Mechanical Engineering & Computing Technology student at the University of Ottawa
Co-op · graduating April 2027 · Ottawa, ON · open to co-op and internship roles
Sheet · Projects
A mix of co-op work projects, school design projects, personal builds, and things I fixed along the way.
1Work
I reworked the liquid cooling geometry of a ruggedized electronics chassis to see if cheaper machining methods could hold the same thermal performance.Redrew the liquid cooling paths of a rugged electronics chassis so cheaper machining could hold the same thermal performance.
2Work
Air temperature readings inside the SolarSteam enclosure were being thrown off by radiation, so I built a shielded sensor that slides up and down to sample at any height.A shielded, height-adjustable air temperature sensor that took radiation error out of the readings.
Real footage · the cart corrects a disturbance
3School
A belt-driven cart on a 0.5 m rail that balances a rigid pendulum upright, with a rotary encoder reading the angle and nothing telling it where the cart is.A belt-driven cart that balances a pendulum upright using only the angle from an encoder.
4School
A pneumatic gantry system that polishes 9-metre wind turbine blade molds automatically, replacing a job that used to be slow, inconsistent, and physically demanding to do by hand.A pneumatic gantry that polishes 9-metre wind turbine blade molds automatically.
5School
A 9:1 reducer for an industrial conveyor drive, taking 6 hp at 400 rpm down to 45 rpm.
6School
A gravity and temperature monitoring system we built for Beyond the Pale Brewing. It takes specific gravity and temperature readings right from the fermentation tank, so the brewers don't have to sample by hand.A tank-mounted gravity and temperature monitor for Beyond the Pale Brewing, so nobody has to sample by hand.
7School
An automated climate control setup my partner and I built to monitor temperature, humidity, light, and air quality, and correct the environment on its own.A controller that watches temperature, humidity, light and air quality, and corrects them on its own.
A couple more school projects, plus things I've built and fixed on my own time.
School GNG 2101
A foldable tray that clips onto posterior walkers so users can carry things without giving up the walker's stability. It carries five pounds, held up in user testing, and folds flat when it's not in use.A foldable tray that clips onto posterior walkers. Holds five pounds, folds flat.
School CVG 2140
A balsa wood truss bridge we designed by hand using a hybrid Pratt-Warren layout, then built and load tested. It hit a load-to-weight ratio of 292.5.A hand-designed balsa truss bridge, built and load tested to a 292.5 load-to-weight ratio.
Personal
The fender was cracked, so I repaired it myself. Filled and sanded the panel, matched the paint, and refit it on the car.Filled, sanded, paint-matched and refit a cracked fender myself.
Personal
The pool heater died, so I traced the fault down to the board, repaired it, and got it running again without a service call.Traced the fault to the board and repaired it, no service call.
Personal
Tracked down an electrical fault in the hot tub's heating circuit, sourced a compatible element, and installed it back into the piping.Found the heating-circuit fault and installed a compatible element.
Personal
Designed and built a fold-away top that turns our pool table into a ping pong table in seconds.
Three co-op terms so far, split between defense electronics and renewable energy research.
Assembled and validated 8 ruggedized electronics chassis, ran environmental and thermal reliability testing on 9 conduction-cooled products (over 4,000 insertions and 80+ thermal cycles), and used Flotherm simulations to help guide liquid-cooled hardware design.Built and validated 8 rugged chassis, ran thermal and environmental testing on 9 products, and used Flotherm to guide liquid-cooled design.
Tracked down why a solar tracker was stuck at ±15° and redesigned the mechanism to restore its full ±40° range. Also built a height-adjustable shielded sensor system that improved live temperature accuracy by more than 30%.Restored a solar tracker's full ±40° range and built a shielded sensor that improved temperature accuracy by over 30%.
Designed four ventilation and mechanical CAD layouts across three heat pump projects, and automated the performance analysis with VBA to cut processing time by about 90%.Designed four CAD layouts across three heat pump projects and automated the analysis with VBA, cutting processing time by about 90%.
BASc Mechanical Engineering + BSc Computing Technology (Co-op)
University of Ottawa · April 2027 · Dean's Honour List
A little more about me
Notes
I love innovating. Building is my passion, and understanding is my method. If I see something that could be better, I work on making it better. I'm studying Mechanical Engineering and Computing Technology at uOttawa, and most of what's on this site started as something I wanted to figure out for myself.I love building things and understanding how they work. If something could be better, I work on making it better. Right now that's a six-axis robot arm, the piano, and training for my next fight.
I'm competitive, and I commit fully to whatever I take on. Right now that's a six-axis robot arm, teaching myself the piano, and training for my next fight, with travelling and scuba diving filling whatever time I have left.
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