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Waterloo, On, Ca

Waterloo, On, Ca

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

• Provided technical and practical support in the bid, engineering design and fabrication phases of multiple multi-million dollar pilot plant projects • Gained project management skills by providing budgetary and fixed price quotations to clients, determining material and labour costs• Solidified process engineering fundamentals by engaging in pump, HX, valve and instrumentation sizing and gained experience with specialty materials and equipment (glass reactors, Hastelloy material)• Sized instrumentation such as flow switches and thermowells by creating scale models of configurations on AutoCAD, hence learning about various fittings, flanges and pipe classes • Developed strong communication links with project vendors and clients to design custom piping and tubing solutions using in-depth Swagelok fittings and ASME knowledge • During fabrication phases, responsible for verifying the correct installation of heat trace, valves and instrumentation on asbuilt plants, conducting internal functional testing of plant by introducing process fluid into system and testing equipment • Maintained, developed and revised project documents (P&IDs, line lists, IO lists, instrumentation spec sheets, heat trace documents, line sizing spreadsheets, etc. )

• In a start-up R&D environment, engaged with the product engineering, testing and validation of vaporizer devices and drug delivery systems • Led project with a scope to equalize flavour delivery and optimize end-user experience of nicotine delivery systems • Applied theories of transport phenomenon (entrainment), capillary action (wicking), aerosol formation, and diffusion of liquids within vaporizers to propose and investigate new mechanisms and prototypes • Assisted R&D team with new product design (i.e. novel functions and form factors) and testing jigs on SolidWorks, thereby learning 3D modelling fundamentals • Gained hands-on experience by analyzing physical and chemical properties of liquid flavourings (with up to 100 unique chemical compounds) to determine optimal dosage levels and composition • Collaborated with Product Life Management and Product Teams to push Engineering Change Requests directly to the distribution channels and eventually to the consumer market • Strengthened technical writing skills by preparing formal reports and SOPs to display findings and furthermore delivered weekly presentations to board members and stakeholders

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

•Active involvement in major six hydrometallurgical processing stages of ore tailings producing commercial products Fe2O3 and ZnCO3: (i) atmospheric chloride leaching; (ii) iron/zinc solvent extraction; (iii) cementation and neutralization of iron raffinate; (iv) product precipitation and calcination; (v) recycling HCl back to leaching stage; (vi) effluent treatment •Functioned as operator and technician of iron and zinc solvent extraction (SX) pilot plant thereby gaining hands-on experience optimizing continuous stirred-tank reactor setup•Solidified principles of mass transfer in SX by conducting precise bench scale extraction and stripping experiments with various organic solvents to eventually construct “McCabe Thiele” isotherms •Manipulated and optimized process parameters such as pH, temperature, oxidation-reduction potential, stoich. ratios during lab-scale product precipitation to yield Fe2O3 and ZnCO3 of >95% purity and gained exposure to equipment including reactors, condensers, peristaltic pumps, etc. •Participated in process calculations involved with leaching, cementation, precipitation (i.e. heat and mass balance for batch heater, half-cell reaction equations, stoichiometric calculations respectively)•Exposure to further separation unit processes including crushing, grinding, flotation

Mississauga

• Leveraged AutoCAD drafting skills to design and edit control panels, electrical drawings, network and field drawings• Assisted sales team by drafting P&IDs related to food and beverage industry (i.e. caustic recovery, production plant for wing sauce, juice press control system upgrade)• Initiated project to redevelop P&ID symbols using smart blocks and moveable attributes in CAD• Participated in calculation regarding air pre-purge time for boiler and collaborated with boiler manufacturer to gain insight into technical specifications• Completed DeltaV 7009 Implementation I course to gain insight into DCS and PLC control systems, supported hardware (i.e. controllers, charms, CIOCs) and software (DeltaV Operate/Control Studio) provided by Emerson • Participated in hardware FAT conducted on several control panels• Collaborated with fabrication technologists to manufacture a variety of electrical panels – for power distribution, electronic marshalling cabinets, control system upgrades• Assembled and wired these panels using electronics such as power supplies, circuit breakers, surge protectors, terminals, 2-wire/4-wire pressure and temperature transmitters, signal amplifiers, etc.

Kitchener, Canada Area

• Worked in an industrial-scale production environment that develops and manufactures proprietary rubber-based products for numerous industries including automotive, oil and gas, defense, construction.• Operated and troubleshooted industrialized machines used in manufacturing process (i.e. automated pilers, mixers, dip tanks, mill) solely and as part of a team.• Applied lean manufacturing principles compliant to Six Sigma to optimize daily operations by using the DMAIC model.• Worked on a Green Belt level project under a certified Six Sigma Black Belt – using theories of process automation and lean manufacturing, devised several solutions to fully automate piling operations – conducted preliminary design work using AutoCAD.• Trained and certified as a fork truck driver.

Bachelor'S Of Applied Science, Chemical Engineering

Graduated with distinction

International Business And Technology Program

• Varsity Cricket Team - 2014 - 2018 • Boys Volleyball Team - 2015 - 2018 • Varsity Ultimate Frisbee Team - 2016 • DECA Executive Member.