Experience

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  Inmotive Inc.

  • North York, Ontario, Canada

  • Senior R&D Analyst

    • May 2023 - Present
    • North York, Ontario, Canada

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  Multimatic

  • Structures Engineer

    • Aug 2010 - Apr 2023

    Lead occupant safety analyst for three vehicle programs.• Dictated vehicle restraint and sensors calibration strategy, set functional and safety performance targets• Conducted feasibility studies on occupant/interior packaging layout• Defined, planned and supported component test, sled test, and vehicle test program• Guided system development related to occupant safety from concept, prototype, testing to certification• Provided technical oversight to restraint suppliers in the development, verification testing, prototyping, production build, and certification process• Correlated test to simulation analysis models and utilized simulation tools to facilitate root-cause analysis• Oversaw and trained engineers to carry out structural and occupant simulation analysis• Characterized material properties of human tissue, metals, foam, composite and adhesive• Actively provided feedback to program managers and the chief engineer to manage development, commercial risks, and identify cost reduction opportunities• Supported milestone reviews, presented to internal and customer upper management• Provided analysis consulting services to external customers for various projects including a composite-intensive flying automobile and an underwater vehicle• Successfully created a development process of a composite front chassis structure for a luxury OEM

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  University of Waterloo

  • Research Engineering

    • Nov 2009 - Jul 2010

    • Constructed a cervical spine finite element model to predict crash-induced injuries• Collaborated with other University centers to integrate a full human body finite element model• This research and development were supported by the Global Human Body Models Consortium (www.ghbmc.com) involving 9 automakers and 2 automotive suppliers.

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  University of Waterloo

  • Graduate Student

    • 2006 - 2009

    • Developed the General Motors’ human body model to predict lung response and injury in Ls-Dyna• Investigated the material properties, geometry, and boundary condition of various soft tissue organs within the thorax model to improve injury prediction and dynamic response• Knowledge in the development of injury criteria and FMVSS crash standards• Teacher assistant for two terms in 4th-year mechanical design and grad-level solid mechanics

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  COM DEV

  • Program Business Unit

    • May 2005 - Aug 2005

    The Programs Business unit was completing the validation stage of the HIFI program, an RF processing system for the new telescope Hershel, a counterpart of Hubble Space Telescope.

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  University of Waterloo

  • Materials Research Group

    • Sep 2004 - Apr 2005

    Joint research in a powder metallurgy application using the laser cladding technology. Experimented a sintering process of Ni-Ti alloy.

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  Imperial Oil

  • Facilities Engineering

    • Jan 2004 - Apr 2004

    The Facilities Engineering department manages operations of conventional oil and gas facilities.

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  TI Automotive

  • Manufacturing/Process Engineering

    • Sep 2002 - Aug 2003

    TI Automotive manufactures steel tubing for automotive and industrial applications.

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  Canadian Space Agency

  • Coop - Payload Group

    • Jan 2002 - Apr 2002

    The Payload Group is responsible for integrating Canadian’s experiments and provide support to the international space station (ISS).