Experience

Hokkaido University

• Japan
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Contract with New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) working on the development of Platinum Group Metal (PGM)-based electrocatalysts with high Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction (HOR) selectivity in the presence of oxygen

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Feb 2020 - Feb 2022

  Nominated by NSERC for the JSPS Fellowship Award 2019. Research into improving the efficacy and stability of Pt-based catalysts used in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells for transportation applications.



Dalhousie University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD Graduate Student

  • Jan 2015 - Dec 2019

  Investigating the use of new novel filler metal materials for the brazing of titanium in aerospace applications.

• Sessional Instructor

  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2019

  Adjusted original course structure and teaching format of fourth year non-metallics course. Held weekly two-hour classes, provided office hours, and created testing materials.Managed student grading and accommodation of students with special needs



University of Waterloo

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Masters Student

  • May 2012 - Dec 2014

  MASc working with Dana Canada Corporation on improving aluminum braze sheet efficacy to allow for greater, more dependable automotive heat exchanger components. MASc working with Dana Canada Corporation on improving aluminum braze sheet efficacy to allow for greater, more dependable automotive heat exchanger components.



McMaster University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate

  • Sep 2005 - Apr 2012

  I was originally enrolled in McMaster as a Mechanical Engineer, but found that the Materials Science and Engineering program provided more focus into my areas of interest; chemistry, physics, and engineering. Through this program, I was able to seize many opportunities including seminars and workshops at the Brockhouse Institute of Materials Research. This included an exchange through the Ontario Baden-Wurttemberg program where I was employed in Stuttgart for three months under Prof. Siegfried… Show more I was originally enrolled in McMaster as a Mechanical Engineer, but found that the Materials Science and Engineering program provided more focus into my areas of interest; chemistry, physics, and engineering. Through this program, I was able to seize many opportunities including seminars and workshops at the Brockhouse Institute of Materials Research. This included an exchange through the Ontario Baden-Wurttemberg program where I was employed in Stuttgart for three months under Prof. Siegfried Schmauder. In my final year, I was able to manage two capstone projects working with Dana Canada Corporation, and GE Power and Water. As well I completed my senior thesis on simulating rapid solidification in binary metals using the phase field crystal model under Dr. Jeffrey Hoyt and Dr. Nikolas Provatas. Show less I was originally enrolled in McMaster as a Mechanical Engineer, but found that the Materials Science and Engineering program provided more focus into my areas of interest; chemistry, physics, and engineering. Through this program, I was able to seize many opportunities including seminars and workshops at the Brockhouse Institute of Materials Research. This included an exchange through the Ontario Baden-Wurttemberg program where I was employed in Stuttgart for three months under Prof. Siegfried… Show more I was originally enrolled in McMaster as a Mechanical Engineer, but found that the Materials Science and Engineering program provided more focus into my areas of interest; chemistry, physics, and engineering. Through this program, I was able to seize many opportunities including seminars and workshops at the Brockhouse Institute of Materials Research. This included an exchange through the Ontario Baden-Wurttemberg program where I was employed in Stuttgart for three months under Prof. Siegfried Schmauder. In my final year, I was able to manage two capstone projects working with Dana Canada Corporation, and GE Power and Water. As well I completed my senior thesis on simulating rapid solidification in binary metals using the phase field crystal model under Dr. Jeffrey Hoyt and Dr. Nikolas Provatas. Show less



University of Stuttgart

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  While in Stuttgart I worked for Prof. Siegfried Schmauder at the Institut fur Materialprufung, Werkstoffkunde, und Festigkeitslehre (IMWF) on Molecular Dynamic simulations of Nickel Aluminum systems. We simulated crack propagation in these systems and then compared these results with that of finite element software to validate the results. My responsibilities included running some of these simulations through a unix based system, analyzing and modelling data through Matlab, and running Finite… Show more While in Stuttgart I worked for Prof. Siegfried Schmauder at the Institut fur Materialprufung, Werkstoffkunde, und Festigkeitslehre (IMWF) on Molecular Dynamic simulations of Nickel Aluminum systems. We simulated crack propagation in these systems and then compared these results with that of finite element software to validate the results. My responsibilities included running some of these simulations through a unix based system, analyzing and modelling data through Matlab, and running Finite Element Modeling (FEM) analysis through Abaqus software. Show less While in Stuttgart I worked for Prof. Siegfried Schmauder at the Institut fur Materialprufung, Werkstoffkunde, und Festigkeitslehre (IMWF) on Molecular Dynamic simulations of Nickel Aluminum systems. We simulated crack propagation in these systems and then compared these results with that of finite element software to validate the results. My responsibilities included running some of these simulations through a unix based system, analyzing and modelling data through Matlab, and running Finite… Show more While in Stuttgart I worked for Prof. Siegfried Schmauder at the Institut fur Materialprufung, Werkstoffkunde, und Festigkeitslehre (IMWF) on Molecular Dynamic simulations of Nickel Aluminum systems. We simulated crack propagation in these systems and then compared these results with that of finite element software to validate the results. My responsibilities included running some of these simulations through a unix based system, analyzing and modelling data through Matlab, and running Finite Element Modeling (FEM) analysis through Abaqus software. Show less