Abdul Rahman S. Email & Phone Number

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

• Applied research in deep reinforcement learning control for power distribution systems.
• Developing, training, and deploying deep reinforcement learning models utilizing PyTorch.
• Simulating time series characteristics of the power distribution system in python as the reinforcement learning environment.
• Technical report writing and compiling findings to publish as a peer-reviewed article.

• Utilizing computer vision and deep learning to create an automated quality assurance unit for manufacturing assembly lines.
• Developed a CNN-based object detection model for error detection deployed on a Raspberry Pi.
• Trained CNN via transfer learning implemented through TensorFlow with over 90% confidence.
• Implementing robotics, PLCs, and industrial IoT to automate manufacturing processes.
• Packaging findings into projects to be incorporated into future UBC programs.

• Collaborated with faculty and staff to organize events, creating an engaging and inclusive community.
• Ensuring both the safety and security of residents during their stay in UBC.
• Budgeted for food supplies and advertised for events that range in attendance from 40-200+.
• Resolved conflicts and attended to concerns raised by residents, providing advice, and addressing keyconcerns with upper personnel, as required.

• Led the development of a lap-time simulator that simulates car performance.
• Developed tire model for a lap-time simulator in MATLAB.
• Performed data analysis on the tire and engine data to preprocess it for machine learning algorithms.
• Programmed a machine-learning algorithm to acquire tire model optimal parameters.
• Applied numerical approximation techniques to carry out gradient descent in the optimization procedure.

• Advocated for the need and rights of international students to ensure against practices and policies that disadvantage international students.
• Created an engaging engineering community through aiding the running of programs held by the engineering society.

• Mentored 47 new UBC students, successfully integrating them into the UBC community.
• Held weekly drop-in and one-on-one sessions to connect with my mentees.
• Organized mentee-driven events that create exposure to tips, opportunities, and resources available on campus.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Activities and Societies: Industry 4.0 Program Developer, Residential Advisor, Member of Society of Scholars, Electrical design team.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Head Prefect