Daniel Connolly Email & Phone Number

Waterloo, On, Ca

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

As VP of Engineering at Illuminex AI, my duties are to: Direct product development from concept through deployment and maintenanceDevelop standards and procedures to ensure high product qualityBuild, develop and manage an engineering team capable of executing these initiativesRecommend new technologies to improve product quality and/or development efficiency

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Waterloo, Ontario

• Developed Long-Short Term Memory (LSTM) model to accelerate time-dependent modelling• Implemented neural network (NN) meta-model for response surface optimization • Developed coupled thermo-mechanical constitutive model incorporating phase changes• Contributed to development of thermo-mechanical powder metallurgy constitutive model • Develop novel PDE to study coupled thermo-mechanical formability model • Implemented LS-Dyna mechanical and thermal user defined materials• Improve predicted formability by automating microstructural modelling in LS-Dyna • Improve simulated formability by up to 35% by controlling thermal conditions during forming• Accelerated work group software development by championing Git version control adoption • Improved workflow efficiency by automating calibration using evolutionary algorithm on high performance computing (HPC) cluster • Reduced core software runtime by 50% by optimizing memory access and algorithm selection• Performed system setup and administration for in-house machine learning Linux GPU server • Regularly presented research results to both industry sponsors and academic peers• Effectively documented results through international publications and industrial reports

Waterloo, Ontario

One major focus of the automotive industry is to reduce vehicle weight so that the overall vehicle fuel consumption can be reduced. To reduce weight while maintaining safety standards and manufacturability, advanced higher strength and higher ductility materials must be used. Under the supervision of Professor Kaan Inal, the Computational Materials Research Group (CMRG) creates advanced material models for modelling the crash and formability performance of new materials. My primary duty as part of this group was to generate Forming Limit Diagrams (FLDs) using a model for an Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS).

University Of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo Formula Motorsports Team designs, builds and competes an open wheeled race car in the Formula SAE competition every year. The aerodynamics team specifically designs the wings, radiator shrouds, nosecone, and undertray considering both aerodynamics and mechanical design. Significant Projects:• Supervision of selection of front wing airfoil• Generating full car Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations • Creating design studies to optimize rear wing and undertray• Design of front wing mechanical design• Development of rear wing aerodynamics and mechanical design• Development of radiator shroud aerodynamics• Research and development of an undertray concept

Mississauga, Ontario

Indal Technologies designs and builds equipment for use in naval operations, including primarily landing systems for naval helicopters, towed sensor bodies, and towed sensor arrays. Significant Projects: Building matlab tool to evaluate boundary conditions of helicopter landing systemCreating Finite Element Analysis of ship substructure to evaluate helicopter landing loadsTesting winch design for qualificationDuties Included:Updating drawings as necessary based on shop feedbackCreating or modifying CAD models of parts for new helicopter landing system

Waterloo, Ontario

Delta Elevators is a corporation which design, manufactures and maintains elevators in a wide variety of configurations. Significant Projects:Redesign of elevator platform floor to decrease component weight by 30%• Creation of a CAD Model• Finite Element AnalysisAiding in design of new elevator model• CAD Modelling of major subcomponents (Counterweight, some cab structural components)• Finite element analysis of major subcomponents (Counterweight)Duties included:• Creation AutoCAD drawings of elevator layouts for customer approval• Updating part drawings as needed based on shop and field feedback • Creating CAD models of new elevator components

The University of Waterloo Formula Motorsports Team designs, builds and competes a formula style race car in the Formula SAE competition every year. The team recently finished competing in events in Michigan, Nebraska and in Ontario, finishing with top results in all three. More information can be found at UWFSAE website: http://uwfsae.ca/Design:Designed fuel tank mounting systemDesigned and built test fuel tank.Designed rear wing mounting systemDesigned noseconeAnalysis:Modeled radiator as porous material for use in full car CFD modelAnalyzed diffuser shapes to improve radiator performanceAnalyzed variety of mounting methods to determine effect of mounting on rear wing performanceManagement:First year student recruitment, motivation and management. Coordinated and motivated other students in design and manufacturing

Waterloo, On

Delta Elevators is a corporation which design, manufactures and maintains elevators in a wide variety of configurations. Significant Projects:Redesign of significant structural component (rail bracket) to increase adjustability• CAD Modelling• Analytical design• Liasing with superiors for finite element analysis Duties included:• Creation AutoCAD drawings of elevator layouts for customer approval• Updating part drawings as needed based on shop and field feedback• Creating CAD models of new elevator components

Currently:Working on creation of maintenance documentation for new manufacturing line.Retooling welders for new manufacturing lines.Creation of layouts to make room for upcoming line improvements.Design and implementation of collector for welding tip shavings. Auditing welding lines for improvement purposes.Verifying and correcting welding data, for purposes of welding line improvement. Collecting data and ordering all necessary spare parts for new lines.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: University of Waterloo Engineering Ambassadors Program University of Waterloo Formula Motorsports Team Waterloo.