As the semester comes to an end, it is time to hit the books hard and finish strong.  To help you accomplish this goal, OMED has once again extended its tutoring and building hours for dead week and finals week.  Below is a flyer with all the details.

Did you not quite ‘get it’ during lecture? Need a refresher? A different perspective?

OMED Concept Classes are topic-specific lectures dealing with those portions of course material historically found to be the most challenging.

Different from standard Review Sessions

Although students are encouraged to bring practice tests and other material, the focus is on learning the overall subject matter and not any particular problems, making Concept Classes relevant regardless of professor or section, and oftentimes even ranging across a multitude of courses. For instance, some courses rely on an incumbent knowledge of several MATLAB programming techniques, but what about transfer students or others who, for whatever reason, have not taken CS1371? The ‘MATLAB Basics’ Concept Class is perfect in cases like this and it is, therefore, not uncommon to find that students from several Tech courses-not just CS1371- benefit from it.

Who? Where? How?

The Classes are facilitated by members of the OMED Academic Support staff and/or department faculty and are held at OMED unless otherwise noted. A syllabus and any supplemental documentation will be provided prior to each class. For scheduling or to suggest future classes, please contact Jarrad Reddick at jreddick@omed.gatech.edu.

Freshman Concept Class Syllabi and Schedules: Dead Week Fall2009 (Monday 11/30-Sunday 12/6)

• Chem 1310 Part1: Acid-Base Chem, Stoichiometry, Reactions, Quantum, Bonding, Gas Laws, Vapor Pressure
  • Offered: Wed 9p-12a (Tim Dodson)

• Chem1310 Part2: Equilibrium, Aqueous Equilibrium, Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Electrochemistry, Intermolecular Forces
  • Offered: Thur 9p-12a (Tim Dodson), Sun 2p-5p (Tim Dodson)

• Math1501 Part1: Differentiation, Chain Rule, Quotient Rule, Product Rule, Implicit Differentiation, Mean-Value Theorem, Max/Min Problems, Curve Sketching, Related Rates, the Differential, Integration, the Definite Integral, Fundamental Theorem of Integral Calculus, Area, Indefinite Integrals, Volume using Disk/Washer Method, Shell Method, Centroids
  • Offered: Thurs 4p-6p (Melissa Minneci), Fri 2p-5p (Heather Macfie), Sat 2p-4p (Jacob Tzegaegbe), Sun 2p-4p (Jacob Tzegaegbe)

• Math1501 Part2: U-Substitution, Mean Value Theorem for Integrals,  Work, Integrals of Log and Exponential Functions, Inverse Trig Functions, Integration by Parts, Integration Using Trig Substitution, Partial Fraction Expansion
  • Offered: Thurs 6p-8p (Melissa Minneci), Fri 5p-8p (Melissa Minneci), Sun 4p-6p (Carlo Davila)

• Math1502 Part1: Taylor Polynomials and Taylor Approximation, L’Hospital’s Rule and Improper Integrals, Infinite Series, Power Series, Numerical Integration and ODE’s
  • Offered: Thurs 4p-6p (Sean Sanders), Fri 4p-6p (Sean Sanders)

• Math1502 Part2: Vectors and Matrices, Row Reduction, Inverses, Linear Independence, Kernels and Images, Determinants and Volume, Eigenvalues and Diagonalization
  • Offered: Thurs 6p-8p (Sean Sanders), Fri 6p-8p (Sean Sanders)

• CS1371 Part 1: Datatypes, Variables, Loops(iteration), Vectors, Structures, Cell Arrays, Functions, Manipulating Sound, Plotting
  • Offered: Tues 8p-12a (Billy Kihei), Wed 7p-9p (Carlos Sierra), Thur 7p-9p (Carlos Sierra)

• CS1371 Part 2: Recursion, Functions, Numerical Methods, Manipulating Sound (repeated), Manipulating Images, Sorting
  • Offered: Wed 8p-12a (Billy Kihei), Sat 6p-8p (Carlos Sierra)

Melissa Minneci (bottom middle), OMED tutor was the recipient of the award for Undergraduate Woman of Distinction at this year’s Women’s Leadership Conference.  Melissa is currently a Mechanical Engineering tutor who also helps in Calculus 1-3, Statics, and Dynamics.

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Georgia Tech offers a multitude of academic resources. OMED encourages students to take full advantage of the programs and services offered. Following are links to some of the tutoring services provided by other campus departments:

Chemistry: http://web.chemistry.gatech.edu/rig/courses/01c/tutorial.html

College of Computing: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/education/students/resources/tutoring-assistance

Housing:  http://www.lap.gatech.edu

Math: http://www.math.gatech.edu/academics/undergraduate/mathlab.html

Mechanical Engineering:  http://www.me.gatech.edu/undergraduate/advisement_support.shtml

Success Programs: http://www.successprograms.gatech.edu/academic_support/index.php

Hometown: Middletown, CT.
Major: Mechanical Engineering (PhD candidate).
Primary courses: Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Experimental Methodology (ME 3057) and other ME courses.
Favorite GT course: MGT 6798 – Technology Ventures

A bit about Dimitri:
Dimitri is a past TA for the ME3057 course.
“Professionally, I plan to start my own automotive company focused on environmentally friendly power systems. I also desire to start a contingent of magnet schools focused on preparing minority students for post-secondary education in STEM fields.

I was born on July 4th.”