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London, Canada Area

· Pulse programming pTx algorithms for 7T shimming and SAR reduction· Deep neural nets for medical image segmentation· Resting state fMRI in mice· MRI Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping at 7T

Toronto, Canada Area

· Designed and managed production of MRI quality control test phantom · Created novel algorithms to assess scanner performance and image quality in 1.5T and 3T systems

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

· Managed upgrading the Tanzania National Voucher Scheme's sms-based electronic voucher system for insecticide-treated net distribution.· Created algorithms exploiting real-time transaction information from eVoucher. Algorithms included voucher redemption statistics, fraud detection, and net stock out detection.· Wrote project proposal to use mobile barcode scanners in paper voucher fraud detection.· Developed mobile fraud detection software in C sharp.

Waterloo, On

· Developed algorithms related to inverse problems, signal approximation, sparse representation, and noise removal in medical imaging. Implementation in Matlab.· Created a novel non-local means method for denoising HARDI MRI signals. Results presented at SPIE Medical Imaging 2012 conference. Download available athttp://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.911770 · Implemented and compared regularization methods for reconstructing HARDI MRI signals. Prior information included total… Show more · Developed algorithms related to inverse problems, signal approximation, sparse representation, and noise removal in medical imaging. Implementation in Matlab.· Created a novel non-local means method for denoising HARDI MRI signals. Results presented at SPIE Medical Imaging 2012 conference. Download available athttp://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.911770 · Implemented and compared regularization methods for reconstructing HARDI MRI signals. Prior information included total variation and sparsity in the wavelet domain.· Modified Weickert's 2D coherence enhancing diffusion filter to perform on 3D ultrasound images and enhance the surface of an artery wall. Applied as pre-processing for segmentation of the Carotid artery. Show less

Toronto, On

· Created a proof-of-concept transfer trip protection system using Kinects power line carrier technology.· Modified devices to measure response time in detecting signal loss.Accurately synchronized transmitter and receiver using GPS timing.· Conducted field tests on power lines in Mississauga.

Waterloo, On

· Developed wireless platform on a FPGA/DSP hardware base for analysis of a real-time 4x4 MIMO radio link.· Created baseband design for use on wireless platform utilizing digital design techniques in MATLAB and Simulink.

Master Of Applied Science, Electrical Engineering, Ogs Scholarship Recipient

Concentration: Image Processing Thesis: HARDI Denoising using Non-local Means on the R3 × S2 Manifold, download available.

Bachelor Of Applied Science, Electrical Engineering, Dean'S Honours List