TSTN tutors are highly qualified. Some have several university degrees while many have won numerous academic awards and have also been recognized for their achievements outside of the classroom. Please note that not all of our tutors are listed here as tutors are not obligated to provide profiles. Please also note that all of our tutors are independent contractors, and are not employees or agents of TSTN for any purpose whatsoever.

Ahmad Akl

Ahmad received his Bachelor of Science (BSc) from the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates in 2006 with a GPA of 4.0/4.0, and his Master of Applied Science (MASc) from the University of Toronto in Canada in 2010, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Ahmad is currently pursuing his PhD in biomedical engineering, and his work is focused on developing smart systems for health monitoring. Ahmad has worked as a teaching assistant (TA) for many of the undergraduate courses in the electrical and computer engineering field at the University of Toronto, and is also working toward the Advanced University Teaching Preparation (AUTP) Certificate at the University of Toronto. Ahmad knows programming in Matlab, C, and Java. His research interests include gesture recognition, activity recognition, compressive sensing, artificial intelligence, smart systems, and machine learning.

Azad Ashraf

Azad is currently working as a research engineer at McMaster University as well as teaching students there. He has a Masters and Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from the United States and an MBA in international marketing from the United Kingdom. He has taught in the UK for 2 years in public high school and Colleges. He has also taught in Westchester Community College in New York, USA and an American International University in Bangladesh for more than 3 years. His expertise is in math, physics, chemistry, science and marketing in the business sector. He has a special technique which he believes is very effective in learning especially in visualization and practical experiences. He is also trained in SEN (special education need for underdeveloped children). He has four publications from the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) from the U.S. He loves to teach and see his students succeed with an effective learning process.

Dr. Ismael El-Samahy

Ismael has recently received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Waterloo in June 2008, where his research work was in the field of power systems operation and control in the context of deregulation of the power sector. Currently he is working as an Engineer at the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) of Ontario. Ismael has more than 6 years of teaching experience. He has been involved in teaching several undergraduate Electrical Engineering courses at the University of Waterloo, as a teaching assistant (TA). He received several awards as best TA of the Department based on students ratings. In the last term of his Ph.D., Ismael taught a 2nd year Mechanical Engineering course, as a Sessional Instructor, in which he was entirely responsible for course designing, managing course administration, and supervising tutorials and Lab sessions.

Shoshana Goldberg

Shoshana is an Industrial Engineer. She went to Netivot Hatorah Day School and for high school, attended Ulpanat Orot. After high school, she spent a year learning Hebrew and Jewish Studies in Israel. She has completed both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto and is going to be working on her PhD beginning in January. She enjoys reading, desigining web sites, swimming, dancing, and playing the piano.

Talieh S. Tabatabaei

Talieh received her B.Eng in Computer Engineering from Isfahan University in 2003. She has recently received her MAS.c in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ryerson University where she has developed an automatic human speech emotion recognition system. Currently she is a first-year Ph.D. student in the same university. She is specialized in the field of Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and digital signal processing. She is also knowledgeable about programming with MATLAB. Talieh is experienced in tutoring math-related courses, probability and random processing, as well as electric circuits. She enjoys sharing her knowledge with others.