Scott Macdonald Email & Phone Number

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

• Lead an R&D project on RTV bonding of large optics• Working with optical coatings and restarting HAA's spin coating lab • Successful integration of the GHOST project in the Gemini South Pier Lab• Supervision of multiple co-op student terms

Victoria, Bc

• Continue work with the GHOST project while aiding other projects SPIRou for CFHT and NFIRAOS for TMT• Design and build a small scale prototype to simulate the GHOST thermal enclosure• Design and fabrication of GHOST thermal enclosure consisting of 20 active control temperature stable panels. • Coordination of the NRC component electronics cables for the GHOST project• Travel to collaborators site and final telescope site to aid with secure packing, shipment, and integration of SPIRou at CFHT• Characterization and analysis of linear camera stages using Interferometric tools and Matlab

Victoria, Bc

• Collaborate with team members on the Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST)• Setting up and programming various temperature sensors and controls• Researching, purchasing and prototyping different enclosure materials for GHOST• Produce risk assessments and safe work proceedures• Cleaning and packing delicate optical instruments for international shipping in a clean-room environment• Proficient use of Autodesk Inventor and ANSYS to aid in ongoing project design and analysis

Kingston

• Use of CASA (Common Astronomy Software Application) to resolve data acquired from the VLA• Resolved data to be used by the CHANG-ES (Continuum HAlos in Nearby Galaxies -- an Evla Survey) • Participation and work shown in the 2014 CHANG-ES workshop on Radio Halos of Galaxies

Kingston

• Call and Chair meetings of the team executive• Develop a positive and cohesive atmosphere on the team• Oversee the operation of the executive maintain a record of the activities performed by each member• Represent Queen’s Rowing as a member of the Kingston Rowing Club Board of Directors

Kingston

• Coordinate and communicate travel plans for the entire team including all busses and hotels for varsity athletes• Ensure all athletes are registered with RowOntario and Rowing Canada as well as submitting entries for each regatta• Collect all clothing orders and liability waivers, working in tandem with the varsity treasurer to create a budget that will keep the team financially stable• Assist the team captains in various time sensitive situations

199 Bay St. Toronto

Identified and pre-screen candidates and make recommendations for hiring managers, keep up-to-date files of qualified candidates, schedule interviews, Ensure consistent documentation of interviews, provide candidate assessmentsRespond to candidates, follow up with Managers. Selectively reviewing resumes, assessing candidates for interviews Maintaining a contact database and interview scheduling