March 2021 - Present

• Responsible for the mechanical design of end-of-line packaging equipment from timing and layout analysis, through building & debugging to after sales support

  • Project values ranging from US$6,000 - $2,200,000

  • Retrofit improvements to existing machinery

  • Balanced Design for Manufacture/Assembly across 1000+ part machines

  • Employed simulation strategies for machine timing to achieve maximum throughput

  • Servo motor, pneumatics calculation & sizing

• Quickly earned a reputation as the “go-to” designer for novel and urgent projects

• 1106 unique parts designed and released for manufacture to date

• Developed packaging related patents

• Provided troubleshooting and engineering support during customer site visits

• Visualized new process concepts through mechanical animation within CAD software

Summer 2020 (May - September)

• Researched potential robotic ultraviolet light disinfection systems to mitigate the spread of COVID-19

• Developed calculation tools to estimate and optimize the delivered UV dosage

• Improved prototype efficiency by 46% through enclosure optimization

Summer 2019 (May - August)

Worked with the KISC founder to develop and prototype a green energy project (Airborne Wind Energy Generation). The simplest way to describe the concept is that when a kite flies across the wind, it travels much faster than the wind and thus pulls quite hard on its tether. Wrap the tether around a generator while flying an optimized path and you will have a net gain in power. With KISC I determined key design decisions for the overall system, developed cost-effective and reliable manufacturing methods including composites, performed engineering analyses with validation experiments, and fully designed and fabricated a 2-meter span kite to develop the on-board control system.

• Led the conceptual development of a crosswind kite for airborne wind energy generation

• Formulated key high-level design decisions for the overall system

• Developed cost-effective and reliable manufacturing methods including composite materials

• Validated engineering analyses with testing

• Completed design and fabrication of a 2-meter span kite with an on-board control system

Summer 2018 (May - August)

• Built upon relationship, teamwork, and leadership skills and earned a reputation for being the best summer hire as well as a resolute, adaptive, thoughtful, and hardworking team member

• Stepped up to a Team Lead role when required; trained new staff members

Summer 2017 (May - August)

• Managed 28 oil wells in a remote area of Northern Alberta; inspected flowline gauges; analyzed well trend data to assess well performance and increase production

• Identified four major trends in well histories where actions resulted in a net payback of $2200/day

• Communicated and coordinated daily with truckers, welders, flush-by operators, oil rig consultants, and dispatchers to ensure optimal production

Summer 2016 (May - August)

• Monitored well trends using SCADA software and identified production optimization opportunities

• Completed annual Surface Casing Vent Flow Testing reporting; analysis and methodology resulted in savings of 50+ hours of operator time

• Maintained mechanical shops, control rooms, trucks, and ATV’s

August 2013 - August 2016

• Supervised the safety and rescue of swimmers and guests

• Instructed hundreds of swimmers according to the Canadian Red Cross Standards in safe, engaging, and age appropriate ways