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North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Delta, British Columbia, Canada

• Pure Sunfarms is one of Canada’s largest cannabis producers with GMP certification. High-quality cannabis is exported globally to Europe, Australia, and across Canada from our 1.1 million sq-ft greenhouse, Delta 3. I.
• Developed and optimized all Extraction processes as subject matter expert (SME): decarb, CO2 extraction, winterization, solvent recovery, oil formulation, and vape & tincture production (8000+ vapes and 6000+ tinctures.
• Developed conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs for process/production floor layouts using SolidWorks CAD: specified/sized equipment, & specified utilities (air, water, electrical)
• Designed Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) process flows; wrote IQ/OQ and URS documents
• Sourced equipment from vendors and communicated equipment requirements (size, material)
• Performed heat transfer calculations for non-insulated equipment; determined insulation specifications (e.g. thickness, material) to improve fluid flow in equipment

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

• SWITCH Materials specialized in the R&D of organic molecules that "switch" optical properties on command. I developed automotive color-switching sunroofs that darkened when exposed to sunlight and lightened when an.
• Created PFDs of the sunroof fabrication process; detailed the types of defects that occur at each stage of the process, and the risk level of these defects occurring
• Mitigated defects by using a Failure Reporting, Analysis & Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
• Scaled up the lab fabrication process to mass manufacture sunroofs at CHO’s facility in Oregon
• Led construction of a Darkening & Fading System; obtained design request from client (CHO); calculated deflection, center of gravity, and electrical specs for the design; commissioned & trained CHO technicians to.
• Identified key design ideas for the Dark/Fade System and 3D modeled initial design on SolidWorks

Vancouver, BC

• Managed the Kraft pulp processing operations, involving re-pulping, de-watering, centrifuging, shredding, and surface modification (SMI) treating using a hydrophobic polymer solution; produced 200kg of Kraft pulp and.
• Operated a 300L disintegrator to disintegrate pulp crumbs into a slurry with a 2% consistency at a rate of 400L per day
• Maintained and operated an industrial sized centrifuge and shredder, and troubleshot mechanical problems such as jamming, circuit breaker tripping, and shutdown failures
• Operated a 1500L stir tank to conduct surface modification treatments and pH adjustments of the pulp slurry
• Conducted FQA, mass fractionation (Bauer McNett), Freeness, and handsheet analysis (tear, tensile, burst, brightness, opacity, thickness) to quantify the fiber quality and dispersion
• Wrote and updated standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the Bauer McNett, centrifuge, and shredder

Vancouver, BC

• Researched the reaction rheology between nanofibrillar cellulose (NFC) and alginate with CaCl2 by using an AR2000 Rheometer to measure the yield stress of samples with varying concentrations
• Investigated the rheological behavior of Carbopol at various pH to determine the pH range at which Carbopol maintains a yield stress; summarized and presented data to pHD colleagues and supervisor
• Designed a Hele-Shaw cell with an acrylic connection on SolidWorks to be used for rheology experiments
• Operated a EmulsiFlex-C5 High Pressure Homogenizer to homogenize nanofibrillar cellulose (NFC)

Burnaby, BC

• Managed daily electrochemical analysis of numerous chromophore test devices efficiently; procedure involved conducting kinetic spectra’s, CVs, and CSCAs on devices, and then documenting anomalies in the FRACAS database
• Maintained electrical hold (e-hold) stations for the test devices; tasks involved modifying the voltage output running through the devices and debugging the DAQFactory software that controlled the voltage cycling
• Designed a current logger system (with 3D printed Farady cage and U3-LV LabJack connection to e-hold stations) to measure and record the amount of current running through the test devices during electrical hold (e-hold)
• Wrote proposal and budget for current logger system, which was approved by supervisor
• Modified the DAQFactory program (using C programming) to measure the current, and log the data into an external file

Burnaby, BC

• Self-managed investigations to determine the root-cause of failures in various PEM fuel cell components (MEAs, plates) to improve Ballard’s Next-Generation FCvelocity®-HD7 fuel cell power module for transit applications
• Collaborated in various cross-functional teams of engineers from manufacturing, product development, and supply chain departments in a fast-paced environment
• Conducted leak tests and IR imaging to determine physical defects; characterized defects by qualitative image analysis (SEM imaging) and laser profilometry; identified inorganic and organic contaminates by EDS and FTIR
• Analyzed data sets to interpret cause of failure; organized data in reports and presentations; communicated results to the client of the product to initiate improvements
• Recommended procedural revisions to improve the design and quality of the failed fuel cell component

• Investigated the best synthesis method of silver nanoshells to be applied in various Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) projects such as improving breast cancer radiation therapy at the BC Cancer Agency
• Operated high tech equipment independently for SERS, UV-Visible Light Spectroscopy, Zeta Potential, and Dynamic Light Scattering to analyze the size and surface characteristics of different silver nanoshell samples
• Organized formal reports and oral presentations to discuss results to supervisor and PhD colleagues

• Refined a microsphere drug delivery technique to assist stem cell culturing by analyzing the flow rate of different retinoic acid concentrations inside various microsphere samples using a M200Pro Plate Reader
• Cultured undifferentiated iPS and embryonic stem cells to be used in various biomedical applications; tasks involved preparing protein plates, changing cell media, and passaging cells
• Led and trained other lab assistants on a project to develop fibrin scaffolds from cultured stem cells
• Collaborated in a 15 member team to research, write, and edit a paper, “Combining protein-based biomaterials with stem cells for spinal cord injury repair,” before the publishing deadline in OA Stem Cells, Summer 2014

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Chemical Engineering, Gpa 3.9/4.0

COURSES: Computational fluid dynamics, kinetics & reactor design, thermodynamics, heat & mass transfer, unit operations PROJECTS.

Strength Of Materials Course, Mechanical Engineering, 86%

TOPICS: Stress, strain, deflection, tension, compression, shear, torsion, and buckling