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--- 184_tutors [2025/01/13 22:35] – [Daryl McPadden (She/Her)] dmcpadden
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 ===== LA Teaching Staff =====
-==== Alexis Arndt (She/Her) ====
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+==== Eleazar Asase (He/Him) ====
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 **Section**: 3
-**Major**: Astrophysics
+**Major**: Mechanical Engineering
-**Future plans**: Find a job (anything) that I enjoy and will allow me to travel!
+**Future plans**: I plan on getting my PhD in robotics and to be a rich Unc
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Don’t be scared to work in groups! Everyone is in the same boat, and your teammates can help you out a lot.
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Challenge yourself to understand the underlying assumption of each problem and do the homework problems. you can't escape those, do it.
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Definitely go to the help room and utilize all of your other resources (piazza, asking ULAs, and even talking to your group).
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Ask a friend, ask a ULA, go to help room, drop a question in Piazza!
-**Fun fact about me:** I have 5 roommates that I met freshman year!
+**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.
-**Email**: arndtale@msu.edu
+**Help room hours:** Piazza Manager - Thursdays & Fridays
+**Email**: asaseele@msu.edu
 ==== Andrew Austin (He/Him) ====
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-**Section**: 5
+**Section**: 4
 **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 - Thursdays & Fridays
+**Help room hours:** Piazza Discussion Board Manager - Tuesdays
 **Email**: austi155@msu.edu
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 **Fun fact about me:** Eminem used to live in the neighborhood across from mine
-**Help room hours:** Mondays 4:30 - 5:30 pm
+**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 6:30 - 7:30 pm
 **Email**: bauertru@msu.edu
-==== Dominic Bednar (He/Him) ====
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-**Section**: 4
-**Major**: Mechanical Engineering
-**Future plans**: Graduate and see where is takes me, maybe grad school or a cool job.
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: My biggest pieces of advice would be to make sure to do the notes before hand and to be open to new perspectives within your group.
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** QUESTIONS!! Help room is extremely helpful because of the one-on-one help where you can work through your problems!
-**Fun fact about me:** I have two little dachshunds named Rocco and Diesel.
-**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 6:30 - 7:30 pm
-**Email**: bednardo@msu.edu
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-**Section**: 4
+**Section**: 3
 **Major**: Astrophysics
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-==== Jordan Dashner (She/Her) ====
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-**Section**: 4
-**Major**: Biosystems Engineering
-**Future plans**: Find a job in the food industry, travel, be outside, enjoy life, and be happy!
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**:  Get comfortable with your groups and make connections outside of just physics.
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Go to your group first, that’s why they’re there! Ask for clarification or an explanation. Beyond that, help room is a great time to get assistance and discussion boards are helpful too.
-**Fun fact about me:** I’m licensed to operate a forklift.
-**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 4:00 - 5:00 pm
-**Email**: dashner1@msu.edu
-==== Faith Dawson (She/Her) ====
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-**Section**: 3
-**Major**: Computer Science
-**Future plans**: Make enough money to have an absurd number of pets and plants!
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Don't be afraid to be wrong! It's better to facilitate discussions in your group than for everyone to sit there stumped.
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** You can always ask your group mates and the teaching staff in class, there is a reason the class is structured the way it is. Secondly, go to help room!!! It's a super valuable resource that can help with homework or conceptual questions.
-**Fun fact about me:** I love to draw and paint, especially things from nature like plants and animals!
-**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 5:30 - 6:30 pm
-**Email**: dawsonfa@msu.edu
-==== Dhiti Doddamreddy (She/Her) ====
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-**Section**: 4
-**Major**: Astrophysics
-**Future plans**: Would love to work for NASA or be a part of a research team for further space exploration.
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Go into the class with an open mind. It might seem like a lot at first but it gets easier if you are on top of the work!
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Help room is your best friend. There is nothing that helped me more than help room please utilize it!
-**Fun fact about me:** I have lived in 8 different places
-**Help room hours:** Mondays 6:30 - 7:30 pm
-**Email**: doddamre@msu.edu
-==== Max Doty (He/Him) ====
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-**Section**: 5
-**Major**: Mechanical Engineering
-**Future plans**: Work for Consumers Energy in their standards department or in their renewable energy division.
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Get to meet your group mates, don't be afraid to speak up/ask questions and have fun!
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Watch the videos/read the readings more in depth, visit office hours, ask questions and collaborate with your group mates.
-**Fun fact about me:** I'm an IZZONE student section leader!
-**Help room hours:** Mondays 2:30 - 3:30 pm
-**Email**: dotymax1@msu.edu
 ==== Maggie Gaunt (She/Her) ====
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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 4:30 - 5:30 pm
+**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 6:00 - 7:00 pm
 **Email**: gauntmag@msu.edu
+==== Luka Jalabadze (He/Him) ====
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+**Section**: 4
-==== Krithika Mahesh (She/Her) ====
+**Major**: Computer Science
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-**Section**: 3
+**Future plans**: Develop AI as an aid to society, not a threat to our jobs (and hopefully get an internship)
-**Major**: Mechanical Engineering
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Try not to stress too much, it's okay to struggle. Ask questions, express your opinions, and talk to your ULAs. They're here to help.
-**Future plans**: To design medical devices as a biomedical engineer
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Reach out to your ULAs, go to help room, or talk to us in class! :)
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Actively participate in group discussions and allow yourself time to struggle through homework problems before asking for help.
+**Fun fact about me:** I love music, and I'm very passionate about playing the guitar!
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Read the notes carefully. Make sure you have attempted the homework problems. Go to help room to ask clarifying questions. Don’t talk down to yourself and don’t give up!
+**Help room hours:** Mondays 6:30 - 7:30 pm
-**Fun fact about me:** One of my hobbies is singing Indian classical music.
+**Email**: jalabadz@msu.edu
-**Email**: maheshk1@msu.edu
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-**Section**: 5
+**Section**: 3
 **Major**: Computer Science, Minor in Business
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 **Fun fact about me:** I love playing tennis with my friends and family on my off time!
-**Help room hours:** Piazza Discussion Board Manager - Saturdays & Sundays
+**Help room hours:** Mondays 4:30 - 5:30 pm
 **Email**: mohabans@msu.edu
-==== Om Nair () ====
+==== Aaditya Moudgil (He/Him) ====
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-**Section**: 4
-**Major**:
-**Future plans**:
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**:
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?**
-**Fun fact about me:**
-**Help room hours:** Piazza Discussion Board Manager - Mondays
-**Email**: nairom@msu.edu
-==== Shota Nishida (He/Him) ====
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 **Section**: 3
-**Major**: Computer Engineering
+**Major**: Computer Science
-**Future plans**: My future plan would be to work as an embedded engineer somewhere.
+**Future plans**: I would want to go to Grad School working on something that is at the intersection of Mathematics and theoretical CS.
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Don't be afraid to share ideas in your group and get to know the people in your group.
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Utilize the Help Room, and Piazza. They are wonderful resources, and most importantly: Trust the BoarTigers!!!!
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Reach out for help, be it your peers, TAs, or ULAs.
+**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.
-**Fun fact about me:** I played soccer for 15 years straight but I'm now playing for pure fun.
+**Fun fact about me:** I have a remarkably hungry and (somewhat) cute pet beagle.
-**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 3:00 - 4:00
+**Help room hours:** Mondays 4:30 - 5:30 pm
-**Email**: nishida2@msu.edu
+**Email**: moudgil1@msu.edu
+==== Om Nair (He/Him) ====
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-==== Himanshi Pakale () ====
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 **Section**: 3
-**Major**:
+**Major**: Applied Engineering
-**Future plans**:
+**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**:
+**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?**
+**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:**
+**Fun fact about me:**  I illustrated a book when I was in high school and it became an New York Times best-seller.
-**Email**: pakalehi@msu.edu
+**Help room hours:** Piazza Discussion Board Manager - Mondays
+**Email**: nairom@msu.edu
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-**Section**: 5
+**Section**: 3
 **Major**: Math
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 **Fun fact about me:** I have a Mexican Street Dog named Delso.
-**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 2:30 - 3:30 pm
+**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:00 pm
 **Email**: procto86@msu.edu
-==== Quinn Raleigh () ====
+==== Quinn Raleigh (He/Him) ====
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 **Section**: 3
-**Major**:
+**Major**: Mechanical Engineering
-**Future plans**:
+**Future plans**: To work in either the defense industry or in a field that combines engineering and storm chasing, especially chasing tornados.
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**:
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Put in the hard work to get to know your group members’ and their strengths that way you are prepared for the group projects. Also don’t put off the homework until the last second, that way you get help if you need it. Enjoy the lore of the class.
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?**
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Use the help room and don’t wait till your last attempt on a problem to come to the help room.  Talk to the professors and the TAs and LAs they are here to answer your questions and offer help.
-**Fun fact about me:**
+**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
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 **Email**: raleighq@msu.edu
+==== Pritesh Ravi (He/Him) ====
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-==== AnnaMaria Schneider (She/Her) ====
+**Section**: 4
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-**Section**: 5
 **Major**: Mechanical Engineering
-**Future plans**: Serve as an officer in the US Air Force as a fighter pilot or engineer.
+**Future plans**: I'm hoping to work in CAD related work or anything that interests me!
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Open up to your group and don't be afraid to share your ideas and questions! Your group can help you out and they're one of your best resources.
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Being anxious is part of the process! Being in a group puts any individual under pressure but its important to realize that even while making mistakes, you will still end up learning and that is the objective of the class!
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Summarize the online notes in your own words/notes, and bring your personal notes to class. This helps with getting a baseline understanding before class and helps you know what to ask questions about during class.
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Utilize the helprooms and work with the groups that are formed in your class to help work through the concepts with new perspectives!
-**Fun fact about me:** I love to lift weights!
+**Fun fact about me:** I competed in a 3D modeling design competition in detroit this summer!
-**Help room hours:** Mondays 5:30 - 6:30 pm
+**Help room hours:** Piazza Manager - Saturdays & Sundays
+**Email**: raviprit@msu.edu
-**Email**: schne623@msu.edu
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-**Section**: 5
+**Section**: 4
 **Major**: Neuroscience
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 **Fun fact about me:** Both of my dogs have a food name, Noodles and Bean
-**Help room hours:** Mondays 3:30 - 4:30 pm
+**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 5:30 - 6:30 pm
 **Email**: thom2601@msu.edu
+==== Zohar Yossef (She/Her) ====
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+**Section**: 4
+**Major**: Computer Science and Jazz Studies
+**Future plans**: Looking to get into cybersecurity, maybe teach guitar, and play lots of jazz!
+**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?** 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:** 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 & 5
+**Sections**: 3
 **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 6-7 pm & Piazza Discussion Board Manager Tuesdays
+**Help room hours**: Tuesdays 3:30 - 5:30 pm
 **Email**: reyno650@msu.edu
-==== Andrea Wooley (She/Her) ====
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-**Sections**: 3
-**Research Area**: Physics Education Research
-**Description of research in that area**: My research focuses on culturally relevant physics education. One of my projects is designing and implementing culture-based assessments that engage students in using their cultural resources to learn physics concepts.
-**What excites you about physics**: Through my experiences in physics classes, I have far exceeded what I ever thought that I would be capable of. Whether it’s approaching a challenging problem by breaking it into manageable steps or modeling a complex system as a sum of individual parts, physics has made what seems impossible, possible and allows you to do some pretty cool things.
-**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Come to class prepared with the lecture notes and be open to attempting something that you’ve never done before.
-**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** When in doubt, reach out to the people around you. Growth is challenging and it’s not much fun to struggle alone.
-**Fun fact about me**: I’m a college dropout turned Ph.D. student
-**Email**: wooleya2@msu.edu
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-**Section**: 5
+**Section**: 4
 **Degrees**: B.A. in Physics, Ph.D. in Physics with research area in high energy astrophysics
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 **Fun fact about me:**  I've been to the South Pole three times.
-**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 3:30 - 4:30 pm in the help room, or by appointment (email me)
+**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 4:00 - 5:00 pm in the help room, or by appointment (email me)
 **Email**: tdeyoung@msu.edu
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 ==== Daryl McPadden (She/Her) ====
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-**Section**: 3 & 4
+**Section**: 3
 **Degrees**: B.S. in Engineering Physics; M.S. in Physics; Ph.D. in Physics, research area in Physics Education Research
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+==== Dominic Bednar (He/Him) ====
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+**Section**: 4
+**Major**: Mechanical Engineering
+**Future plans**: Graduate and see where is takes me, maybe grad school or a cool job.
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: My biggest pieces of advice would be to make sure to do the notes before hand and to be open to new perspectives within your group.
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** QUESTIONS!! Help room is extremely helpful because of the one-on-one help where you can work through your problems!
+**Fun fact about me:** I have two little dachshunds named Rocco and Diesel.
+**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 6:30 - 7:30 pm
+**Email**: bednardo@msu.edu
+==== Jordan Dashner (She/Her) ====
+{{184_notes:jordan_dashner.jpg?300}}
+**Section**: 4
+**Major**: Biosystems Engineering
+**Future plans**: Find a job in the food industry, travel, be outside, enjoy life, and be happy!
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**:  Get comfortable with your groups and make connections outside of just physics.
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Go to your group first, that’s why they’re there! Ask for clarification or an explanation. Beyond that, help room is a great time to get assistance and discussion boards are helpful too.
+**Fun fact about me:** I’m licensed to operate a forklift.
+**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 4:00 - 5:00 pm
+**Email**: dashner1@msu.edu
+==== Faith Dawson (She/Her) ====
+{{184_notes:faith_dawson2.png?300}}
+**Section**: 3
+**Major**: Computer Science
+**Future plans**: Make enough money to have an absurd number of pets and plants!
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Don't be afraid to be wrong! It's better to facilitate discussions in your group than for everyone to sit there stumped.
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** You can always ask your group mates and the teaching staff in class, there is a reason the class is structured the way it is. Secondly, go to help room!!! It's a super valuable resource that can help with homework or conceptual questions.
+**Fun fact about me:** I love to draw and paint, especially things from nature like plants and animals!
+**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 5:30 - 6:30 pm
+**Email**: dawsonfa@msu.edu
+==== Dhiti Doddamreddy (She/Her) ====
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+**Section**: 4
+**Major**: Astrophysics
+**Future plans**: Would love to work for NASA or be a part of a research team for further space exploration.
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Go into the class with an open mind. It might seem like a lot at first but it gets easier if you are on top of the work!
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Help room is your best friend. There is nothing that helped me more than help room please utilize it!
+**Fun fact about me:** I have lived in 8 different places
+**Help room hours:** Mondays 6:30 - 7:30 pm
+**Email**: doddamre@msu.edu
+==== Max Doty (He/Him) ====
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+**Section**: 5
+**Major**: Mechanical Engineering
+**Future plans**: Work for Consumers Energy in their standards department or in their renewable energy division.
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Get to meet your group mates, don't be afraid to speak up/ask questions and have fun!
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Watch the videos/read the readings more in depth, visit office hours, ask questions and collaborate with your group mates.
+**Fun fact about me:** I'm an IZZONE student section leader!
+**Help room hours:** Mondays 2:30 - 3:30 pm
+**Email**: dotymax1@msu.edu
+==== Krithika Mahesh (She/Her) ====
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+**Section**: 3
+**Major**: Mechanical Engineering
+**Future plans**: To design medical devices as a biomedical engineer
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Actively participate in group discussions and allow yourself time to struggle through homework problems before asking for help.
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Read the notes carefully. Make sure you have attempted the homework problems. Go to help room to ask clarifying questions. Don’t talk down to yourself and don’t give up!
+**Fun fact about me:** One of my hobbies is singing Indian classical music.
+**Email**: maheshk1@msu.edu
+==== Shota Nishida (He/Him) ====
+{{184_notes:shota_nishida.jpg?300}}
+**Section**: 3
+**Major**: Computer Engineering
+**Future plans**: My future plan would be to work as an embedded engineer somewhere.
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Don't be afraid to share ideas in your group and get to know the people in your group.
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Reach out for help, be it your peers, TAs, or ULAs.
+**Fun fact about me:** I played soccer for 15 years straight but I'm now playing for pure fun.
+**Help room hours:** Tuesdays 3:00 - 4:00
+**Email**: nishida2@msu.edu
+==== Himanshi Pakale (She/They) ====
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+**Section**: 3
+**Major**: computer science
+**Future plans**: to work as an AI expert at a tech company
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Don’t hesitate to put forward your ideas even if you aren’t completely sure about them. It’s all about learning together
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Reach out to your peers, TAs, professors, go to help rooms, there are so many different ways you could succeed in this class
+**Fun fact about me:** I love to dance.
+**Email**: pakalehi@msu.edu
+==== AnnaMaria Schneider (She/Her) ====
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+**Section**: 5
+**Major**: Mechanical Engineering
+**Future plans**: Serve as an officer in the US Air Force as a fighter pilot or engineer.
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Open up to your group and don't be afraid to share your ideas and questions! Your group can help you out and they're one of your best resources.
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Summarize the online notes in your own words/notes, and bring your personal notes to class. This helps with getting a baseline understanding before class and helps you know what to ask questions about during class.
+**Fun fact about me:** I love to lift weights!
+**Help room hours:** Mondays 5:30 - 6:30 pm
+**Email**: schne623@msu.edu
+==== Andrea Wooley (She/Her) ====
+{{184_notes:andrea_wooley.jpg?300}}
+**Sections**: 3
+**Research Area**: Physics Education Research
+**Description of research in that area**: My research focuses on culturally relevant physics education. One of my projects is designing and implementing culture-based assessments that engage students in using their cultural resources to learn physics concepts.
+**What excites you about physics**: Through my experiences in physics classes, I have far exceeded what I ever thought that I would be capable of. Whether it’s approaching a challenging problem by breaking it into manageable steps or modeling a complex system as a sum of individual parts, physics has made what seems impossible, possible and allows you to do some pretty cool things.
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Come to class prepared with the lecture notes and be open to attempting something that you’ve never done before.
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** When in doubt, reach out to the people around you. Growth is challenging and it’s not much fun to struggle alone.
+**Fun fact about me**: I’m a college dropout turned Ph.D. student
+**Email**: wooleya2@msu.edu
+==== Alexis Arndt (She/Her) ====
+{{184_notes:alexis_arndt.jpg?300}}
+**Section**: 3
+**Major**: Astrophysics
+**Future plans**: Find a job (anything) that I enjoy and will allow me to travel!
+**Advice on how to approach EMP-Cubed**: Don’t be scared to work in groups! Everyone is in the same boat, and your teammates can help you out a lot.
+**What do you recommend doing if you are struggling in class?** Definitely go to the help room and utilize all of your other resources (piazza, asking ULAs, and even talking to your group).
+**Fun fact about me:** I have 5 roommates that I met freshman year!
+**Email**: arndtale@msu.edu
 ==== Richard Hallstein (He/Him) ====