In addition to the responsibilities of a stress analyst:Review valve designs to ensure that new or modified designs are compliant with regulatory requirements as well as ensuring that the designs have acceptable margins, and then sign them.Coordinate with designers, design managers, production managers, and project leaders to produce compliant designs within strict deadlines, which requires dynamic thinking and quick decision making, while ensuring that the results are safe and… Show more In addition to the responsibilities of a stress analyst:Review valve designs to ensure that new or modified designs are compliant with regulatory requirements as well as ensuring that the designs have acceptable margins, and then sign them.Coordinate with designers, design managers, production managers, and project leaders to produce compliant designs within strict deadlines, which requires dynamic thinking and quick decision making, while ensuring that the results are safe and performant. Show less

Developed new technical calculation templates and standards to improve the efficiency of the design process and improve overall design robustness.Prepared design, seismic, weak link, and thermal transient reports to demonstrate compliance with ASME Section III requirements and customer specifications.Prepare R&M Reports to detail FMEA for nuclear valves for Canadian nuclear plants.Performed FE analysis to develop new design methodologies to meet more stringent customer requirements.

As an engineering agent, I work with Velan's 4 departments within engineering; Research and Development, Analytical, Design, and Projects.Responsibilities Include:- Preparation of deliverable design reports, seismic analyses, and weak link analyses, per B16.34 & ASME III.-Preparation of structural analysis reports for Seismic loading, shock tests, and modal analyses.-Development of best practices to standardize modal analysis simulations.-Use of ANSYS to determine resulting… Show more As an engineering agent, I work with Velan's 4 departments within engineering; Research and Development, Analytical, Design, and Projects.Responsibilities Include:- Preparation of deliverable design reports, seismic analyses, and weak link analyses, per B16.34 & ASME III.-Preparation of structural analysis reports for Seismic loading, shock tests, and modal analyses.-Development of best practices to standardize modal analysis simulations.-Use of ANSYS to determine resulting force & thermal distribution on complex geometries.-Use of CREO to model valve components, draft drawings for production, and conduct modal analysis to determine the fundamental frequency of valves.-Preparation of technical calculations. Show less

As a research and development intern, I worked as part of a team to develop complex CFD simulations to aid in valve design for Velan's severe service business unit (SSBU). Responsibilities Included:-Development of novel geometries to better control the flow profile & conditions in high pressure applications using ANSYS CFX.-Development of simulations with a working fluid and a particle transport solid to allow for the development of novel bore geometries using ANSYS CFXAs a… Show more As a research and development intern, I worked as part of a team to develop complex CFD simulations to aid in valve design for Velan's severe service business unit (SSBU). Responsibilities Included:-Development of novel geometries to better control the flow profile & conditions in high pressure applications using ANSYS CFX.-Development of simulations with a working fluid and a particle transport solid to allow for the development of novel bore geometries using ANSYS CFXAs a stress analyst, I was responsible for:-Revision & Preparation of design reports.-Use of Steady State Thermal Analysis and Static Structural Analysis in ANSYS to determine piping loads resulting from thermal expansion during normal operating conditions.-Preparation of Failure Root Cause report using results of static structural analysis. Show less