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Coquitlam, BC, CA

Vancouver, Canada Area

Burnaby, BC

• AFCC is a Burnaby, B.C. based joint-venture of Daimler AG and Ford Motor Company developing fuel cell modules for automotive application. As a test operator, my primary duties are to conduct baseline characterization.
• Demonstrated the effectiveness of design changes made to address certain failure modes of the stack through conducting accelerated stress tests.
• Modified test station’s automation codes to assist in developing a new test protocol and increase testing capabilities.
• Organized and verified over 2000 inventory entries to provide an accurate snapshot for the parent companies to use in making asset transfer decisions.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• dPoint Technologies is a R&D and manufacturing company which creates energy recovery ventilator (ERV) cores for HVAC industry and fuel cell humidifiers. As a mechanical designer, my primary duties were to design and.
• Increased the testing rate of finished product through designing and building a semi-automatic test machine. The automation was achieved through writing a LabView program which utilized DAQ module and sensors.
• Added new testing capability through upgrading an existing prototype. The project involved replacing the outer shell to increase durability and redesigning the front panel to increase usability.
• Boosted the production of large scale fuel cell humidifiers through designing a new jig in Solidworks.

Port Alice, BC

• Neucel Specialty Cellulose is a pulp mill in Vancouver Island which produces specialty cellulose. As a engineering coop student my primary duties were to provide engineering support to mill personnel and help install.
• Helped install two new pumps in the plant by designing the piping layout using Solidworks and then creating relevant engineering drawings for the tradespeople.
• Investigated and identified issues to help improve the compressed air usage within the mill.

Burnaby BC

• Ballard Power Systems is a company which develops and commercializes proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. As a lab assistant my primary duties were to conduct baseline characterization and sub-zero testing on a.
• Further refined new sub-zero test protocol to assist in developing a computer simulated models.
• Created a database using Microsoft Excel to organize and compile sub-zero testing data.
• Demonstrated the effectiveness of new research and development samples.
• Inspected the performance of production samples prior to shipment.