Rafay Shams Email & Phone Number

Milton, ON, CA

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

- Formulate new industrial paint line- Handle customer complaints- Work with production to swiftly correct batches for delivery

Milton, Ontario, Canada

• Plan, design and set-up experiments to test customer complaints in their coatings systems
• Optimize paint formulations to achieve significant cost savings while maintaining performance for customers in Africa, Asia, Carribean, South and North America
• Provide on-site technical support including lab trials and batch trials for customers in Malaysia, Pakistan and the Carribean
• Prepare samples and product demonstrations for launching of new products
• Train Sales Associates, new employees and Co-op students on Lorama products and paint formulation techniques
• Create formula books for customers using universal zero VOC colourants

Waterloo, ON

• Project involving thermoelectric materials which can be used to generate electricity from waste heat
• Synthesized thermoelectric clathrates using solid state chemical reaction
• Characterized materials using XRD, DSC, SEM including EDX before and after testing
• Tested materials using thermal conductivity analysis as well as electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient measurement
• Supervised new students in sample preparation, equipment operation, synthesis optimization and testing

Waterloo, ON

• Coated thin layers of polymer onto silicon wafers and later determined film thicknesses using Ellipsometer
• Operated and maintained laboratory equipment according to Standard Operating Procedures
• Managed students within lab as well as marking their pre-lab and lab reports

Hamilton, ON

• In charge of Bismuth Telluride nanoparticles project
• Conducted literature review on nanoparticles formation
• Set up and conducted chemical experiments, tests and analyses including hot pressing
• Analyzed results using SEM and TEM

Toronto, Canada Area

• Prepared various solutions and reagents for testing of water related products
• Performed quality checks such as pH, hardness, alkalinity and chlorine determination on the exposure waters using spectrometer and titration
• Compiled records and quality check data in log books daily
• Collected water samples from products and sent them to the Organic Lab for testing

Waterloo, ON

• Researched on finding materials to bond PDMS and SU-8 photoresist to be used in the manufacturing of microfluidic chips
• Gained experience in spin coating by coating SU-8 on silicon wafers and glass slides

Milton, ON

• Provided quick and efficient technical support for technical emergencies
• Wrote Visual Basic code for TV Messaging system
• Used soldering skills to fix broken phone companions
• Kept Supervisors up to date on IT issues within the plant

Mississauga, ON

Web Development Bootcamp, Computer Science

Juno College of Technology is a Private Career College located in downtown Toronto that runs nine-week full-time and 32-week part-time.

Web Development Course, Computer Science

Learned about HTML and CSS and responsive web design.

Master Of Science (Ms), Inorganic Chemistry

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Nanotechnology Engineering

Bachelors in Applied Science Honours Nanotechnology Engineering.

Ontario High School Diploma