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- Manage the day-to-day research and development operations- Oversee current and future client-focused projects - Manage the company’s patent strategy- Handle governmental and educational institutions collaborative projects

- Lead, manage, and owns the R&D strategy and activity.- Responsible for building a solid pipeline of new products or platforms that are aligned with the company’s growth strategies.- Establish externally funded research grants and collaborative industry/university R&D with external customers and government granting agencies.- Oversee the execution of R&D projects to ensure that technology goals and budgets are met.- Co-ordinate the preparation of SR&ED investment tax credit claims annually.- Design systems and components that meet specific needs and requirements.- Alter and modify design to meet requirements and to eliminate malfunctions.- Test and evaluate theoretical designs.- Engage in learning and developing new theories or methods.- Perform/support a full life cycle product development (design, develop, test prototypes, manufacture and implement).- Conduct experiments methodically, analyze data and interpret results.- Identify, formulate and produce effective solutions to emerging problems.

Research Associate in the Biomedical Engineering and Energy Storage Group (BEES) and the Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology (WIN) at the University of Waterloo and Positec Canada Ltd. - Facilitated multiple interdisciplinary projects including alternative technologies for energy generation and storage. - Participated in transforming a research project to a commercial product for an industrial partner. - Developed new research tools to solve problems arising in scale up efforts and further improve the product. - Lead a team of graduate and undergraduate students as a research project manager. - Authored quarterly reports for a global brand company and two papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Research Assistant in Laboratory of Applied Surface Thermodynamics (LAST).- Designed a new experimental setup for measuring surface tension at biologically relevant conditions.- Overhauled and modularized ADSA software package for a wide range of customers and clients. Communicated with software clients and resolved related technical issues. Introduced a post-processing software tool to increase the throughput of processing experimental results.- Drafted grant applications and calculated estimated budget for multiple projects. Authored 11 papers in peer-reviewed journals, a book chapter, and multiple conference presentations. Supervised undergraduate students.- Taught two undergraduate courses as a course instructor: Mechanical and Thermal Energy Conversion Processes, and Computer Programming. Delivered lectures and designed tests to evaluate undergraduate students. Advised students on academic matters and career decisions. Hired and trained graduate teaching assistants and lab coordinators.- Worked as teaching assistant for different courses: Fundamentals of Computer Programming, Heat and Mass Transfer, Fluid Mechanics I, Applied Fluid Mechanics, Nuclear Engineering I, and Thermal Energy Conversion Processes.

Research Assistant in Thermal Management Research Laboratory (TMRL).- Designed an automated experimental setup (LabView) for the characterization of wicked heat pipes.- Developed a numerical model (Matlab) and predictive tool for wicked heat pipes and finned-condenser heat pipes transient performance for an industrial partner (Acrolab Ltd., Long Manufacturing).- Authored two papers in peer-reviewed journal, and multiple conference presentations and posters.- Worked as teaching assistant for different courses: Fluid Mechanics, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, and Advanced Thermodynamics. Conducted tutorials, developed lab manuals, and coached group projects.

Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Power Engineering.- Worked as teaching assistant for different courses: Turbo-machinery I and II, Engineering Measurements, Fluid Dynamics, Heat & Mass Transfer, and Thermodynamics I and II.- Conducted tutorials and laboratory sessions, developed lab manuals, and coached group projects.

- Participated in “San Stefano, Alexandria, Egypt” project through air conditioning design, cooling load estimation using "Carrier E20II" program, and ductwork and diffuser layouts design.