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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Lemont, Illinois

Supervisor for mechanical techniciansWork on all new projects and technical solutions for the ATLAS acceleratorDesigned magnetic shielding for vacuum controllers in high magnetic field areasDesigned trench plate covers for experimental area floorDesigned water line runs for heat exchanger plumbingSpearheaded implementation of a departmental wikiPoint person for installation of large electromagnets for AIRIS facility upgradeImplemented facility wide scheduling routine for training done by subordinateExpertise called upon to fix high voltage failure of crucial Electron Beam Ion SourceEmployee of the Month, Physics division – February 2018

Stittsville, Ontario

-Designed novel quadrupole magnet for scanned electron beam-Designed novel solenoid magnet for electron beam focusing-Assisted in assembling electron beam accelerators for industrial radiation systems-Helped to resolve problems with klystrons experienced by company for many years-Helped to resolve problems with charging transformers-Took part in design of upgraded electron beam injector for high current injector for accelerator systems-Designed optics for low voltage electron gun used in industrial linac (in design review and testing)-Designed electric field-magnetic field beam chopper for short beam pulses-Worked on many other problems with current generation modulators-Worked extensively on vacuum systems and equipment

Saskatchewan, Canada

-Junior Project manager for Medical Isotopes Project startup--Modelled optics of linac upgrade that included functional intermediate and final layouts-Study and analysis of optics for Linac-to-Booster Transfer lines-Senior operator of accelerator-Setup of Linac and transfer lines-Assess reasons for downtime and how to avoid in the future including assessing vacuum trips, RF trips, power supply trips, and water cooling trips-Assess and analyze reasons for reliability issues during operating times-Non-conformance expert for department-TapRooT, root cause analysis trained for department-Assistant auditor for department-Train new operators on running accelerator-Trained by manufacturer on new solid state RF modulators for linac-Assisted on upgrade of linac including purchasing, testing and installing of major accelerator components such as modulators, klystrons, and electromagnets.

Billerica, Ma

-Design of magnetic circuits for ion sources using both permanent magnets and electromagnets-Modeling of electric and magnetic fields in ion sources and ion beam lines-Modeling of ion delivery systems-Operating ion implant test stand to meet customer specifications and to test R+D source designs-Wrote Excel spreadsheet calculator for first order beam line calculations for ion implanter-Assist in developing medium current ion implanter for commercial use-Design and carry out tests on ion sources-Assist in designing optics for ion source

Winnipeg, Canada

-Senior trainer for entire suite of Boundary element and finite element modeling software-testing and benchmarking of commercially available numerical methods software for bugs and other problems-develop workshop training programs for software customers -coauthor of manual and user's guide for company software -liaise between company and international distributors in China, India, Japan, Korea, and Europe -responsible for training of distributors and educating them on potential markets for products -principle support person for “Lorentz” charged particle optics software package-support new software users for entire suite of Integrated Engineering Software’s (IES) modeling software-principle user of boundary element and finite element numerical methods solver software concentrating on electric and magnetic field solutions and charged particle optics-represent technical side of company at tradeshows -applications specialist for numerical methods software -project manage some “Lorentz” software development

Bachelor'S Degree In Science, Physics

Bachelor’S Degree, Secondary Education And Teaching

High school physics and math