Services and Support for Chemical Engineering Students

Chevron Tutoring Program 

The Department of Chemical Engineering offers FREE tutoring in key courses offered in the first three years of curriculum in the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering majors.

The courses we offer tutoring for generally include ECH 5, 51, 60, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145A, 145B, 152A, and 152B. Tutors are selected from the best junior and senior level students and must have already achieved excellent scores in any course they tutor. The program offers students the opportunity to ask questions in a friendly, informal setting in which they can learn with and from their peers.

Tutoring is conducted on a drop-in basis. 

Winter 2020

ECH 5: Introduction to Analysis and Design in Chemical Engineering (Instructors: Prof. Tonya Kuhl and Prof. William Ristenpart)
Tutor: Leo Jayachandran
Hours and Location: Tuesdays, 12:00 to 1:00, Bainer 3118
                                   Thursdays, 9:00 to 11:00, Bainer 3118

ECH 141: Fluid Mechanics (Instructor: Prof. Ronald Phillips)
Tutor: Daniel Jiang
Hours and Location: Tuesdays, 11:00 to 12:00, Bainer 3118
                                   Wednesdays, 6:00 to 8:00, Bainer 1062

ECH 145A: Chemical Engineering - Thermodynamics Laboratory (Instructors: Prof. Bruce Gates and Prof. Jiandi Wan)
Tutor: Nicolas Chavez
Hours and Location: Mondays, 4:00 to 6:00, Bainer 1070 (Tutoring will not be held on January 20th.)
                                   Thursdays, 1:30 to 4:00, Bainer 1070
Special Hours: Tuesday, January 21st from 1:30 to 4:00pm in Bainer 3118.

Tutor: Sam Clark
Hours and Location: Tuesdays, 4:00 to 6:00, Bainer 3118
                                   Fridays, 1:00 to 3:00, Bainer 1062

Tutor: Aime Torres
Hours and Location: Thursdays, 11:00 to 1:00, Bainer 3118
                                   Fridays, 3:30 to 5:30, Bainer 3118

ECH 152B: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (Instructor: Prof. Ambarish Kulkarni)
Tutor: Daniel Redeker
Hours and Location: Mondays, 6:00 to 8:00, Bainer 1062 (Tutoring will not be held on January 20th.)
                                   Tuesdays, 6:00 to 8:00, Kemper 1065
                                   Fridays, 3:00 to 4:00, Bainer 1062

The Department of Chemical Engineering gratefully acknowledges the generous financial support from Chevron for our tutoring program. Read more about this unique program.

ChE Programming Geek Squad

The Department of Chemical Engineering is offering a new program called the ChE Programming Geek Squad. The purpose of the program is to provide non-course specific programming support to undergraduate students, with the intent of helping students to develop their programming skills as they encounter difficulties in their courses by coaching them on how to implement their ideas using programs such as Matlab, Python, Aspen Plus, and SuperPro Designer. Geek Squad tutors will primarily serve students in the Department of Chemical Engineering but the support will also be extended to all students in the College of Engineering. They will be available to hold one-on-one scheduled appointments, office hours in the chemical engineering computer lab, and occasional programming workshops.

Walk In Tutoring (2061 Bainer Hall)
Just show up with your questions, our tutors will be available in the cpu lab during the hours listed below. Please note, no tutoring will be held on Monday, January 20th.

More details regarding one-on-one tutoring will be posted soon. If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Professor Jason White at jarwhite@ucdavis.edu.