Experience

I worked as a mechanical engineering intern at Second Order Effects, a company that develops innovative solutions for aerospace, robotics, and energy industries. I owned hardware from initial design requirements through 3D design, tolerance and structural analysis, prototype, testing, and fabrication. I designed and analyzed active and passive thermal management systems and packaging solutions for custom electronic and satellite systems. I tested electromechanical systems and developed thermal, structural, and tolerance analyses for electro-mechanical assemblies using both hand calculations and finite element analysis. Lastly, I performed mechanical system architecture analysis on three of projects.

I worked as the technical project manager (TPM) intern at the Battery Structures team. I owned the planning, design issues, validation, build, and assembly of 317 parts on two electric vehicles. I managed a total of 33 Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers specializing in stamping, casting, roll forming, and injection molding for small prototype volumes and larger production volumes. I coordinated communication and planning to carry out fastener and sealant leak tests. I tracked build issues using Think-Cell and implemented bridge solutions to meet the assembly line demand, while saving around $3100 in machining costs. In addition to managing parts, I designed an injection molded part and a stamped part in CATIA 3DX using surface modelling and maintained the assembly level CAD containing over 100 parts. 

As the Brakes lead, I designed an autonomous braking system for our driverless driving system. As well, I designed manually actuated pedal tray elements in SolidWorks, carried out structural FEA in ANSYS, gained knowledge of braking systems and critical fasteners and gained experience in calibration and machining. As a senior Aerodynamics team member, I cadded one of the preliminary revisions of the front wing design in SolidWorks and did CFD analysis with Star-CCM+ software. I have done many carbon fiber epoxy resin hand layups for the car’s aero package and other parts. 

As an undergraduate student at the environmental robotics laboratory (ERL) at ETH Zurich, I had the chance to work on a project closely related to preserving the environment using technology, mechanical design, and electrical integration. I designed, prototyped, and tested a gripping deployable station designed for data acquisition in forest canopies. Designed to be deployed using a drone and to remain stable on the most common tree types in rain forests. This station would supports up to 300 grams of sensors for monitoring temporal environmental data. 

As the project co-lead for Promoting Green Policy, I investigated the most pressing environmental issues in Ontario and narrowed them down to four topics. Me and my team wrote an article on the most important issue which was power generation in Ontario. This article discusses a plan for Ontario to transition into a fully green grid. I planned the workflow of the team and interviewed team members. Guided the team on research, writing, and electronically publishing the article that suggested policies to resolve fossil fuel dependence and make a long overdue change on a provincial level.