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Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Engaging in software and hardware engineering work on rail signalling and automatic train control systems (CBTC & conventional) to ensure the safe and smooth operations of Toronto's subway lines

Leading back-end software engineering work for ND Connect, a lived-experience-based mentorship and community platform by-and-for neurodivergent people

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Designed and developed key extensions to Spur (Simulation for Planning and Understanding Railways), an open-source, modular, and data-driven railway network simulation software package (based on Python, SimPy, NetworkX) using the novel mesoscopic approach, as part of the undergraduate research thesis project- Performed an extensive literature review in.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Spearheaded the design and development of a comprehensive Python software suite for battery electric bus fleet operations planning: energy modelling, charging and yard operations simulation, and data visualization- Researched academic literature in eBus energy consumption models, designed and implemented a medium-scale object-oriented software.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Designed and built a Python software module that dynamically computed route-by-route public transit operating cost estimates in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) based on the network service configuration- Researched various transit cost models in the literature and performed extensive data-driven analysis, prototyping, testing, and validation.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Created efficient traffic data analysis and visualization scripts using Excel, VBA, and Power BI for processing large databases of collisions, traffic volumes, and turning movement counts on provincial highways- Conducted highway traffic studies and site inspections; performed intersection performance analysis with Synchro- Coordinated lane closures on.