Aaron H. Persad

• Voted by faculty judges as best oral presentation in Energy, Thermal & Fluid Sciences at the 6^th Mechanical  and Industrial Engineering Research Symposium (2015)
• Top nominee by the MIE department for the Governor General’s Gold Medal (2015)
• Top nominee by the MIE department for the John Leyerle-CIFAR Prize for Interdisciplinary Research (2015)
• Canadian Space Agency Travel Grant(2014), award based national ranking
• Teaching Assistants’ Training Program (TATP) Teaching Excellence Award shortlist (2014) (only twelve shortlisted university wide), institutional award
• 2^nd place Poster Presentation at the 5^th  MIE Research Symposium held in conjunction with the 22^nd Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada and the 2014 Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress (2014), departmental ranking
• CUPE 3902 Senior Student Fund and top-up (2014), institutional award
• Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (FASE) Teaching Assistant Award (2013), only one award per year for the entire Faculty
• BIRS Workshop 12w5035 Funding  (2012), international award based on recommendation
• Lachlan Gilchrist Fellowship (2012), institutional award
• Mechanical  and Industrial Engineering Research Symposium Audience Choice Award for Best Oral Presentation $200 (2012), departmental award
• Frank Howard Guest Graduate Bursary (2012), institutional award
• Canadian Space Agency Travel Grant  (2012), award based on international ranking
• Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology (QEII‐GSST)  Ontario/DuPont Canada Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (2012), national award
• School of Graduate Studies Fall Conference Grant  (2011), institutional award
• Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Travel Grant  (2011), institutional award
• Canadian Space Agency Travel Grant (2011), award based on international ranking
• Mechanical  and Industrial Engineering Research Symposium Best Poster Presentation Award (2011), departmental award
• University of Toronto Mechanical  and Industrial Engineering  Fellowship (2011), institutional award
• University of Toronto Mechanical  and Industrial Engineering  Fellowship (2010), institutional award
• University of Toronto Mechanical  and Industrial Engineering  Fellowship (2010), institutional award
• James Dyson Award in Canada (2010), international award
• Canadian Space Agency Travel Grant (2010), award based on international ranking
• Russell A. Reynolds Graduate Fellowship in Thermodynamics (2009), departmental award
• University of Toronto Mechanical  and Industrial Engineering  Fellowship (2009), institutional award
• University of Toronto Mechanical  and Industrial Engineering  Fellowship (2008), institutional award
• University of Toronto Mechanical  and Industrial Engineering  Fellowship (2008), institutional award
• University of Toronto Mechanical  and Industrial Engineering  Fellowship (2007), institutional award

2001 to 2006       Bachelor of Applied Science, University of Toronto, Engineering Science (Biomedical) + Professional Engineering Year Internship

Thesis: “Experimental Investigations of the Effects of Space Shuttle Launch Vibrations on the Viability, Proliferation, and Morphology of Human Umbilical Cord Perivascular Stem Cells,” supervised by Prof. John E. Davies, Director of the Bone Interface Group in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering

• Engineering Design Champion for a robotics course offered by the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Research (2002)
• University of Toronto Scholar (2001)
• Member of Dean’s Circle (2001)
• International Baccalaureate certificate (2001)  

PUBLICATIONS

Journals

J1.    * Aaron H. Persad, Charles A. Ward. “Expressions for the Evaporation and Condensation Coefficients in the Hertz-Knudsen Relation.” Chem. Rev.  Manuscript in progress.

J2.    * Aaron H. Persad, Charles A. Ward, “Explanation of the Pan Evaporation Flux Paradox.” Manuscript in progress.

J3.  * Aaron H. Persad, Charles A. Ward, “Statistical Rate Theory Expression for the Net Heat Transported to the Liquid-Vapour Interface during Evaporation.” Physical Review Letters Under review.

J4.    * Aaron H. Persad, Khellil Sefiane, Charles A. Ward. “Source of Temperature Pulsations during Sessile Droplet Evaporation.” Langmuir 2013, 29, 13239-13250.

J5.    * Aaron H. Persad, Charles A. Ward. “Statistical Rate Theory Examination of Ethanol Evaporation.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B.  2010, 114, 6107-6116.

Proceedings

P1.   * Aaron H. Persad, Khellil Sefiane, Charles A. Ward. “Effect of Humidity on the Evaporation of Sessile Droplets.” Proceedings of the 63rd International Astronautical Congress 2012 (IAC 2012), 2012, 2, 813-818.

P2.   * Kathleen Denbeigh, Ali Vahit Esensoy, Penny Kinnear, Jason Li, Wilson Ma, Michelle MacArthur, Asmaa Maloul, Mario Milicevic, Aaron H. Persad, Farzan Sasangohar, Deborah Tihanyi, Leon Yuan. “Engineers Teaching Engineering Communication: Integrating Disciplinary Expertise into the Engineering Communication Curriculum.” Proceedings of the 2012 Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA12) Conference, 2012, Paper 019.

P3.   * Aaron H. Persad, Charles A. Ward. “Explicit Expressions for the Evaporation and Condensation Coefficients in the Hertz-Knudsen Relation.” Proceedings of the 62nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2011), 2011, 1, 695-700.

P4.    * Aaron H. Persad, Charles A. Ward. “Statistical Rate Theory Examination of Ethanol Evaporation.” Proceedings of the 61st International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2010), 2010, 8, 6724-6734.

Book Chapters

B1.   Aaron H. Persad. Book Chapter: “The Effects of Reduced Gravity” in Handbook of Life Support Systems for Spacecraft and Extraterrestrial Habitats. Springer. Erik Seedhouse (Ed.) To be published in 2016.

       B2.  Charles A. Ward, Aaron H. Persad. Book Chapter: “Chapter 17: Thermal Origins” in Droplets Wetting and Evaporation: From Pure to Complex Fluids. David Brutin (Ed.) Elsevier, Academic Press, May 2015. ISBN: 978-0-12-800722-8.  

CONFERENCES

Oral

O1.  Aaron H. Persad, Seyed Hadi Zandavi. “Thermodynamics at the nanoscale: vapour adsorption onto non-porous and porous solids.” Oral presentation by Persad at the 6^th Annual Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Research Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, June 2015.

O2.  A. H. Persad, Alana Bartolini, Ali Nasseri. “The Space Generation Advisory Council: Students and Young Professionals Shaping the Future of Space.” Oral presentation in the Space Law and Policy Track of the 34^th Annual International Space Development Conference. Toronto, Canada, May 2015.

O3.  A. H. Persad. “The quantum of energy transported during evaporation: Investigation of a fundamental constant.” Abstract accepted for oral presentation to the 65^th International Astronautical Congress to be held October 2016 in Jerusalem, Israel. ID: IAC-15,A2,4,x27711.

O4.  A. H. Persad. “Investigation of using university multidisciplinary capstone Design Courses to Teach Space Systems Engineering, Fundamental Space Science, and Human Factors.” Abstract accepted for oral presentation to the 65^th International Astronautical Congress to be held October 2016 in Jerusalem, Israel. ID: IAC-15,E1,3,x28868.

O5.  Ross Findlay, Hasan Aziz Kayhan, Zhuoyan Lu, Burak Yaglioglu, Jack Yeh, SGAC Space Society Working Group (Contributor: Aaron H. Persad). “Space for Humanitarian Relief: The Centre for Responsive Information for Safety and Security (CRISIS).” Oral presentation by Edu F. Aymerich at the 64^th International Astronautical Congress, Beijing, China, September 2013. ID: 18279

O6.  Aaron H. Persad, Khellil Sefiane, Charles A. Ward. “On the Source of Temperature Pulsations in Evaporating Sessile Droplets.” Oral presentation by Persad at the Thin Liquid Films and Fluid Interfaces: Models, Experiments and Applications workshop, Banff, Alberta, December 2012.  By invitation.

O7.  Aaron H. Persad, Khellil Sefiane, Charles A. Ward. “Effect of Humidity on the Evaporation of Sessile Droplets.” Oral presentation by Persad at the 63^rd International Astronautical Congress, Naples, Italy, October 2012.

O8.  Aaron H. Persad, Khellil Sefiane, Charles A. Ward. “Experimental Investigations of Thermal Fluctuations in Volatile Drops.” Abstract accepted for presentation by Persad at the 6^th European Thermal Sciences Conference, Poitiers, France, September 2012. (Withdrawn due to schedule conflicts.)

O9.  Aaron H. Persad, Khellil Sefiane, Charles A. Ward. “Experimental Investigations of Temperature Fluctuations in Volatile Drops.” Oral presentation by Persad at the 3^rd Annual Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Research Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, June 2012.

O10.                      Kathleen Denbeigh, Ali Vahit Esensoy, Penny Kinnear, Jason Li, Wilson Ma, Michelle MacArthur, Asmaa Maloul, Mario Milicevic, Aaron H. Persad, Farzan Sasangohar, Deborah Tihanyi, Leon Yuan. “Engineers Teaching Engineering Communication: Integrating Disciplinary Expertise into the Engineering Communication Curriculum.” Oral presentation by Kinnear at the Canadian Engineering Education Association 3^rd Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 2012.

O11.                      Aaron H. Persad, Charles A. Ward. “Explicit Expressions for the Evaporation and Condensation Coefficients in the Hertz-Knudsen Relation.” Oral presentation by Persad at the 18th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, Boulder, Colorado, June 2012.

O12.                      Aaron H. Persad, Khellil Sefiane, Charles A. Ward. “Experimental Investigations of Thermal Pulsations in Volatile Drops.” Oral presentation by Persad at the ACS Colloids and Surfaces 2012 Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2012.

O13.                      Aaron H. Persad, Khellil Sefiane, Charles A. Ward. “Experimental Investigations of Temperature Fluctuations in Evaporating Sessile Drops.” Oral presentation by Persad at CASI ASTRO’12, Québec City, Québec, April 2012.

O14.                      Aaron H. Persad, Charles A. Ward. “Explicit Expressions for the Evaporation and Condensation Coefficients in the Hertz-Knudsen Relation.” Oral presentation by Persad at the 62^nd International Astronautical Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2011.

O15.                      Aaron H. Persad, Charles A. Ward. “Statistical Rate Theory Examination of Ethanol Evaporation.” Oral presentation by Persad at the 61^st International Astronautical Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2010.

O16.                      Aaron H. Persad, Charles A. Ward. “Determination of Equilibrium Fluid Properties from Kinetic Measurements.” Presentation by Ward at the 17th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, Boulder, Colorado, June 2009.

Poster

C1.   Aaron H. Persad, Pavel Zagadailov, Michael Gallagher, Jonna Ocampo, David Wassell, Jeffery Scallon. “Long-Term Stability of Nutrients Inside and Outside of the Body on Long-Duration Spaceflights: A Review of Space and Ground-Based Studies Tracking Nutrients from Pre-flight to Post-flight.” Poster presentation by Persad at the 65^th International Astronautical Congress, Toronto, Canada, October 2014. ID: IAC-14,A1,2,x21648.

C2.   Aaron H. Persad, Charles A. Ward, “Statistical rate theory expression for the heat flux conducted to the liquid-vapour interface during evaporation: defining a `universal’ constant.” Poster presentation by Persad at the 5^th  MIE Research Symposium held in conjunction with the 22^nd Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada and the 2014 Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress, Toronto, Ontario, June 2014.

C3.   Aaron H. Persad, Charles A. Ward. “Explicit Expressions for the Evaporation and Condensation Coefficients in the Hertz-Knudsen Relation.”  Poster presentation by Persad at the 2^nd Annual Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Research Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, May 2011.

C4.   Joshua Dian, Shyra Khosla, Martin Labrecque, Shervin Mehryar, Aaron H. Persad. "Malaria Detection Device." Poster presentation at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Austin, Texas, October 2010.

C5.   Aaron H. Persad, Charles A. Ward. “Statistical Rate Theory Examination of Ethanol Evaporation.”  Poster presentation by Persad at the 1^st Annual Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Research Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, April 2010.

TRAINING and EXPERIENCE

Teaching Experience

• Invited by Prof. Reza Emami of UTIAS to give a talk to 2^nd year Engineering Science students in his design course (AER201Y) on the proper design and fabrication of circuits (2003)
• Mentored high school students in mathematics, science, English, and French in the UofT Medical Sciences’ Saturday Program (2008 to 2014).  Recognized as an outstanding tutor by the program’s founder, Diana Alli D'Souza
• Facilitator for problem-based-learning in UofT Medical Sciences’ Summer Mentorship Program (2011)
• Instructed Canadian elementary and high school teachers in space-related, curriculum-relevant topics at the Canadian Space Agency (2005, 2006)
• Acted as Course Instructor, Teaching Assistant, and Communications Instructor in numerous multidisciplinary engineering capstone courses at UofT (APS490, MIE490, MIE491, MIE443)
• Lectured in graduate-level courses from my own prepared notes (2012 and 2013: MIE1101 Advanced Classical Thermodynamics; 2013: MIE1107 Statistical Thermodynamics; 2014: MIE1110 Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics)
• Taught robotics to over 300 students since 2011 in after-school and weekend workshops

Organizing Experience

• Managed two-peer reviews of proposals submitted to Announcements of Opportunities by the Canadian Space Agency in 2004 and 2005
• Helped to organize and run five Mechanical and Industrial Engineering symposiums at the University of Toronto
• Local organizing committee of the Space Generation Advisory Council’s Space Generation Congress in Toronto, 2014; keynote speakers included NASA Administrator Charles Bolden; main duties included securing venues, organizing gala dinner and social events, finding plenary speakers and Subject Matter Experts
• Local organizing committee of the NewSpace Researchers Workshop to be held in Houston, Texas, May 2015; main duties include graphic design and public relations
• Local organizing committee of the International Space Development Conference to be held in Toronto, May 2015; keynote speakers include George Whitesides (CEO of Virgin Galactic) and Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11 Astronaut) amongst other space leaders; main duties include graphic design, web master, and conference logistics

Supervising Experience

• Assisted in supervising to 10 undergraduates, 1 M.Eng., 4 M.A.Sc., and 4 Ph.D. students in the Thermodynamics and Kinetics Lab between September 2006 to the present time. Duties including providing guidance with research, designing and building experiments, and teaching students how to run experiments and analyze data.
• Supervised numerous projects in capstone courses: supervised fabrication of an automated parasite detection machine in MIE491; guided the development of an Arduino-based modular robotic kit in APS490; supervised the building of a versatile microgravity test platform with autonomous capabilities in APS490

Laboratory Experience

• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) training since 2006
• Experience in fluid transport, organic chemistry, cell culture, electrical, and computer labs
• Machine shop training in mills, drill presses, Hardinge lathes, vertical bandsaws and cutoff saws, sheet metal sheers, hole punches, bending machines, thermocouple welding, dies and taps
• Drywall, decking, plastering, painting, plumbing, electrical, tilting/flooring, roofing experience
  

Programming and Software Experience

• Programmed and debugged code in Matlab, C, and C++, PAWN, MPLab and familiar with programming in assembly language, learning HEX editing and injection
• Proficient in all Windows, Mac, and Unix operating systems
• Knowledgeable in SolidWorks, Labview, Mathematica, Microsoft Office, LaTex, Matlab, Abobe Creative Suite
• Able to debug computer hardware malfunctions, recover data, and build fast and reliable computers for numerical studies

Space Training

• Flew 16 parabolas (20 s of 2.4 Gz climb and pull-out, 20 s of 0 G) in the Falcon-20 parabolic aircraft; not susceptible to motion sickness
• Human PHOENIX centrifuge (10 s of 2 Gz, 3.5 Gz, 3Gx and 6Gx , and full Virgin Galactic SpaceShip One flight profile); not susceptible to motion sickness.
• Completed Suborbital space training at the NASTAR Center
• Hypoxia training at the NASTAR Center (18 000 ft and 25 000 ft no oxygen mask for 3 min)
• Expecting to complete survival and emergency egress training in the summer of 2015

WORK EXPERIENCE

                                Engineer, R & D Consultant, NuPhysics Consulting Ltd., Toronto, Canada

• Research applications of discoveries made from fundamental kinetic studies using Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Write and submit grant applications, give investor pitches, extend NuPhysics’ expertise network
• Consultant in bioprocess engineering, phase-change kinetics, and performance desktop computing
• Supervise and mentor interns  

                                Manager, Microgravity Operations, Integrated Spaceflight Systems, Florida, USA

• Coordinate logistics of parabolic flight campaigns in North America as a flight provider for NASA’s flight opportunity program (FOP)
• Specify technical requirements to transform a passenger Airbus A340 into a scientific platform for reduced and hyper gravity experiments
• Work with Swiss Space Systems to develop Interface Control and Test Equipment Data Package documentation for the modified A340
• Prepare applications to NASA’s request for information (RFIs) and request for proposals (RFPs)
• Grow business partnerships internationally with private and government sectors
• Examples of our Microgravity Operations success can be found here and here.

                                Astronaut-in-training, Astronauts4Hire, Florida, USA

• Helping to shape the future of the A4H organization and the emerging commercial astronaut industry
• Supervising the development of a portable drop tower being built by a team of five undergraduate students in a multidisciplinary course at the University of Toronto
• Leading a review study on the stability of nutrients on long-duration space flights
• Director of the Physical Sciences Workgroup; tasks include submitting proposals to flight opportunities, helping members learn about space physical sciences, and moderating group discussions of research in the field, and leading research initiatives

Communication Instructor for APS490, a multi-disciplinary capstone undergraduate course on engineering design

• Helped course coordinator to develop a course guide and to create workshops where students can reflect on their communication practices
• Provided students with written feedback on their writing style, rationale, and coherence
• Met with students to discuss strategies of improving the logical flow of their documents
• Subject Matter Expert in communication topics
• Acted as the client for projects; this included supervising the students, specifying project requirements, constraints, iterating to a final design, managing a budget, and producing prototypes
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                                Post-Doctoral Fellow, Research Assistant, Thermodynamics and Kinetics Laboratory, University of  Toronto

• Developed a vision system to autonomously track the height and shape of an evaporating droplet
• Assisted the director, Charles A. Ward, with writing proposals, grants, and technical reports
• Oversaw safety, equipment maintenance, and supplies in the lab
• Conducted several evaporation studies of water, ethanol, and HFE-7100 with different boundary conditions to calculate the surface thermal capacities and thermodynamically-consistent saturation vapour pressure expressions of the fluids
• Provided guidance to other graduate and undergraduate students with their projects
• Provide scientific data and feedback to define the Engineering Science Requirements for the European Space Agency’s Convection and Interfacial Mass Exchange (CIMEX) space mission. CIMEX will use the Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL) on the International Space Station (ISS).
• Helped retired Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason to design and build experiments for the ISS to demonstrate the stable configuration of a confined single-component fluid.  Prepared the Astronaut Operational Procedures document for the experiment.  The ISS experiment will provide data to verify that the stable configuration predicted from thermodynamics theory is correct.  Scheduled to be flown to ISS aboard SpaceX Dragon in April 2015.
• Assisted the director with requests from editors to peer review article submissions to journals including Physical Review E, Physical Chemistry B and C, Langmuir, and Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Head Teaching Assistant for MIE1101, a graduate-level course on classical thermodynamics, and MIE1110, a graduate-level course on non-equilibrium thermodynamics

• Created and marked problems sets, midterms, final exams
• Held review lectures before the midterm and final exams. Student feedback on the review lectures was very positive.

Communication Instructor for MIE490 and MIE491, capstone undergraduate courses on mechanical and industrial design

• Provided teams with guidance on their projects.  Graded work and met with teams in one-on-one sessions to discuss communication issues and gave written and oral feedback on their problem definition statements, project charters, and poster presentations
• Helped to run workshops for students in the Engineering Communication Program

Co-Founder, Culex Innovation Inc.

• Developed 2 prototypes for an automated parasite detection system.  Currently developing a third prototype for field testing.   The company’s vision is to provide robust and affordable biomedical devices to third-world countries experiencing high mortality rates from blood-borne parasites.   Featured in August 24th, 2011 CIUT radio interview, University Bulletin, U of T Engineering News, MIE Newsletter, and recognized by the Office of the Dean.

• Coordinated a class of 70 students, 10 hours/week  of lab sessions, 3 guest lecturers, and 3 TA’s
• Aided students to debug their code during lab sessions and provide extra help outside of lab hours
• Programmed PID control loops and a real-time operating system in MPLab
• Helped the IT department install software needed  for the course in laboratory computers
• Managed the logistics of distributing LEGO Mindstorm kits and repairing defective controller boards
• Acted as head TA for the previous 3 years
• Also TA’d the course with new PLEO rb robots in the PAWN language

Director of Robotics and Innovation, and Co-Founder, TMS Robotics and Academics Inc.

• TMS is an emerging leader in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education in the Greater Toronto Area
• Developed tutoring programs to help senior-level high school students successfully transition to their university programs
• Create and administer afterschool robotics programs with the York Region District and Toronto District school boards
• Collaborating with the Canadian Space Agency and the Toronto, York, Peel, and Catholic schools boards to develop additional challenging and engaging robotics workshops
• Hiring and training robotics instructors
• Webmaster duties including PayPal integration
• Promoted to CEO position in January 2014; additional duties include managing the company’s banking and insurance needs
• Supervising a multidisciplinary team of five students as they develop a modular, cost-effective, robotic platform based on the Arduino controller for their capstone design course

• Worked with Space Physical Scientist, Dr. Marcus Dejmek, on a whitepaper on Canadian research in protein crystal growth (PCG)
• Managed two scientific peer-reviews that selected the best science to be funded by the Space Physical Sciences Program.  The review process was praised by Alain Berinstain (the Director of Planetary Exploration and Space Astronomy at the time) as being the most thorough review process at the CSA up to that time.
• Conceptualized a Student Parabolic Flight Campaign where undergraduate students can help a Canadian researcher conduct a physical science experiment in microgravity, similar to programs offered by NASA and ESA.
• Flight campaign coordinator for two Space Physical Sciences microgravity flight campaigns scheduled for Canadian scientists at National Research Council's Flight Research Laboratory in Ottawa using the Falcon-20 aircraft.  Duties included logistics, safety checks, and facilitating communication between the flight crew and scientists.
• Helped researchers perform physical science experiments in freefall in the Falcon-20.
• Developed a freefall drop tower that was used to demonstrate to the public the effects of gravity on physical systems.  It was highly popular at the 2005 International Space University Summer Session and used in every annual CSA Space Educators’ Workshops since 2005.

                              Office Clerk, Ministry of the Attorney General, Superior Court of Justice, Ontario

• Worked in the offices of Estates, Bankruptcy, and Civil Motions
• Verified that Estate claims were completed in accordance to ministry standards and searched a vast database for any duplicates before forwarding claims for validation
• Categorized years of Civil Motions’ records into simple Excel spreadsheets
• Fulfilled administrative requests from lawyers, Masters, and the general public

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• Monitor high-school students teams and clarify competition questions

• Serving as graphic designer
• Developing interactive activities to teach attendees how to prepare payloads for spaceflight                          

• Serving as graphic designer

• Setting the vision and leading the design and execution of public education and outreach programs and projects, with the intent of furthering A4H’s strategic goals
• Communicate and engage with educators, students, and the general public
• Generate and distribute digital and hardcopy educational outreach materials
• Promoted to Chief Science Officer in January 2015

• Prepare and lead group discussions on various topics of ministry for adults in ages 25 to 65
• Build a nurturing community of acceptance, trust and respect
• Worked with the church to schedule meals, worship, room bookings, and team-building events

• In support of the United Nations program on space applications
• Managed logistical requirements for SGC held in Toronto 25-27 September, 2014 including finding a venue and accommodation for delegates in Toronto, organizing restaurants for the different congress dinners, and soliciting for funding
• Developed the logo for use on all promotional materials and congress bags

• Mentored 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th-year Engineering Science students and helped them to find summer employment

• Managed logistics of booking rooms, printing schedules and maps, setting up computers and WiFi 
• Provided audio and video support during presentation sessions
• Reviewed abstracts making recommendations for oral versus poster presentations
• Judged poster and oral presentations in the 6^th MIE RS

• Supervised coffee breaks, and manned the registration desk at the gala dinner making sure that events ran smoothly 

• In support of the United Nations program on space applications
• Managed logistical requirements for SGC held in Toronto 25-27 September, 2014 including finding a venue and accommodation for delegates in Toronto, organizing restaurants for the different congress dinners, and soliciting for funding
• Developed the logo for use on all promotional materials and congress bags

• Taught kids about light, color, and ultrasonic sensors 
• In 5-minute activities, students learnt how to calibrate sensors and use them to create autonomous, line-following and obstacle-avoiding robots

• Taught students how sensors work (light, color, sound, switches, tachometers, ultrasonic)
• Provided students with guidance for building their robots

• Engaged children in space science activities; students learned how images of Earth and other celestial bodies are captured with satellites
• Students found similarities and differences between images of Earth and Mars and learnt what images can tell us about other planets and their history
• Other activities included creating impact craters, carving canyons in sand with water, and simulating weather effects to create sand dunes

• Helped with on-site cleanup and structural work

• Conceptualized and ran robotics workshops for 100 gifted high school students
• Students learned mechatronics concepts in fun and engaging autonomous robotic activities

• Mentored a team of first and second year Engineering Science students
• Provided assistance with designing and machining the robot chassis
• Ranked 1^st place in 2011 competition

• Engaged the public in science activities.  Concepts such as redox reactions, non-Newtonian fluids, and boiling were explained with simple experiments made from household items

• Helped to assemble telescopes for public viewing in an outreach event
• Taught kids how to use a telescope (and their smartphones) to find objects in the night sky

• Developed a device for use in third-world countries and modern hospitals that can autonomously detect malaria in human blood
• Part of a 5-member team, mentored 1^st-year students in machining and safety

• Participated in the Practice Case Interview Series where members worked in groups of two to provide solutions to six case studies on topics covering, Profitability, New Market Entry/New Product/New Business, Capacity Expansion, Competitive Response, and Mergers and Acquisitions

• Provided high school students with guidance to design a robust robot to complete challenging obstacle courses in high-profile American competitions
• Awarded the regional Engineering Award and three Team Awards in 2009 and ranked 2^nd place in the 2011 Waterloo regional competition

• Built working computers out of broken computers donated to the center
• Computers used to help at-risk teens develop their literacy and technical skills

• Participated in round-table discussions for developing graduate leadership courses

• Engaged kids in bridge building activities with toy construction sets

• Researched signal interference reduction for RF communication between a robot and a computer
• Designed and built motor driver and microcontroller circuits to be space and cost efficient
• Helped to develop actuator circuits for Ping-Pong soccer robots

• Part of a 7-member team to conceptualize a therapeutic walker-wheelchair for children

• Pace setter and rower, placed first in Rookie Class F division, and third in Class C

OTHER INTERESTS

Acting, biking, snowboarding, travelling, composing music, reading, programming graphic engines, home automation, and graphic design