03 / ENGINEERING IN PRACTICE

Experience.

Detailed contributions across UAV prototyping, electromechanical integration, manufacturing engineering, thermal systems, and technical leadership.

4UAV prototypes tested · AirMetal

15%Faster connector installation · NETGEAR

30%Reduced assembly time · NETGEAR

16 kWDesigned cooling heat rejection · Thunderbikes

Electromechanical engineering co-op
Acting mechanical team leadMAY – AUG 2026OTTAWA, ONTARIO · UAV DISTRIBUTOR & DESIGNER

AirMetal Robotics

Fixed-wing UAV development, instrumentation & validation

Worked across mechanical design, embedded sensing, test engineering and flight-electronics integration during a rapid aircraft-development program. Designed custom hardware around existing commercial components, built measurement systems, and used ground/flight data to evaluate prototypes rather than treating integration as a simple assembly task.

4 PROTOTYPE AIRCRAFT TESTED · 1 INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM · 4 AIR/GROUND-SPEED SETUPS

01 / Structural instrumentation & data acquisition

Designed an ESP32-based wing measurement architecture to capture structural bending/deflection, loading response, vibration, acceleration and temperature during prototype testing.
Selected and integrated existing sensing hardware, designed mechanical mounting/interfaces and wiring, and brought individual measurements together into one integrated test system.
Acquired and processed measurements in Python, comparing measured structural response with calculations and theoretical expectations to guide design review and subsequent testing.

02 / Avionics, actuation & flight systems

Integrated Pixhawk 6C / ArduPilot flight controllers with GPS, pitot airspeed sensing, radio telemetry, servo-driven control surfaces, battery monitoring and failsafe logic.
Configured systems in Mission Planner, including preflight checks, flight modes and safety/geofence functions; debugged relationships between radio inputs, servos, ESCs and power distribution.
Built four aircraft-level airspeed / ground-speed measurement integrations, collected data from commercial sensors and flight systems, and used the outputs to assess aircraft test behaviour.

03 / Aircraft & propulsion testing

Helped fabricate, integrate and test four fixed-wing prototype aircraft, iterating mechanical layout, lightweight construction and integration of electronics and actuators.
Designed propulsion-test hardware and characterized/tuned two-stroke gasoline engines using controlled thrust/performance testing.
Prototyped landing-gear and other aircraft components, and built a water-agitation apparatus for waterproofing demonstrations and environmental-sealing tests.

04 / Electronics protection & rapid fabrication

Designed and 3D-printed a flexible TPU enclosure for a valuable test PCB exposed to hard collisions during indoor UAV flight experiments, including impacts with the ceiling and ground.
Used the PCB footprint, mounting, access and impact-exposure constraints to shape a protective enclosure intended to reduce risk to expensive electronics.
Iterated fixtures and other prototype hardware using CAD and additive manufacturing under short development timelines; no quantified drop-survival rate is claimed for the TPU case.

05 / Acting technical leadership

Served as Acting Mechanical Team Lead for part of the co-op, coordinating a four-person development effort, technical reviews, design priorities and communication with other functions.
Helped manage engineering decisions and resource allocation within a program with a reported $100K+ development budget, balancing rapid prototyping with testability, schedule and integration risk.
Maintained practical interfaces between mechanical prototypes, electrical systems and the software/controls workflow.

EXPLORE THE UAV PROJECT ↗

Fixed-wing prototype hardware and integration

Flight-controller, power and sensor integration

TPU enclosure components and protected test PCB

Publication review: aircraft photographs and employer-developed test hardware should be cleared for public portfolio use before deployment.

Engineering process · additional photographs

Flight-test / fixed-wing aircraft development

Custom propulsion characterization setup

Water-agitation tank built for environmental-sealing tests

TPU protection for collision-exposed test electronics

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Mechanical engineering co-op
Research & developmentMAY – DEC 2025RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA · CONSUMER NETWORKING DEVICES

NETGEAR R&D

Production tooling, optical components & reliability testing

Developed manufacturable mechanical components and production tools, then checked designs against practical assembly and hardware-test requirements. The work combined Creo-based CAD and DFMA, physical iteration, optical/thermal analysis, and repeatable structural testing in a commercial product-development environment.

15% FASTER INSTALLATION · 30% FASTER ASSEMBLY · LIGHT PIPES RELEASED FOR 8 PRODUCTS

01 / Precision installation tooling

Designed and FEA-validated a custom i-PEX PCB connector installation tool in Creo, addressing assembly force application, repeatability and operator ergonomics.
Iterated the tool around the actual connector geometry and assembly process, achieving an approximately 15% reduction in installation time.
Translated delicate electronics-handling requirements into a practical, operator-facing mechanical fixture.

02 / Assembly systems & pneumatic tooling

Designed production fixtures with an emphasis on DFMA, positional repeatability, assembly access and setup time; the resulting process reduced assembly time by approximately 30%.
Developed a vacuum-assisted handling/assembly concept using a venturi, 24 V solenoid valves, inline filtration and a printed manifold/fixture, integrating pneumatic hardware with straightforward operator controls.
Built and evaluated prototype parts, moving from CAD to physical iteration before production use.

03 / Optical product components

Designed, optically simulated and released injection-moulded LED light pipes incorporated into eight Pro AV products.
Used Creo and TracePro to consider light extraction, RGB colour mixing, brightness distribution, space constraints and mouldable geometry.
Collaborated across mechanical/electronic product interfaces, including PCB fit, component positioning and thermal design constraints.

04 / Thermal modelling & physical validation

Built ANSYS thermal models of operating hardware and compared predicted temperatures with lab measurements to improve confidence in design decisions.
Reported thermal predictions within approximately 7% of measured results on the relevant validation work, while considering model assumptions and test conditions.
Contributed to repeatable simulation/measurement workflows, reducing dependence on unverified modelling assumptions.

05 / Structural reliability testing

Conducted torsional loading at multiple angles and three-point bending tests for two product designs, capturing behaviour under defined load conditions.
Produced corresponding ANSYS Mechanical structural models using measured/loading-related inputs; helped establish a repeatable torsion-test methodology.
Used comparisons between physical tests and FEA to identify local stiffness and potential failure concerns.

06 / Lab process improvement

Designed a UV-resin curing system to solidify liquid resin waste, improving handling safety and simplifying disposal workflow.
Worked on practical test and fixture changes that made routine bench tasks more consistent and easier to execute.

EXPLORE THE NETGEAR PROJECT ↗

i-PEX connector installation-tool prototype

Vacuum / pneumatic assembly fixture development

Commercial designs, production imagery and test specifications are subject to employer approval before public release.

Engineering process · additional photographs

Creo-designed i-PEX connector installation fixture

Pneumatic vacuum-assisted assembly system

Injection-moulded optical light-pipe development

UV-resin curing apparatus for lab processes

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Mechanical Team Lead (2026–27)
Mechanical Co-Lead (2025–26)
Cooling Lead (2024–25)SEP 2023 – PRESENTUBC VANCOUVER · MOTOSTUDENT ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE TEAM

UBC Thunderbikes

Mechanical leadership, battery systems & thermal management

Lead mechanical engineering workstreams for a student-developed electric racing motorcycle: cooling, high-voltage battery packaging, chassis, fabrication, and subsystem integration. Coordinate technical reviews and mentorship across the approximately 30-person mechanical group while managing its $22,000 budget.

TEAM RESULT: 1ST PLACE · 2024 MOTOFEST OF MONTERREY

01 / Team and project management

Lead an approximately 30-member mechanical team and manage its $22,000 mechanical-subteam budget, prioritizing expenditure across design, components, prototyping and manufacturing while coordinating design ownership, cross-team interfaces and design reviews.
Run weekly technical check-ins and two formal design reviews per academic term, encouraging analysis-backed design choices and earlier integration problem discovery.
Support preparations for MotoStudent Spain 2027; the future competition is a target, not a completed result.

02 / Cooling-system development

Previously led a four-person thermal management group developing a liquid-cooling architecture rated for approximately 16 kW total heat rejection, a 41% year-over-year improvement.
Modelled battery cold plates designed for up to 8 kW heat removal; evaluated serpentine coolant paths and heat-transfer constraints using Python/MATLAB, ANSYS and physical test parameters.
Worked on radiator characterization, fan integration, line routing, custom hose connectors and trade-offs between thermal performance, mass and manufacturability.

03 / Battery, chassis & manufacturing

Worked on a 32s3p battery concept of approximately 102.4 V, 45 Ah and 4.6 kWh, accounting for the interaction between packaging, structural support, high-voltage safety and heat rejection.
Applied structural FEA and CFD to cooling/chassis/battery components; designed non-conductive battery housing and manufacturing/test fixtures.
Fabricated or supported fabrication of mechanical components and welded jigs/stands through TIG/MIG welding and hands-on shop work.

04 / Competition and iterative validation

The team competed at AHRMA Formula Lightning, NJMP (2024) and earned first place at Motofest of Monterrey (2024)—a team achievement, not an individual award.
Used cooling simulations and prototype builds to assess assumptions before manufacture; failure/stress plots are documented as design iteration data, not proof of final safety.
Balance long-horizon competition development with short-term build, test and recruitment deliverables.

EXPLORE THE MOTORCYCLE PROJECT ↗

UBC Thunderbikes motorcycle at competition

Liquid-cooling plate fluid/thermal simulation

Engineering process · additional photographs

Wind-tunnel measurement and radiator testing

Manufactured custom cooling-hose connectors

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COMMUNITY, HEALTHCARE & LEADERSHIP

President (2024–25)
Other executive roles (2022–26)2022 – 2026UBC · INTERNATIONAL HEALTHCARE OUTREACH

FIMRC at UBC

Chapter leadership & volunteer clinical programs

Held successive leadership roles including chapter president, helping coordinate volunteers, fundraising, events and community healthcare outreach. Participated in international healthcare volunteer experiences in Costa Rica (2023), Ecuador (2024) and Peru (2025). These experiences complemented my Red Cross First Responder and first-aid instructor training and strengthened my interest in patient-facing engineering solutions.

Founding Director of Clinical Care2025 – FEB 2026UBC · STUDENT FIRST-RESPONSE TEAM

UBC First Aid Student Team

Clinical protocols, first-responder education & training

Helped establish a university student first-aid organization. Developed clinical care protocols and helped deliver naloxone education, First Responder bootcamp training and responder skill development. Brought an emphasis on repeatable, actionable procedures to practical first-response preparation.

Pharmacy support & process digitization2018 – 2024ALERT BAY, BC · FAMILY PHARMACY

Community Pharmacy

Operations, service & digital workflows

Worked in the family pharmacy in a remote community, supporting day-to-day operations. Built the store website and worked on digitizing freight/administrative processes, strengthening an interest in translating technical systems into tools that are reliable for the people who actually use them.