F=ma Training Program
Contact: fmatraining@outlook.com
Location: online via Zoom
Audience: grades 7-12
Target Exams: F=ma Exam, AP Physics C: Mechanics Exam, AP Physics 1 Exam
Overview: This program covers all content taught in college-level introductory mechanics, providing systematic preparation for the F=ma Exam.
1. Group Format
Enrollment open
The group format includes weekly interactive lectures (90 min) to learn the curriculum along with homework assignments and readings. Office hours are held to answer student questions and class recordings are available to students unable to attend the live class.
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2. Individual Format
Enrollment full
The individual format includes one-on-one private lessons (45 min or 90 min) to learn the curriculum along with homework assignments and readings. Lessons are customized to the student’s learning pace, with options for both short-term and long-term training.
Student Achievements
I’m honored to have played a small part in my students’ development. Here are some of their successes:
- Starting from F=ma Exam participant, won physics competition awards including: US Physics Team (top 20), USAPhO Gold Medalist (top 40), USAPhO Book Prize Winner (top 50), USAPhO Silver Medalist (top 100), USAPhO Bronze Medalist (top 180), USAPhO Honorable Mention, USAPhO Qualifier
- Won science competition awards including: Regeneron STS Finalist, Regeneron STS Semifinalist, Regeneron ISEF Finalist, RSI Scholar, Broadcom MASTERS Finalist
- Scored 5 on AP exams including: Precalculus; Calculus AB, BC; Statistics; Physics 1, 2, C: Mechanics, C: E&M, scored 800 on SAT Math, Physics exams
- Admitted to elite universities including: Ivy League schools (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, UPenn, Cornell), top private universities (Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Duke), top public universities (Berkeley, UCLA, UVA, Georgia Tech, UIUC, UMD)
Previous Teaching
- 10 years of teaching experience (as of Summer 2025) across in-person, online, and asynchronous formats
- Taught various class formats including: one-on-one, small group, section, lab, lecture
- Taught various student levels including: elementary school, middle school, high school, undergraduate, graduate (at top universities)
Blogging (2016-present)
- Created physics resources used by thousands of high school and college students each month (~2 million total views)
- Collaborated with Georgia Tech Society of Physics Students to develop solution guides for university students learning quantum mechanics
- Blog used by various physics groups including: Harvard Physics Circle, Thomas Jefferson High School Physics Team
F=ma Training Program (2023-present)
- Developed comprehensive curriculum and lecture notes for F=ma Exam material
- Taught weekly interactive lectures and private lessons, reviewed homework assignments, held office hours
- Elevated beginner physics students to competition level through systematic preparation
Private Tutoring (2018-2023)
- Planned and prepared students for academic exams including: AP Calculus AB, BC, AP Physics 1, 2, C: Mechanics, C: E&M, SAT Math, Physics
- Planned and prepared students for physics competitions including: F=ma Exam, USAPhO, Physics Bowl
- Mentored accelerated middle and high school students from across the country
Princeton University (2022-2023)
- Teaching Assistant for Princeton Department of Physics
- Led weekly lab sections, prepared review slides, graded assignments
- Taught Princeton undergraduate students in Physics 103: General Physics I (introductory mechanics) and Physics 104: General Physics II (introductory electricity and magnetism)
Stanford University (2019-2020)
- Physics and math tutor for Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning
- Organized multiple weekly tutoring sessions for Stanford undergraduate students
- Taught topics including: multivariable calculus, differential equations, classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics
- Prepared students for course assignments, quizzes, exams
- Physics tutor for Stanford Summer Academic Resource Center
- Organized multiple weekly tutoring sessions for visiting high school, undergraduate, and graduate students
- Taught topics including: calculus, real analysis, statistics, physics, engineering
- Prepared students for course assignments, quizzes, exams
Washington metropolitan area (2016-2018)
- Invited physics faculty at Chesapeake Math Program by director Dr. Catherine Asaro
- Planned and taught 4 Physics Olympiad programs covering topics in introductory mechanics
- Prepared regional middle and high school students for physics competitions
Howard County (2015-2017)
- Co-founder of Howard County Chinese School Physics Program
- Volunteer Teacher of AP Physics C, Teaching Assistant for AP Physics 1 and 2 (2016)
- Volunteer Teacher of Olympiad Physics, Teaching Assistant for AP Physics 1&2 and C (2015)
- Prepared local middle and high school students to take AP Physics exams
Centennial High School (2016-2017)
- Founder of Centennial High School Physics Club
- Organized peer tutoring for expanded access to homework help and content review
- Collaborated with Science National Honor Society to provide student mentors with tutoring opportunities
- Prepared high school students for physics class exams
Other mentoring activities
- Reviewed science research articles written by undergraduate students from various institutions as an Associate Editor of Stanford Undergraduate Research Journal (2018)
- Volunteer judge for local elementary school science fair (2017)
- Tutored elementary school students weekly in STEM topics as part of Ellicott City Tutors Club (2016)
- Member of Teachers Group on SIMIODE (2016)
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