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Ottawa, Canada

• Qualify capacity expansion of plasma cleaning equipment to support production ramp.
• Develop processes for hot-bar soldering of flex circuits to opto-mechanical assemblies.
• Develop processes for high-precision pick-and-place for photonic assemblies.

Vaudreuil-Dorion, Québec

• Review of product and process qualification plans and reports for semiconductor fabrication and optical modules, including review of sampling plans and statistical analysis.
• Coordinate data-sharing and logistics with sister sites.
• Manage the internal audit program, and supply internal auditor training. Applicable standards are primarily ISO~9001, ISO~14001, and OHSAS~18001.
• Facilitate generation of control plans, FMEAs and SPC with engineering.
• Evaluation of returned… Show more
• Evaluation of returned material such as aerospace and defence lasers and optical detectors and assemblies, including retesting, disposition, and failure analysis.

Prince George, British Columbia

• Responsible for mechanical system and electrical design of a dye-injection system (DIS) formarking fuel on demand.
• Negotiated agreements with distributors to cover distribution and sales of DIS.
• Programmed the firmware that controlled all data collection and management of the system.
• Designed and managed fabrication of PCBs for all products.

Bromont, Québec

• Technical lead for the introduction (NPI) of many customers’ manufacturing processes into production, including microphones, pressure sensors, and oscillators.
• Authored all process specific documentation, include specifications, process flows, ECRs, and phase checklists.
• Developed a MEMS process for active microfluidic devices to perform molecular biology.
• Collaborated with sister sites on feasibility for transfer to high-volume production.
• Managed the Production Part… Show more
• Managed the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) for customers’ manufacturing processes, including FMEA, control plans, and statistical process control (SPC).

Edmonton, Alberta

• Post-doctoral fellow with the Applied Miniaturisation Laboratory.
• Worked on microfluidic chips in glass and polymers for genetic testing and molecular biology.
• Assembled and programmed an automated test setup to perform thermal calibration of fabricated devices.
• Updated the firmware that coordinated custom-built equipment for PCR and CE.

Teaching Assistant for many different courses in the School of Engineering Science. Most frequently TA for first and second course in electric circuits (ENSC 220 and 320) and first and second course in microelectronics (ENSC 225 and 325). Also TA for course in Engineering Technology and Society (ENSC 100) and VLSI Systems Design (ENSC 450).

Burnaby, British Columbia

Instructor for VLSI Systems Design (ENSC 450), including creating lesson plans, lecturing, creating and marking assignments and exams, and designing laboratories. Instructor for Computer Architecture (ENSC 250), including creating lesson plans, lecturing, selecting assignment questions, and creating and marking exams.

Burnaby, British Columbia

Chairperson of organizing committee for FAS Graduate Conference. Conference held on March 9th, 2006.

Taught Polysilicon Surface-Micromachining Technology and Devices (SC 236). Full day course given at Photonics West 2003, Semicon West 2003, and Semicon West 2004. Course covered the history and development of polysilicon surface-micromachining, current processes, devices, and packaging.

Burnaby, British Columbia

Chairperson of the organization during the 2002 and 2003 academic years. Social executive during the 2004 academic year. Directed and organized student involvement in departmental committees. Organized the FAS Graduate Conference held on March 9th, 2006.

Vancouver, British Columbia

• Technical Officer with the NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation.
• Worked on the design and processing of miniature gas sensors for fuel cells.
• Developed PECVD deposition recipes for use in microfabrication processes.

Nepean, Ontario

Worked with dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) group. Worked with the configurable optical add-drop modules (COADM) group. Performed lab automation, including hardware and software; wrote intelligent lab applications. Did theoretical work, including optical-fibre bending losses and cascaded filter interference. Supervised by Kevin Cearns.

Kanata, Ontario

Worked with the laser reliability group. Automated testing stations used to predict semiconductor laser reliability. Worked on accessing many types of instruments, which used different computer interfaces. Resulting code will be used in software of a newly automated testing station, and be reusedin other testing stations. Performed laser testing for.

Kanata, Ontario

Increased portability of software used to do thermal measurements using optical spectrometry. Integrated several other processes used during operation as part of control loop. Updated software used in the control loop of chemical beam epitaxy system used for production and research. Updated software used to monitor temperature of molecular beam epitaxy.

Hamilton, Ontario

Worked in the positron lab. Performed defect characterization of semiconductor materials using positron lifetime spectroscopy. Performed an experiment to do surface defect characterization using chemical etching. Wrote software to automate analysis of lifetime spectroscopic data. Supervised by Dr. Peter Mascher, chair of the Engineering Physics Dept.

Ottawa, Ontario

Developed an application in Visual Basic used for building maintenance. Application predicted maintenance costs for buildings and presented investment schedule. Developed an application that is used to maintain project information. Supervised by Leo McCuaig.

Performed a wide range of internal support services. Was responsible for maintaining all the computer in the office. Performed several network services such as managing network resources. Performed database development in Microsoft Access.

Nepean, Ontario

Worked with a variety of computer hardware, including both IBM compatible and Apple platforms. Performed software upgrades and software management. Performed hardware upgrades and built computer systems.

Ph.D., Microfabrication

Activities and Societies: Engineer Graduate Students Association Thesis work is on a surface-micromachining process that uses PMMA for.

Certificate Program In University Teaching

This certificate program is an eight month program to provide practical teaching skills for university-level teaching.

M.S.Sc., Microfabrication

Activities and Societies: Engineering Graduate Students Association, SFU Jazz Band, Aikido Thesis work in micro-electrical-mechanical.

B.Eng. & Soc., Engineering Physics

Activities and Societies: Karate, Badminton, University Jazz Band (Trombone) Major in Engineering Physics & Society. Minor in.