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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Novel end-to-end quantum-secure data communication solutions uniquely capable of all three cryptographic prerequisites
• Towards quantum-encoded optical communications over existing fiber networks.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Mitacs Internship - Towards quantum-encoded optical communications over existing fiber networks
• Exploit quantum principles (Glauber states) for encoding and decoding data transmitted over existing fiber networks for obtaining secure transmission.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Thesis - Ultra-Compact Bragg Grating Devices in SOI
• Design of typical Bragg structures (Discrete arrays, Fabry-Pérot, etc) using a wide stopband compact Bragg grating structure which utilizes nanoholes etched into a waveguide.
• Completed two complete design cycles consisting of the device design, simulation (Lumerical MODE), optimization, and characterization
• Device Layout for fabrication were created in KLayout - Python interface
• Characterization of fabricated devices to identify stop-band and manufacturing variabilitySupervised by Professor Lawrence R. Chen

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Ensured MEMS (microelectrical mechanical systems) chips used in Lumentum's optical switch products met customer specification through verification methods
• Improvement of defect measurement system for LCoS (liquid crystal on silicon) through focusing algorithms
• Improvement to data analysis tools using VBA for EXCEL

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) modelling in python of multi-working fluids
• TRNSYS simulation of micro-electric combine system based on ORC system

Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

• Development and evaluation of modified poly(methyl methacrylate) and modified calcium phosphate cements for orthopedic surgeries (kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty)
• Characterization of cements by mechanical testing, immersion test, SEM, and injectability test

University Of Waterloo

• Development of molecularly imprinted polymers and polymeric resin sorbent microparticles which will be used in thin-film microextraction samplers and solid phase microextraction fibers for analysis in GC-MS and LC-MS.
• Polymer nanofiber coating onto sheets via electrospinning method.
• Preparation of standard gas generating vial with polystyrene/divinylbenzene for kinetic type calibrations in on-site analysis with solid phase microextraction.

Chemical Engineering

• Assisted in organic and polymer synthesis for organic transistor based devices.
• Purification of organic compounds via silica-gel column chromatography.
• Data analyst for ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy testing and cyclic voltammetry testing.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Photonics, 3.88

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Nanotechnology Engineering, 3.7

High School Diploma