Career Objective
To continue applying exceptional technical problem solving skills and developing innovative solutions.
SKILLS AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Technical
Fields and waves, optics, circuits, digital systems, electronics, algorithms and data structures, computer organisation, semiconductor devices, electroacoustics, control systems, power system analysis, various mathematical and numerical techniques.
Advanced energy system studies including fuel cells, hybrid vehicles, photovoltaic cells and solar design, wind technology, energy storage and co-generation.
Circuit simulators (Spice, MAX+plus II); Motorola 68000 and FPGA programming (VHDL) Java, VB, C/C++, scripting, MatLab/Simulink, Assembler, and parallel processing; Unix, Linux and Windows - including respective software. Computer networks and system software/operating systems.
Courses completed in effective technical writing, economics, mechanical and structural analysis, quantum physics, control, and electromechanical energy conversion.
Management
Head teaching assistant for a course with about 200 students a year and a dozen teaching assistants. Close cooperation with the course coordinator, the dean's office, scheduling, and lab management to ensure smooth progress.
Communication
Comprehensive ability in office software use (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Groupwise, Autocad, Project Scheduler, Baan, Visual Studio along with Matrox Imaging Library, etc.) and quick to pick up new programs.
Publications/Presentations: Opt.Comm., Appl.Opt., Opt.Mat., SPIE Proc., OPJ, PIERS, IECON.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Project Leader - Independent work 2013-present
TorontoFoldaRap 3D printer and server project
Open-source electromechanical RepRap build and documentation.
Electrical and Computer Engineering - Carleton University 2006-2012
Ph.D. Thesis: Integrated Optic Platform for Photonic Crystal Devices
Graduate Scholarship, Dean of Graduate Studies Academic Excellence Scholarship, Graduate Residence Caucus Honourarium, several publications, conference proceedings, and presentations.
Head Graduate/Teaching Assistant - ELEC 2501 Circuits and Signals
Problem solving and solution development following preliminary assessment and work by graduate
students. Prevention and mitigation of probable issues. Follow-up of developments and progress meeting scheduling and leadership.
Graduate/Teaching Assistant - ELEC 3105 Basic E&M and Power Engineering
Laboratory and tutorial instruction of electromagnetic concepts accompanied by evaluation including determining solutions to technical problems encountered.
Graduate/Teaching Assistant - ELEC 4702 Fiber Optic Communications
Hands on laboratory setup and instruction to verify theoretical and mathematical concepts. Debugging of monochronometers, automated fusion splicers, and optical systems.
Electrical and Computer Engineering - Ryerson University 2004-2006
M.A.Sc. Thesis: A Variable Frequency PWM Rectifier for Wind Driven Induction Generators
Graduate Award, Departmental Scholarship, Graduate Student Caucus Honourarium, published.
Real-time embedded fault tolerant control including fail-safe mechanisms.
Graduate/Teaching Assistant - ELE754 Power Electronics
Laboratory instruction including problem solving switch mode converter, diode & thyristor rectifier,
current & voltage source inverter systems using including SCR, MOSFET, IGBT, and GTO devices.
Graduate/Teaching Assistant - ELE637 Energy Conversion
Laboratory instruction on electric machines and their control; magnetic circuit analysis, single-phase, and three-phase transformers, principles of electromechanical energy conversion, DC machines, three-phase induction motors, synchronous machines, introduction to solid-state motor controls and devices, transients and dynamics of machines, control of electric motors by PLC.
Food Engineering Research Liaison - UofT, TTÜ, A/S Baltimere Invest 2003
European protein extraction pilot plant commissioning based on Canadian research.
Process flow comparison, quality testing, and equipment technical support.
Bachelor of Applied Science - University of Toronto 1998-2003
Scholarship - Dietmar Koslowski Memorial
Professional Experience Year at MD Robotics (Canadarm) 2001-2002
Troubleshooting and discrepancy notice investigations on Space Remote Manipulator Systems.
Medical Engineering - Toronto Western Hospital, Medical Engineering Summers 1999, 2000
Preventative maintenance and solutions for ERs, ORs, floors, clinics.
Construction of the University of Toronto Solar Car Summer 1999
Troubleshooting and final assembly assistance.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Professional Engineers of Ontario application submitted
Past member of IEEE, CIPI-S, SPIE, OSA
Graduate Residence Caucus Chair (2008-2009)
Member of the RyeSAC Graduate Student Caucus (2004-2005)
Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student Association VP Communications (2004-2005)
RyeSAC Initiative for Sustainability and the Environment member (2004-2008)
Academic Council Member (2004-2005)
SAK member - A sustainable development club in Europe (2003)
Member of a team selected to represent University of Toronto at the Ontario Engineering Competition in Windsor (1999)
Publications/Presentations
Robert C. Gauthier, Kristian E. Medri, "Glass-based silicon-clad optical device designs." Proc. of SPIE 8266, 10 (2012).
Robert C. Gauthier, Scott Newman, Kristian Medri, "2D FDTD Simulation of Low Loss Small Angle Bend and Y Branch Configurations in a Photonic Crystal Waveguide Layout with a Mach-Zehnder Device Design Configuration." Opt. Comm. 285, 1, 1351, (2012).
K. E. Medri, R. C. Gauthier, "Patterned overlays," SPIE Proc. The International Society for Optical Engineering, Photonic Integration: Silicon Photonics IV, Jan. 24, 2011.
K. E. Medri, R. C. Gauthier, "Design of a silicon overlay glass waveguide sensor." OPJ, Vol. 1, No. 4, 1190044 (2011).
Robert C. Gauthier, Kristian E. Medri, Scott R. Newman, "Modal analysis and device considerations of thin high dielectric overlay slab waveguides." Appl. Opt. 155162 (2011).
R. C. Gauthier, S. Newman, K. E. Medri, "Low-loss off-axis photonic crystal waveguides with bends," Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 7943, 0C-1-0C-11 (2011).
Khaled Mnaymneh and Robert C. Gauthier, "Mode Localization and Bandstructure Formation in Photonic Quasicrystal Systems via Crystal Angular Momentum States" Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Hangzhou, China, 2008.
R. C. Gauthier, K. Mnaymneh, S. Newman, K. E. Medri and C. Raum, "Hexagonal array photonic crystal with photonic quasi-crystal defect inclusion," Optical Materials, vol. 31, pp. 51-57, 2008.
Medri, Kristian E.; Wu, Bin, "A Variable Frequency PWM Rectifier for Wind Driven Induction Generators," IEEE Industrial Electronics, IECON 2006 - 32nd Annual Conference on, pp.1417-1422, Nov. 2006.
CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS
Certificate in Preventive Engineering and Social Development
LEED GA course completed
WHMIS for chemical engineering as well as electronics clean room facilities
CASI Rocket Competition champions
Level 2 National Coaching Certificate (Blue) for sailing
Co-curricular recognition of competitive nordic skiing
Driver's, boater's, and SCUBA licenses
Canadian Association of Physicists Certificate of Merit, Canadian Mathematics Competition Medalist
