Experience
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Drive Systems Intern
Stuttgart, Germany May 2024 - August 2024
Worked as a drive Systems Intern in the Innovative Drive Systems Group at the DLR Institute of Vehicle Concepts
Designed detailed mechanical parts and assemblies using CATIA V5 and created 2D GD&T engineering drawings
Designed electromagnetic parts based on electrical principles and analyzed using MATLAB for quick iterations
Analyzed designs using ANSYS Mechanical for structural stability and ANSYS Electronics for loss optimization
Performed 1D lumped thermal simulations to optimize heating and cooling of drive system brake cycles
Applied first principles to model & conduct experiments on high-risk system elements to validate critical designs
ATS Automation Corp.
Automation Design Intern
Cambridge, Ontario September 2023 - December 2023
Designed and prototyped automation line components including the GM automated battery assembly line
Performed DFMEA and PFMEA on automation machine parts and systems to improve machine designs
Designed thermal systems and utilized 3D printing to rapidly iterate designs and eliminate failure modes
Applied knowledge of materials, DFMA principles and mechanics to select appropriate off-the-shelf components and to design custom-made parts
Led deployment of a $3M+ project by working across cross-functional teams to eliminate failure modes, driving design & process specs, and achieving customer sign-off while managing stakeholders and overseas vendors
Directed system design of automation lines from component design, system validation to manufacturing quality
Redesigned thermal systems by analyzing failure modes in failed parts, achieving an OEE improvement of 10%
Performed experimental DOEs with a random vibration machine to ensure accurate vibration testing and analysis
Performed stack up tolerance analysis, DFM reviews and quality issue reviews (CMM and GD&T) with suppliers
Pratt & Whitney Canada Inc.
Engine Dynamics Intern
Mississauga, Ontario January 2023 - May 2023
Analyzed and validated PW814 compressor and bearing housing components through durability FEA on ANSYS and provided designers with engineering inputs for optimizing their subsystems
Pre-processed structures with bolted joints to convert non-linear to linear behaviour by imposing boundary conditions and dampers to replace bolts through first principles and physics approach
Programmed a time dependent non-linear vibratory force using MATLAB to represent the engine vibration which reduced the computational time by reducing unnecessary initial conditions and geometries
Analyzed modelled structures in both transient and harmonic solvers and validated the results by comparing to the real life test results via working across cross-functional teams
Created and presented detailed documents highlighting important design/analysis requirements and explanations for critical design/analysis
Debugged ANSYS models by applying FE theory and knowledge of mechanics/materials/energy/ANSYS APDL
Improved the analysis predictive capability by up to 20% by developing and conducting tests in cross-functional collaboration with design & test engineers to create simulation models based on the test results
Waterloo Formula Electric
Mechanical Engineering
Waterloo, Ontario May 2022 - December 2022
Designed pedal box sliding mechanism rails for the waterloo formula electric vehicle based on DFM/A principles
Prototyped (3D printing) and validated the design to withstand a continual force of over 2000N using SolidWorks FEA
Created the pedal box system assembly with the vehicle chassis using SolidWorks Assembly
Mech Solutions Ltd.
Mechanical Engineering Intern
Vaughan, Ontario May 2022 - August 2022
Led a team of 4 engineers to develop an AI-powered warping failure detection system for FDM 3D printers
Increased the accuracy of detection from 62% to 86% by replicating warping failure modes using FEA
Leveraged Root Cause Analysis, and utilized 3D printing to rapidly iterate and evaluate designs based on DFMA
Performed DFMEA and utilized ANSYS FEA and thermal analysis to prevent designs from thermal degradation
Performed worst-case tolerance stack-up analysis involving GD&T and Monte Carlo simluation to determine feasibility of critical design areas and assess assembly risks
Designed and prototyped (3D printing) three nozzle camera brackets using SolidWorks to achieve clearer computer vision which improved the live failure detection by 11%
Designed and prototyped (3D printing) a jug tap adaptor using OpenSCAD for a customer and manufactured using SLS printers with vapour smoothing which enhanced mechanical performance via vaporized solvents
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