Education
Queens University
BASc - Mechanical Engineering
2023 - 2027
NSERC USRA Award | Lorne C Elder Scholarship
GPA: 4.0
Experience
Robotics Research Assistant
Queens University
May 2025 - August 2025
• Collaborated with the Small-Scale Robotics Lab to develop a mechatronic system for ingestible capsule position tracking, integrating a Hall effect sensor array and robotic arm for non-invasive tracking and control.
• Designed and 3D-printed a custom mount in CATIA to securely attach a permanent magnet to a robotic arm, reducing end-effector wobble and improving positional stability by 20%.
• Performed FEM simulations in COMSOL to extract magnetic flux values at various positions around a permanent magnet, providing input for a superposition algorithm to accurately estimate capsule position.
• Designed a custom test fixture to measure magnetic fields produced by a permanent magnet at 100 points around a sensor, validating COMSOL simulations with 95% accuracy.
• Validated strength of designed parts using ANSYS FEA, optimizing geometry to reduce material usage by 15%.
• Designed a DAQ system with multiplexers, a custom Hall effect sensor array PCB, and a microcontroller, troubleshooting hardware to ensure accurate data acquisition.
• Authored an engineering research paper detailing key initiatives and submitted it to a peer-reviewed journal.
Mechanical Engineering Intern
Canadian Tire
May 2024 - August 2024
• Designed and prototyped a conveyer transition mechanism using AutoCAD to address recurring mechanical failures, resulting in a 10% decrease in conveyer downtime.
• Conducted a Failure Root Cause Analysis on a mechanical conveyor system and documented the findings in a technical engineering report.
• Created and validated GD&T-compliant engineering drawings of the Tire Gantry Conveyor layout using AutoCAD.
• Collaborated with the Asset & Reliability (AS&R) Team to develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) for responding to machinery failures.
Mechanical Engineering Intern
Zipline
January 2026 - Present
• Designing, Building, and Testing Drones on the Avionics Team.
Projects
• Designed and built an 11-DOF humanoid robotic arm by creating custom 3D-printed parts in SolidWorks, enabling the arm to execute human-like motions for complex tasks
• Applied DFM/A principles, FEA analysis, and rapid prototyping to validate performance and optimize the design for lifting loads up to 7 kg.
• Developed detailed GD&T component and assembly drawings with comprehensive BOMs and tolerance stack-ups to ensure accurate manufacturing and efficient assembly.
• Coded the robotic arm with C Programming, utilizing servo motors and an Arduino microcontroller to enable precise motion and actuation of the arm.
Humanoid Robotic Arm
