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Design, manufacture, testing, marketing, finances, and sales of sound absorption paneling.

Formerly known as AITF and Alberta Research Council • Researched and developed new technologies in several team-oriented groups. • Managed high quality, low cost projects with up to 10 personnel in lab and mill settings. • Managed budgets with revenue up to $100K per year for parts and labour. • Liaised with third party manufacturers, entrepreneurs, standards bodies, in multiple disciplines. • Developed C# program to recognize calibration plates for online, continuous calibration of X-ray machine that measures 2D density distribution. Reduced time for calibrations by over 90% and eliminated the need to stop sample flow for calibrations. • Successfully helped the organization to achieve gas and electrical CSA certification of ABRI-Tech mobile carbonizer. • Improved Opto 22 programmable logic controller (PLC) hardware including updating remote access to PLC via cellphone data plan. • Removed unnecessary fans, heat transfer equipment, and inappropriate sensors. • Added, updated, and maintained gas train, electronics, plumbing, water hammer arrestor, safety screens, mixing fingers, water cooling, and proof of flow sensors. • Created PLC logic and user interface (GUI) to allow saving, accessing presets, and optional resumption of settings after resets and emergencies. • CSA certification and training allowed a sawmill to test the potential market for carbonized wood products before scaling up production to multimillion-dollar facilities. • Created simulations, models, and drawings for mechanical, thermal, and electrical equipment. • Delivered hands on training to technicians to maintain and operate a variety of benchtop to industrial scale equipment. • Directed electrical, gas, and programming fixes in Cenovus bio-oil manufacturing equipment allowing them to test the feasibility of industrial scale bio-oil production. • Developed method of manufacturing and comparing acoustic properties of bio acoustic panels.

Formerly known as the Alberta Research Council • Created quality assurance and software manuals, safe work procedures, and client reports. • Designed, organized, and carried out inter-laboratory comparison (ILC) with international labs. • Rewrote 180,000 lines of BASIC 5.0 programming that reads and graphs live PLC values from PLCs into a 30,000 line .NET program. ◦ Used MVVM with Unity and Prism frameworks using a mixture of VB.Net and C#. ◦ Dependency injection was used in life-cycle management of class instances. ◦ Dynamic switching of GUI for English, French, and German, using XML dictionaries. ◦ Online dynamic graphing of data with multiple y-axes. ◦ Dashboard monitoring of current or archived data. ◦ Backward and forward compatibility with settings and data files. ◦ Connection to Modbus capable, Siemens, and Allen-Bradley Control Logix PLCs through native or Modbus connections. • Developed C++ code for converting SolidWorks geometry files to OpenFoam format. • Researched and presented findings on accuracy for biomass testing of total chlorine content to ISO committee members and international test labs. • Conceived design and lead construction of torrefaction and carbonization kilns. • Developed Microsoft SharePoint 2013 system for test lab quality assurance. • Developed a methodology for charting pellet distributions, panel colour statistics, panel acoustic properties, shape and statistics of fibres, and inline height of formed mats. • Assisted with computational, mechanical, and electrical troubleshooting of combustion systems. • Lead panel, pellet, biochar, and torrefied lumber production.

• Created Java program that uses a 2D Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) Key Performance Indicator (KPI) on mill panels before pressing to reduce sanding and raw materials used. • Analyzed and visualized risk and material flow using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for processes, 4D statistical simulations, downtime trees and statistics, database storage, and process control limits. • Troubleshot issues with and trained personnel in the use of JD Edwards financial system. • Setup and ran all audio-visual media and edited proceedings for 10th annual Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composites Symposium. • Presented results and answered questions for international consortium projects. • Analyzed 2D and 3D density distribution of wood panels using CAT scan and x-ray information. • Developed a data mining framework in VB.NET for access to time-based mill statistics. • Created web based access to MS SQL Server live and archived material flow, process control, down time, and statistics. • Setup MySQL and Tomcat servers for storing and serving mill data.

Ventilation & Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Environment, Institute for Research in ConstructionAsked to continue work from previous work term.

Ventilation & Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Environment, Institute for Research in ConstructionSet up tests, acquired indoor air flow data, and developed CFD programs to compare real to theoretical values. Obtained Award For Excellence as a contributor of the Cost-effective Open Plan Environment (COPE) team. Developed MS Excel program to solve networked airflow for HVAC systems. Measured volatile organic compounds released from samples for use in CFD models.

Water Survey of CanadaDeveloped a Java program based on FORTRAN code to calculate the amount of water transfer along the Milk river due to the hydrological cycle and use. Calculates the U.S. financial obligations to Canada. Built, imaged, and installed OS and software onto computers. Operated as a help desk for 90 employees.

Glass to Metal Seals group, formerly Coors Ceramics CompanyOptimized oven temperature versus seal failure to ensure air bag initiators exceeded six sigma requirements. Optimized process was used in a test run of 500,000 parts.