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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

• Received an NSERC USRA award to work in a professor’s group researching controlled masonry rocking systems.• Gained valuable hands-on experience working with concrete, steel, and masonry and learned their practical applications in a construction setting and material properties by running various tests on those materials.• Responsibly followed safety protocol in the lab (similar to a construction site) and COVID-19 regulations.• Developed a website for the research group with no prior experience showing my ability to learn quickly.• Tasked with creating a spreadsheet with Excel Macros which calculated the wind and seismic loads for a building in various locations across Canada while the lab was not open at the beginning of this summer due to Covid-19.• Showed my ability complete work independently by teaching myself parts of the National Building Code and a fourth-year steel structures course to successfully complete this project.

Canada

•Lead groups of 10-20 children through drills designed to improve their knowledge and ability in soccer.•Communication effectively while explaining and demonstrating drills and ensuring that this was carried out safely. •Created, organized and executed over 40 hours of activities for children a week, while being responsible for their safety and entertainment.

Master Of Applied Science, Civil Engineering

Working under the supervision of Dr. Jeffrey Packer to simplify planar hollow structural section truss connection design through two.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Engineering