Blue Robotics creates low-cost, high-performance ROVs, ASVs, and components for marine research, educational, and recreational use. My main work as an electronics design co-op was to improve the speeds of the tethered communications used for the ROVs by implementing G.hn technology in the ROVs. This included:

• Designed the Gigaboard, the main board used in the ROVs. This board bridges G.hn data over the tether to multiple Ethernet PHYs via multiple forms of MII. The board also acts as a flight controller, complete with all necessary signals and connections. The design includes a G.hn processor and two AFEs, four Ethernet PHYs, two Ethernet switch controllers, an STM32H5 MCU, four buck converters, and all necessary sensors and outputs for a flight controller.
• Designed the Switch Test Board. This board was used to test the interfacing of G.hn from the tether to the ROV. The design includes an Ethernet switch controller, an Ethernet PHY, connections to an external G.hn source, and external connectors and test pads for effective testing of these chips.
• Tested using oscilloscopes, Raspberry Pis, and Arduinos. Soldered PCBs.

Solace Power focuses on wireless power systems and has become an industry leader in wireless power technology. They work in various industries, including telecommunications, automotive, and defense. As a design, integration, and testing co-op, my duties include:

• Designing, populating, testing, and debugging PCBs for wireless power transfer systems.
• Designed a current sense PCB that successfully provides overcurrent protection for systems. This PCB was tested in various configurations, ultimately leading to the most efficient design, shutting down power to the system in 13 microseconds. The system contains a current sense IC, sense resistor, OR gate, and a flip flop to latch the output.
• Testing systems using oscilloscopes, EMI analyzers, vector network analyzers, and impedance analyzers, to improve system power efficiency and to reduce disturbances in these systems.
• Assembling and modifying boards containing surface mount components using various soldering and assembly tools.
• Characterized and tuned systems to improve wireless power transfer efficiency.

Paradigm Engineering is the largest design and competition team at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. The team has competed at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competitions, The Boring Company's 'Not-a-Boring' competition, and the Intelligent Ground Vehicle competition. Paradigm is gearing up to compete in the Autonomous Karting Series in 2025, creating a fully autonomous, self-driving go-kart:

• Designed a PCB to safely regulate and distribute power from a battery for the electrical system, and a control PCB allowing computers to communicate with mechanical components.
• Designing a suitable racing system, sizing optimal components such as motors and batteries.
• Conducting overall project management to maintain operational efficiency, guiding mechanical,electrical, software, and business sub-teams, optimizing team member utilization and maintaining a well-organized project timeline.
• Principal liaison with sponsors and other stakeholders, raising over $40,000.

MUNStar-1 is a student design team based out of the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Its aim is to create a small satellite, called a CubeSat through the Canadian Space Agency's “CUBICS” Mission. The power subsystem supplies essential DC power to key components. The system includes a timer circuit PCB for a thirty-minute power-off period post-launch, called the inhibitor circuit:

• Developed an inhibitor PCB to delay CubeSat power-up for the first 30 minutes post-launch, supplying DC power to all other subsystems after the 30 minutes
• Researched optimal power supply options to work with existing systems on the teams satellite.

NL Hydro manages Newfoundland and Labrador's electricity system, generating and transmitting the vast majority of electricity used by people in the province every day. As a protection, controls, and communications co-op, I worked with the PCC team on the development of new generator-exciter systems. My duties included:

• Designing, reviewing, and creating packages for generator excitation system upgrades. This included AC, DC, and exciter schematics, three-line diagrams, termination schedules, and protection and fault systems.
• Supporting on-site construction and commissioning, creating as-built drawings for the new generator-exciter systems as modifications were made during construction.
• Creating test plans for relays and faults on the completed systems. These plans successfully tested all precautions on the systems, ensuring all safety measures were met.

Training Works is a startup that specializes in creating the most up-to-date learning solutions to make the workforce safer, more productive, and future-ready. During my time there, I worked on the Ocean Supercluster Fatigue Risk Mitigation project, a project aimed at reducing safety risks for workers onboard vessels. My duties included:

• Developing an app and online platform that links to a wireless armband for offshore workers to use. This system monitors workers' health during their shifts, alerting them of potential health risks.
• Starting from the ground up, created the requirements for the project.
• Tested the first release of the armband, platform, and app.
• Storing, analyzing, and sharing data using Microsoft Visio, Power Automate, and Project.

CTS is an electrical, instrumentation & control engineering, and systems integration specialist. During my time at CTS, I worked on many programmable logic controller-based systems. My duties included:

• Designing the layout, programming, and wiring of a system containing an Allen Bradley PLC for the Churchill Falls heating control.
• Monitoring and exporting data for various systems, mainly sewage pumps and heating control, using VTSCADA.
• Installing a PLC panel for a sewage pump, including wiring inputs and outputs, and programming the HMI.
• Creating and interpreting drawings and circuit diagrams for PLC systems using AutoCAD.

Verafin is a fraud detection technology and anti-money laundering software company, focused on fighting financial crime. During my first summer at Verafin, my duties included:

• Collecting and sorting data for Verafin's banking clients using Salesforce software and MS Excel.
• Assisting the Anti Money Laundering team by collecting information for suspected fraudulent businesses.

During my second summer, my duties included:

• Learning to code using Python to help with development for the next generation of Verafin employees, and to assist with programming operations