Academic Background[edit | edit source]
B.E.Sc. Mechatronics Systems Engineering | University of Western Ontario | (Sept. 2019 - Present)[edit | edit source]
- Western Continuing Admission Scholarship recipient for maintaining an average of at least 80% and applying with a 95% average.
- Dean's Honour List recipient with a cumulative GPA of 4.0.
Work Experience[edit | edit source]
Trudell Medical International | New Product Development Co-op | (May 2022 - August 2023)[edit | edit source]
- Worked with cross-functional team members to develop objectives, and constraints of new class II medical devices. Experience working under an ISO 13485 QMS and developing products requiring worldwide regulatory body requirements (FDA, EU MDR).
- Advanced development of new product through iterative mechanical design and rapid prototyping. Utilized resin 3D printing technology to quickly turn-around prototypes for analysis and demonstration purposes.
- Aided in multi-objective material selection process of resin for high-volume product. Learnings included base resin compounding, plastic material additives, and common plastic testing methods.
- Designed and carried out several multi-variable design-of-experiments (DOE's) that included research, simulation, prototyping, and iteration elements. DOE variables included material properties, physical dimensions, and system boundary conditions.
- Communicated with molders to determine DFM requirements of highly complex parts.
- Member of the New Product Development Sustainability team. Helped design a sustainability phase gate into the team's current product development process. Focused on how LCA-enhanced KPI's can be used to benchmark sustainability goals of future products.
Trudell Medical International | Manufacturing Engineering Technologist Intern | (July 2020 - August 2020)
Aided in creation, revision, and editing of technical documentation required for implementation of new automated cell. Examples includes user manuals, standard operating procedures, and site assembly testing documents. Experience with document version control software.
- Led a new process adherence test run with ~15 assemblers at the company. Made continuous process improvements to optimize multiple factors including ease-of-use, time-per-cycle, and user satisfaction.
- Developed, prototyped, and implemented several continuous improvement fixtures for multiple manufacturing lines. Fixtures were used to improve safety, efficiency, and reliance of processes.
Relevant Projects[edit | edit source]
Open-Source Automated Handheld CNC Router | (May 2023 - Present) | University of Western Ontario[edit | edit source]
- Working with Western Engineering's FAST Lab to develop a low cost, open sourced, automated handheld CNC router.
- Led research and development of 2-DOF CAM-style planar parallel robotic manipulator that drove fine tuning of spindle position to account for user error.
- Aided with determination of power system requirements and electrical component part selection.
- Led development of inverse kinematics control script that took an error vector and computed the required joint rotation to achieve desired end-effector position.
Automated Flow Tester | (August 2022 - August 2023) | Trudell Medical International[edit | edit source]
- Realized opportunity for improvement of highly manual, laborious, testing process. Consulted with high-frequency users to determine desirable system requirements and preferred UI and UX components.
- Led electrical power system and pneumatic system design. Responsibilities included selecting appropriate power supplies, electrical components, pneumatic actuators, and control components for the system.
- Used open-source PCB design software, Altium CircuitMaker, to develop custom PCB for system.
- Designed system firmware in Arduino to set correct flow boundary conditions, and read corresponding flow and pressure results from peripherals. Achieved flow measurement accuracy of +- 0.1 L/min.
Research Interests[edit | edit source]
- Frugal respiratory and cardiovascular medical device design
- Image processing and its applications to disease diagnosis
- Robotics and control for minimally invasive surgical applications
- Automated additive and subtractive manufacturing operations
- Rapid prototyping and 3D printing technologies
Skills and Certifications[edit | edit source]
- Mechanical Design (Advanced)
- Solid body, surfacing, and hybrid modelling. CSWP-MD, CSWP-SU, CSWA-MD, CSWA-AM certificates.
- Physics Simulation Tools (Advanced)
- Autodesk MoldFlow, Autodesk CFD, Solidworks FEA, Solidworks Thermal, Solidworks Modal. CSWA-Simulation certificate.
- Script Writing and Firmware Development (Advanced)
- Primary Languages: C, C++.
- Primary Programs: Arduino, Matlab
- Part Design Constraints due to Manufacturing Processes (Intermediate)
- 3D printing constraints. Both FDM and SLA.
- Injection molding constraints.
- Electrical Schematic and PCB Design (Intermediate)