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Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

• Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to actively troubleshoot PLC, controls, andHMI/SCADA issues affecting airport baggage systems worldwide.• Training new team members in PLC and controls troubleshooting strategies and issuedocumentation standards.• Owns and manages multiple cases ensuring a resolution within contracted time limits.• Executes on-call duties addressing customer needs in a professional and timely manner.• Performing upgrades to in-production systems to improve functionality based on customerrequests.

London, Ontario, Canada

• Built and tested a circuit to read electrical signals from the flexor pollicis muscle group using surface electromyography (sEMG) and actuate a shape memory alloy (SMA) based on the sEMG signals.• Constructed photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor using differentiator circuit, infrared LED, and phototransistor, which detected changes in blood flow and displayed heart rate on an oscilloscope.

London, Ontario, Canada

• Took on project from the Western University Off-Road Racing (Baja) Team to design, build, test, and implement a smart vehicle transmission to improve vehicle performance.• Designed and manufactured an E-CVT that automatically optimizes gear ratio based on engine RPM and vehicle speed, is compatible with current vehicle design, and conforms to all competition regulations.• Built motor control system and power distribution circuit in Simulink to optimize and simulate performance of the systems. • Studied E-CVT dynamics to synthesize control law which determined the ideal gear ratio at any given point. • Simulated E-CVT behaviour and verified with team captain customer requirements were met. • Analyzed simulations to check for errors, reviewed results to determine if they were realistic, and simulated E-CVT behaviour at extreme conditions.

London, Ontario, Canada

• Designed a 3 Degree of Freedom Robot which moved objects around, defined workspace for it to operate in, and defined obstacles within workspace.• Wrote MATLAB scripts to calculate forward kinematics and differential kinematics using configuration vector, and inverse kinematics using position vector. • Implemented gradient descent algorithm to determine optimal path from start to end points, modelled as attractive fields, while avoiding all obstacles, modelled as repulsive fields.• Created SolidWorks model to extract physical properties of robot; used physical properties to write MATLAB script for Euler-Lagrange dynamic motion equation calculation.• Designed inverse dynamic controller and created simulation to validate results and provide insight on robot function.

London, Ontario, Canada

• Built stopwatch in C with minutes, seconds, and centiseconds display; start, stop, lap, and clearfunctions; using an ARM Cortex A9 microcontroller, FPGA, and 7-segment displays.• Designed and implemented method in C to display voltage level from a potentiometer throughan ADC, using LEDs, an ARM Cortex A9 microcontroller, and FPGA.

London, Ontario, Canada

• Led a team of students to organize Orientation Week with the goal of running as many events as possible, successfully organizing and executing 13 orientation events.• Led extensive recruitment process by interviewing 20 applicants and selecting student leaders to join Orientation Team. • Supervised move-in days, assigned and re-assigned roles to optimize the process.

London, Ontario, Canada

• Promoted and executed several events during Orientation Week and throughout the school year to help students safely make friends. • Provided emotional, academic, and social support for almost 100 first-year students through the COVID-19 pandemic. • Promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion principles in the residence community by discussing the appropriate use of language. • Provided advice and support to students and colleagues proceeding in difficult and traumatic situations by promoting self-care and advising leaders to set boundaries.

London, Ontario, Canada

• Performed a resin infusion to create a carbon-fiber panel with increased tensile strength, learning how to optimize tensile and shear strength, heat and electrical conductivity, andelasticity in composite materials.• Designed and tested a system to protect wheels during transport by repurposing old tires andadding a Velcro seal, optimizing the design so the covers were easy to remove.