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66 Woodelm Drive St. Catharines Ontario Canada L2M 4N3

Consulting/Contractor for On demand Power electronic hardware; software and system design services. Specific designs or turnkey designs. Algorithm development with Zen. Contact us to hear the story of the meaning behind the name: "Algo-zen"Advanced R&D with GaN, SiC and pioneering advanced high speed ultra high efficiency resonant power supplies and high current PCB design signal integrity tools controlling impedance,crosstalk, signal and power, transmission line effects,flight delays for high power with Advanced ZUKEN CADSTAR pcb design tools. 3D FEA magnetic and electric field analysis and design. Expertise in Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD for Power ElectronicsAdvanced induction motor control algorithms for all applications and very high speed applicationsAuthorized Sales Agent For Zuken Cadstar printed circuit design software and a master designer/user for over 30 years. If you need the best PCB Design software contact us. www.algozen.com

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Development of Universal power electronic artificial intelligence cognitive generic predictive Control Architecture. Model based control using proprietary high speed embedded simulation algorithms. Thinking faster than devices can switch. Custom ultra high speed nanosecond level embedded real time recursive cognitive circuit simulation using AI. Applications in Direct torque control self sensing induction motor control; all digital audio switchmode amplifiers. Universal configurable power electronic control of any circuit with swiches. Several patents. Full Identification of motor and other loads electromagnetic states in several pwm cycles producing optimal robust parameter insensitive control in consideration of system constraints, gate drive limitations,thermal die level limitations etc. Reduction of switching frequency of 30% to 100% by extreme intelligence. Spread spectrum low EMI. On the fly change of performance criterion. Opportunities for new optimized high density music storage data format for pwm amplifiers reducing power consumption, size weight and cost of power electronics and filters and increasing quality.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Commercial, Space and Miltary Power Generation and Management Systems including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas and NASA products. Engine and APUSTART systems. Advanced Power generation and distribution and protection systems for aircraft.

Research and Development and execution of microcontroller based first Canadian All digital vector controlled motor drive system. FPGA, C++ and various high level HDL code work.

R&D of new products focused on vector controlled motor drives from 1HP to 4000HP. Unique IGBT and GTO based technology addressing 600V-690V markets. Expertise in Mining and overland ore conveyor systems; Large Fan and pump drives > 1000 HP. Constant torque applications for extruders and compressors; Sewage treatment and municipal water treatment drive systems. Paper machine drive systems. Winder drives.

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

R&D Power Electronics Specializing in pioneering first pwm motor drives; air core inductor based force commutated scr drives to 4,000 HP, ushered in era of IGBT's; Full resonant power conversion to 200KW, resonant Induction heating; Electromagnetic stirring; resonant Corona treatment power supplies; resonant Ozone power supplies; Plating rectifiers;first solar grid connect inverters. Slip Energy recovery drives. U of T Lab power electronics teaching modules.

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering

High School Honors, Music, Math, Science

Activities and Societies: Trumpet Player in all bands. Semi-professional training outside of day school. 8080, 6502 , Apple II+ hobbyist.