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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Guelph, ON

• Consult with developers, architects, and engineers to solve challenging challenging building air quality, wind loading, acoustics, noise, and vibration issues on over 100 projects
• Lead wind tunnel model-based air quality and wind loading studies
• Perform numerical/desktop air quality, acoustics, noise, and vibration analyses
• Performed high level reviews of designs based on experience and decades of data collected for a wide range of studies in order to provide early design… Show more
• Performed high level reviews of designs based on experience and decades of data collected for a wide range of studies in order to provide early design guidance to architectural and engineering clients
• Identify and acquire required architectural and engineering design information

• Modeled advanced thermal management systems using CFD and FEA
• Completed thermal model of novel motor using MATLAB

• Four One-Semester Positions
• ME 250 - Thermodynamics 1
• ME 354 - Thermodynamics 2 (2x)
• ME 459 - Energy Conversion

• Mentored 88 students
• Revised course material to improve clarity of concepts

• Co-op Student (6th Term)
• Mentored 101 students, responsible for ensuring their success
• Revised course material and improved relevancy with respect to skills outlined by the PEO
• Developed standard operating procedures to assist new mentors

• Co-op Student (5th Term)
• Responsible for daily production audits to ensure quality of manufactured water heaters
• Led testing on re-designed water tanks and correlated test data to Finite Element Analysis predictions

• Co-op Student (4th Term)
• Ensured that products met customer expectations and deadlines, made revisions when necessary
• Applied solid modelling to minimize lifting tool size, maximize usability and ensure strength

• Co-op Student (3rd Term)
• Performed qualification testing on new materials following ASTM specifications
• Collected and analyzed results of mechanical and electrical testing

• Co-op Student (2nd Term)
• Revised machine components based on customer and manufacturing feedback

• Co-op Student (1st Term)
• Independently developed a printhead flushing unit including complete electrical and fluid systems

M.A.Sc., Mechanical Engineering

B.A.Sc., Mechanical Engineering