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Artificial Intelligence Course

I enrolled in an Artificial Intelligence course from Udemy! This course covers how to code and optimize AI, with in-depth explanations as to what is coded and why, as well as the backing concepts. Basic knowledge like Reinforcement Learning, Q Learning, and Artificial Neural Networks are also given. This course uses projects on Autonomous Cars,…
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IISE Simulation Competition

Brief In a group of three, we competed against school across Canada and the northeastern United States in a simulation competition and were awarded third place. The project focused on maximizing the efficiency of a construction project using Arena Simulation Software. We each shared roles and collaborated, although I focused more on the implementation and…
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Statistical Process Control (SPC)

CONCEPT INTRODUCTION With Statistical Process Control, the name of the game is stabilizing a process by correcting special causes and improving it by targetting common causes with process or method changes. The goal is generally to avoid non-conformances and hence scrap and rework, meet specifications, and ensure the customer receives what they want. This is…
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Rockwell Automation Inc.

Quality Engineering, Rockwell Automation Inc., Cambridge, ON Jan. – Apr. 2016, Sep. – Dec. 2016 PRODUCT OVERVIEW Rockwell Automation Inc. is an international company that works with many different products and services. At their Cambridge location, I worked with their Medium Voltage Drives (seen below) and Starters products. Similar to the circuits that power fans and…
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President’s Award – Waterloo Engineering Society

August 2015 President’s Awards are given to Engineering Society volunteers, directors or commissioner who excelled in their contribution to the Society, the winners of these awards of gone above and beyond the expectations of their role and showed initiative and leadership. These awards are presented by the Executive team each term at the final Engineering…
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Gypsum Technologies Inc.

PRODUCT OVERVIEW Gypsum Technologies Inc. (Gyptech) designs, manufactures, and commisions the equipment and factories that manufacture gypsum board (drywall). This includes a wide array of machines like paper roll stands (pictured below), inverters, tape cutters, each of which I have worked on at some point during my co-ops there. Paper Roll Stand from Gyptech JOB SUMMARIES Mechanical…
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University of Waterloo

Management Engineering Teaching Assistant, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Sep. – Dec. 2014 JOB SUMMARY As a WEEF (Waterloo Engineering Endowment Fund) TA, I worked full-time to support the Management Engineering professor, the first-year students, and the faculty. • Exercised excellent verbal communication when teaching and tutoring management engineering fundamentals and linear algebra • Fundamentals include:…
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Centra Industries Inc.

Junior Manufacturing Engineer Co-op, Centra Industries Inc., Cambridge, ON May. – Aug. 2013 PRODUCT SUMMARY Centra Industries Inc. (now part of PCC Aerostructures) designs, machines, and assembles a wide variety of aerospace sub-structures (as seen below) and components for companies such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Centra Sub-Structure JOB SUMMARY • Designed major storage system…
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