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Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, US

Tangent, OR, US

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

Detroit, Michigan, US

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Led 10+ researchers for pushing the frontier in wearable technology and humanistic intelligence (HI)
• Designed hardware systems for cutting edge metaveillance and wearable technology research
• Researched on applying image and signal processing techniques to improve biosensing signal recovery
• Streamlined research and workflow processes by implementing project planning processes and tools

• Led multi-disciplinary teams for infrastructure, evaluation, vehicle and safety platforms development.
• Researched and implemented safety and evaluation methodologies for simulated and real-world testing.
• Formalized infrastructure solutions to increase data storage and computational research capacities.
• Designed mechanical, hardware and software systems related to autonomous vehicle safety.
• Reviewed design requirements and technical specification to ensure stability of research vehicles.
• Streamlined workflow processes for vehicle use, software development and continuous integration.

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

• Led hardware systems development and integration for three self-driving capable vehicles
• Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to ensure hardware requirements are met
• Authored hardware assessments, specifications and high-level system, signal and data flows
• Proposed improvements and created custom hardware prototypes for increased system reliability
• Worked on dataset collection, hardware calibration, system debugging and testing
• Validated power, thermal, environmental, timing and sensing requirements for software research

Cambridge, Ontario, CA

• Designed circuit boards for smart material controls and sensing applications
• Fabricated circuit board housing and product design assemblies through Fusion 360
• Programmed Microchip microcontrollers using MPLAB IDE in C++
• Created in-house production support and data collection tools in Python
• Designed simple user interfaces for internal applications through QT in C++ and in Python

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Led the startup from concept to design of patent-pending environmental wireless sensing modular device
• Provided initial system development specifications and subcomponent details
• Simulated and modelled analog filters and electrode sensors for frequency and transient responses
• Designed circuit board part schematics, footprints, schematic entry, placement and layout
• Characterized and verified hardware specification through running tests including SNR, DNL and INL
• Gained experience in Android application, TI microcontroller development and Fusion 360 product design

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Santa Clara, California, US

* Created network switch midplane test cards* Designed hardware specification, schematic entry, stack-up, routing rules, placement, layout* Programmed Lattice CPLD in Verilog for SMBus communication and control of test card functions* Qualified and tested several Hot swap FETs’ for 12V and 35A applications* Validated multiphase switch voltage regulators.

* Designed and validated power circuits and sequencing on PADS Logic and PADS Layout* Used ModelSim, Agilent return loss module, Tektronix oscilloscope/timing analyzer, VHDL and Python* Analyzed eye diagrams and return losses for impedance mismatches, rise-fall times and output amplitude* Designed firmware controllers for I2C communication.

* Automated Ethernet software and hardware build, generation, test and verification platforms* Assisted in the design, verification and testing of the 40 Gbps/100 Gbps Ethernet IP Core* Exposed to hardware architecture, design, implementation and functional and timing verifications* Used ModelSim and Quartus II tools and languages such as Verilog, PERL and.

Avon, Ohio, US

* Tested and setup a closed-loop motor control platform* Created an Arduino-based Air Brake Test System costing less than 10% of the current system * Programmed a Microchip Motor Control and an Ingenia User Interface Boards using MPLab tools* Learned power electronics, PI controller, digital signal processing and 3 phase to DQ transformation* Used DASYLab.

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

* Interacted with school administration and sponsors of the team* Fabricated the car using composites including carbon fibre, Kevlar, fiberglass and Nomex* Modeled, machined and assembled parts using SolidWorks and equipment from machine shop and car bay* Acquired knowledge of creating schematics and board layouts in Altium Designer* Conducted the Control.

Troy, Ohio, US

* Designed parts using Pro/ENGINEER and CATIA-CADAM Drafting* Programmed a PLC to experiment on the different solenoid valve placements* Installed and calibrated thermocouples, pressure transducers and plumbing for experimental data gathering* Acquired knowledge of machines such as the pipe threader, finisher, sanding machine and laser cutter* Took.

Suwa, Nagano, JP

* Acquired a working knowledge of WIN32 API and the use of Matlab executable (MEX) files* Learned advance image processing techniques such as blurring, dewarping and edge detection* Used C++ and Matlab to improve the company's softwares including an object detection software

* Acquired in-depth knowledge of image processing techniques and graphical user interface in Java * Developed an algorithm to estimate the area covered by water through satellite images * Researched in the characteristics of typhoons and proper rescue and evacuation procedures

Master Of Applied Science, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Mechatronics Engineering With Options In Biomechanics And Management Sciences

International Baccalaureate Diploma Program