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Victoria, Bc, Ca

Victoria, Canada

Phoenix Arizona

• Employed by GT in their high volume manufacturing start-up to supply sapphire products to Apple Inc., declared by GT Vice President as the World’s largest startup, receiving over $500 million in funding.• Lead two independent process teams to develop CNC automation equipment used for sapphire fabrication. Focused on creep feed grinding systems and fixed abrasive wire saws.• Conducted reviews of new equipment design and capability, equipment acceptance technical negotiations, process qualification and stabilization, statistical analysis for tool matching and process capability, development of key performance indicators, and metrology equipment selection. • Realized major improvements to equipment operation and achieved required throughput and quality targets (e.g., increased grinding throughput by 461%/tool by re-tooling equipment and qualifying new primary grinding consumables; increased slicing throughput by 400%/tool by leading the addition of a new fleet of slicing equipment).• Designed and conducted polishing and slicing DOEs to optimize product quality and process throughput. • Developed operator training documentation including SOPs, Ingoing/Outgoing QC, Run Sheets and OCAPs.• Developed engineering documentation including Process Control Plans, Product Control Plans and FMEA.• Directed implementation of project plans; supervised multiple independent teams of process technicians and production operators

Vancouver, Bc

• Lead project manager and research engineer for the development of a test facility used for the measurement of gas permeation through dPoint’s Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV) cores.• Designed and constructed the test facility, mechanical system and test apparatus.• Calibrated the test instrumentation to validate system air flow and system air leakage and developed a gas concentration model to assess the effectiveness of the tests.• Conducted over 50 tests to quantify the permeation of gas through the ERV cores. • Implemented a data acquisition system using LabView software.• Successfully completed and reported on all required projects within the 8 month contract period.

Vancouver, Bc

• Conducted an energy savings project for the UBC recreation facility by analyzing consumption data and identifying six opportunities for a minimum of 15% energy and GHG saving measures.• Calculated the UBC recreation facility’s Energy Utilization Index (EUI) and compared this to the best available Building Energy Performance Index (BEPI). Completed energy regression analysis, CUSUM energy analysis, and energy cost breakdowns for electricity and natural gas.

Victoria, Canada

• Worked at a process development facility that supplied sapphire substrate wafers to LED manufacturers.• Employed as manager for the industrial facilities department, supervising a team of 8 technicians.• Managed numerous projects involving large machine installations, equipment shut-down maintenance, and machine inspections with tight deadlines and periods of extended overtime work to ensure plant production targets were met; project budgets ranged up to $100,000.• Commissioned and qualified equipment for sapphire polishing, annealing, lapping, slicing, metrology, and cleaning.• Completed engineering design and implementation of cooling systems, compressed air systems, wastewater neutralization systems, tooling, safety guarding and monitoring equipment.• Managed the facility reliability program by conducting root cause failure analysis, FMEAs, and optimization of the preventative/predictive maintenance programs to ISO 9001-2008 standard.• Improved the facility safety program by auditing operation processes, conducting non-standard job safety analyses, and implementing the Lockout Tag-out (LOTO) system for the facility.

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Clean Energy Engineering

Activities and Societies: UBC Life-cycle Assessment Club- Thermal Energy Systems: use of thermodynamic principles for evaluating.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Mechanical Engineering

- Specialization in Energy Systems - Completed advanced courses in Mechatronics, Fuel Cell Theory, Advanced Thermodynamics, and Fracture.