He/Him) ====
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 **Email**: tdeyoung@msu.edu
-==== Daryl McPadden (She/Her) ====
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+==== Aaditya Moudgil (He/Him) ====
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 **Section**: 3
-**Degrees**: B.S. in Engineering Physics; M.S. in Physics; Ph.D. in Physics, research area in Physics Education Research
+**Major**: Computer Science
-**Research/Interest Area**:
+**Future plans**: I would want to go to Grad School working on something that is at the intersection of Mathematics and theoretical CS.
-My research area is Physics Education Research.
-**Description of research in that area**:
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Utilize the Help Room, and Piazza. They are wonderful resources, and most importantly: Trust the BoarTigers!!!!
-My research has focused on the development and evaluation of active learning (non-lecture) physics classes, particularly introductory mechanics and E&M. Most recently, my research has focused particularly on two areas: 1) how we can make active learning classes more accessible and 2) how students develop scientific practices in physics courses, including computational thinking skills.
-**What excites you about physics**:
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** I would say spend some more time with the notes and additional material. And if that doesn't seem to work, feel free to ask for help from anyone on the teaching team. The most important part, ofcourse, is to work towards understanding the material.
-I love the explanatory power of physics and that physics can explain what happens in every day life - like how metal detectors work or how power is generated or how the electric grid is set up.
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**:
+**Fun fact about me:** I have a remarkably hungry and (somewhat) cute pet beagle.
-This class is about more than getting a final answer, it's about understanding the process and understanding what your final answer actually //means//. Spend the time understanding the assumptions that are in the notes and in the problems, and really evaluate your answers. It's ok if they aren't completely realistic, the important part is to be able to identify why they aren't realistic and what the effects are on your solution.
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?**
+**Help room hours:** Mondays 4:30 - 5:30 pm
-Remember that you have a lot of resources in this class. In addition to help room, you have your instructors in class, you have your group mates, there's piazza discussion boards, and the notes. Don't be afraid of not knowing something - it is always worth it to ask questions or say something if you don't get an idea/concept!
-**Fun fact about me:**
+**Email**: moudgil1@msu.edu
-I love to cook and bake. Most recently, I've learned to make panna cotta from scratch (I've decided it's basically just fancy pudding) and a variety of homemade sausages. I'm also learning how to make lots of different breads as an ongoing project.
-**Help room hours:** Thursdays 10:30 - 11:30 am, or by appointment (email me)
+==== Om Nair (He/Him) ====
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-**Email**: mcpadden@msu.edu
+**Section**: 3
+**Major**: Applied Engineering
+**Future plans**: Build a career I love, start a business that helps companies be more sustainable, and make enough money to have a massive home library.
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Ask a lot of questions and don't be afraid of saying the wrong thing. This class values a learning curve over always getting the right answer!
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Talk to your LA! They have a lot of strategies and recommendations to help you succeed in this class.
+**Fun fact about me:**  I illustrated a book when I was in high school and it became an New York Times best-seller.
+**Help room hours:** Piazza Discussion Board Manager - Mondays
+**Email**: nairom@msu.edu
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 ==== Dominic Bednar (He/Him) ====