Dr Stavros Mouslopoulos - Sydney, Sydney

I am a Theoretical Particle Physicist and provide one to one or group tutorials in Physics,
Mathematics and Statistics for all levels. I have extensive experience in tutoring. I can cover the Australian HSC syllabus in physics and maths. I have detailed knowledge of the NSW Science syllabii requirements.

HSC General Mathematics
HSC Maths Extension 1
HSC Maths Extension 2
HSC Physics Years10-12

I have also extensive experience in:

International Baccalaureate
College Entrance
Foundation Courses

University Students are mostly welcome.

I am currently Tutoring students of Sydney, UNSW, UTS, Macquarie Universities as well as Stage 6 Students.

Areas Covered: Glebe, Bondi Junction, CBD, Kensington, Alexandria, Redfern, North Sydney, Maroubra.

- Charge: 50$ per 60min for central locations. (Travel Expenses may apply)
- If group tuition: +10$ per extra student

-Phone: 044 96 83 218

-Email: mouslopoulos@hotmail.com

-Website: http://www.math-physics-tutor.com

- skype: smouslop123

-msn: mouslopoulos@hotmail.com

-Location: Central Sydney.

-Education:
2010-2011 Dip Ed UNSW,
2001-2002 University of California at Berkeley visiting scholar.
2002 PhD, M.Sc. in Theoretical Particle Physics, University of Oxford, UK
1998 B.A. in Physics University of Ioannina

-Teaching Method:" Maieutics".



----- A Minimum Syllabus for College Physics -----

Algebra: properties of polynomials, including the solution of quadratics. Graph sketching and
transformations of variables. Inequalities and their solution. Elementary trigonometry including
relationships between sin, cos and tan (sum and difference formulae will be stated if required).
Properties of logarithms and exponentials. Arithmetic and geometric progressions and the binomial
expansion.

Calculus: differentiation and integration of polynomials including fractional and negative powers.
Differentiation as finding the slope of a curve, and the location of maxima, minima and points of
inflection. Integration as the reverse of differentiation and as finding the area under a curve.
Simplifying integrals by symmetry arguments.

Mechanics: distance, velocity, speed, acceleration, and the relationships between them.
Interpretation of graphs. Response to forces; Newton’s laws of motion; weight and mass; addition
of forces; circular motion. Friction, air resistance, and terminal velocity. Levers, pulleys and other
elementary machines. Springs and Hooke’s law. Kinetic and potential energy and their inter-
conversion; other forms of energy; conservation of energy; power and work.

Waves and optics: longitudinal and transverse waves; amplitude, frequency, period, wavelength
and speed, and the relationships between them. Basic properties of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Reflection at plane mirrors. Refraction and elementary properties of prisms and lenses including
total internal reflection (mathematical treatment not required). Elementary understanding of
interference and diffraction.

Electricity and magnetism: current, voltage (potential difference), charge, resistance; relationships
between them and links to energy and power. Elementary circuits including batteries, wires,
resistors, filament lamps, diodes, capacitors, light dependent resistors and thermistors; series and
parallel circuits. Elementary electrostatic forces and magnetism. Links between electricity and
magnetism; electromagnets, motors, generators and transformers. Current as a flow of electrons;
thermionic emission and energy of accelerated electron beams.

Natural world: atomic and nuclear structure; properties of alpha, beta and gamma radiation; half
lives. Nuclear fission. Structure of the solar system. Phases of the moon and eclipses. Elementary
treatment of circular orbits under gravity including orbital speed, radius, period, centripetal
acceleration, and gravitational centripetal force. Satellites; geostationary and polar orbits.
Elementary properties of solids, liquids and gases including responses to pressure and
temperature.


Experience
I think that it is crucial to provide students with a working knowledge of physical
systems and to teach them problem solving skills for building upon this knowledge.
Teaching a person to think analytically is at the core of what a student should take
away from any science course.

For students not majoring in physics, it is important to teach them how science
affects their daily lives and how to make informed decisions about it based on
information available. For physics majors it is crucial to teach them the knowledge
pertinent to their course of study and how scientists solve difficult problems using
approximation, computational, and other quantitative methods. These important
tools are invaluable to future researchers because they aid in the careful design of
experiments and in determining the predictions of a model or theory.

I also strive to cover a range of topics in my teaching. This enables me to teach an
array of different methods for approaching physical problems and to demonstrate
how similar approaches can be applied to problems from disparate fields.
Furthermore, being a theoretician, I am well suited to teach physics majors how to
construct theories and models, to derive predictions from these models, and to test
these predictions against empirical data they have collected from the literature or
obtained in the laboratory.

Mentoring students is one of the most long-lasting contributions a researcher can
make, and it is a process that I find fun and rewarding. From my experience, I
learned the importance of engaging students through examples and of pitching
material at a level that assumes intelligence but not necessarily knowledge,
blending the known with the unknown in a combination that gives the student the
feeling of possibility rather than that of impossibility that formal and impressive
methods may impose.

Qualifications
• Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching, UNSW, Australia 2010-2011
• Private Science Tutor, Sydney, Australia 2009 - Present
• Private Science Tutor, London, UK (GCSE, A-Levels and University Level ) 2006-
2009 In association with Fleet Tutors, Kensington and Chelsea Tutors, Keystone Tutors.
• Research on Theoretical Particle Physics 2005-2006
• Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate at Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory & University of California at Berkeley, 2003-2005
• Postdoctoral Research Associate at T-8 Theory Division of Los Alamos National
Laboratory 2002-2003
• Visiting Scholar at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Theoretical Physics
Group & University of California at Berkeley 2001-2002
• Ph.D. Degree in Theoretical Physics Oxford University 1998-2002
• B.A. in Physics, from: University of Ioannina Department of Physics. 1994-1998
Graduation Score: “Excellent”, 9.2 / 10