Joined and was actively involved in the McMaster Engineering EcoCAR Challenge during the final two years of my undergraduate degree while taking a full course load.Role/Skills Gained:• Developed engineering design skills by creating a two layer PCB for the vehicle’s rear electric powertrain in Altium Designer conforming to functional requirements.• Designed electrical schematics for the board’s 12V and 5V power converters, CAN communication, high-side and low-side switching and… Show more Joined and was actively involved in the McMaster Engineering EcoCAR Challenge during the final two years of my undergraduate degree while taking a full course load.Role/Skills Gained:• Developed engineering design skills by creating a two layer PCB for the vehicle’s rear electric powertrain in Altium Designer conforming to functional requirements.• Designed electrical schematics for the board’s 12V and 5V power converters, CAN communication, high-side and low-side switching and H-Bridge circuit.• Routed all of the components on the two layers of the board, ensuring heat dissipation was accounted for.• Soldered the components onto the board (ranging from 0201 to 0805 SMD components), and tested various connections ensuring the circuits function appropriately Show less

At Nokia's Ottawa location, I worked in their Internet Protocol (IP) hardware laboratory, assisting engineers with the hardware testing and validation of the PCBs in the service routers being developed. • Using lab equipment and Allegro PCB Viewer software, tested, debugged and validated a variety of high-speed FPGA and ASIC circuit designs on 30+ layer Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) for next generation service routers.• Improved proficiency in Perl by developing 3 Perl scripts for… Show more At Nokia's Ottawa location, I worked in their Internet Protocol (IP) hardware laboratory, assisting engineers with the hardware testing and validation of the PCBs in the service routers being developed. • Using lab equipment and Allegro PCB Viewer software, tested, debugged and validated a variety of high-speed FPGA and ASIC circuit designs on 30+ layer Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) for next generation service routers.• Improved proficiency in Perl by developing 3 Perl scripts for use in automating the programming of 30 new PCBs’ Serial EEPROMs, testing and validating RGMII circuits, and initializing ASIC circuits for sending data packets.• Increased the efficiency of documenting experimental results for power controllers by developing a VBA script which imports multiple data sets from a webtool and creates an intuitive user interface for engineers to operate with. Show less

Worked in the Paint Department at the CAMI Assembly Plant, during the time when the Chevrolet Equinox was manufactured.Role/Skills Gained:• Quickly learned and adapted to industrial paint processes and electrical equipment including Ethernet and DeviceNet infrastructure, variable frequency drives, power distribution panels and machine vision systems.• Developed and improved department wide PLC and HMI programs in Studio 5000 Logix Designer and Siemens TIA Portal, respectively… Show more Worked in the Paint Department at the CAMI Assembly Plant, during the time when the Chevrolet Equinox was manufactured.Role/Skills Gained:• Quickly learned and adapted to industrial paint processes and electrical equipment including Ethernet and DeviceNet infrastructure, variable frequency drives, power distribution panels and machine vision systems.• Developed and improved department wide PLC and HMI programs in Studio 5000 Logix Designer and Siemens TIA Portal, respectively, to drastically increase the efficiency of troubleshooting breakdowns on the production line.• Managed and engineered various controls systems projects simultaneously, for maintenance and production improvements, ensuring deadlines are met and execution abides to General Motors’ quality and safety standards.• Greatly enhanced problem-solving skills by providing daily controls engineering support to skilled tradesmen in the event of equipment and process failures and following up with effective counter measures. Show less

Was apart of the the Power Electronics Research Thrust Area (PE RTA), under a project in collaboration with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). The PE RTA prototyped a Silicon Carbide based Traction Inverter for EV applications.Role/Skills Gained:• Became proficient in the software Code Composer Studio by programming a Texas Instrument DSP in C. This involved taking continuous current readings from the motor and used an algorithm to output gate signals for the six switches of the… Show more Was apart of the the Power Electronics Research Thrust Area (PE RTA), under a project in collaboration with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). The PE RTA prototyped a Silicon Carbide based Traction Inverter for EV applications.Role/Skills Gained:• Became proficient in the software Code Composer Studio by programming a Texas Instrument DSP in C. This involved taking continuous current readings from the motor and used an algorithm to output gate signals for the six switches of the inverter.• The algorithm deployed Field Oriented Control (Vector Control and Pulse Width Modulation) to control the motor's torque and speed.• Greatly developed public speaking ability by presenting weekly progress to team members all summer. I also had the opportunity to present in front of FCA engineers and project managers during their visit to MARC. Show less

After accepting my offer to McMaster for Engineering I was awarded the Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) and was hired in the Mechanical Engineering department's Thermal Management Research Laboratory (TMRL).Work Term Project: I had the task of designing and constructing a self sufficient mechanism and a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the Thermoelectric Module (TEM) Tester. Prior to this project, the TEM Tester characterized thermoelectric generators (TEGs) by applying… Show more After accepting my offer to McMaster for Engineering I was awarded the Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) and was hired in the Mechanical Engineering department's Thermal Management Research Laboratory (TMRL).Work Term Project: I had the task of designing and constructing a self sufficient mechanism and a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the Thermoelectric Module (TEM) Tester. Prior to this project, the TEM Tester characterized thermoelectric generators (TEGs) by applying a normal pressure to the TEG. This pressure was applied and changed by manually torqueing a screw that compresses a spring on the copper blocks of the system. Technical Aspects of the Project:• Using an Arduino Uno, I learned how to program in C and Java and designed the circuitry of the stepper motor and driver with the microcontroller. • The program employed a PI controller. It continuously reads the TEM Tester's current pressure level, and moves the stepper motor's shaft, which was connected to a timing belt system, changing the pressure of the system according to a specified setpoint.• Using Python I programmed a GUI to display the controller's response as the TEM Tester reached the pressure setpoint. Show less