Laboratory engineer

Contact information

University of Victoria
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PO Box 3055, STN CSC
Victoria, BC, V8W 3P6
Canada
Email: adam@subjectline.ca
Laboratory: (250) 853-3968
Mobile: (250) 857-3938

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Research areas

• Experiment methodology development and implementation.
• Experimental characterization of carbon nanotubes by electron microscopy.
• Mechatronics for instrument and apparatus design.
• Complex Adaptive Systems: emergent behavior, machine learning, and applications to distributed computing.
• Molecular gas dynamics: numerical direct molecular simulation and novel implementations for massively parallel computers.

Experience

• M.A.Sc Candidate, "Experimental Determination of the Mechanical Response of Individual Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Under Uniaxial Tension"
  • Completed literature review of carbon nanotube structure, manufacturing methods, mechanical response, fracture mechanisms, and tensile experimental results.
  • Designed and fabricated an apparatus for in-situ TEM tensile fracture of individual multi-wall carbon nanotubes, in Solidworks 2004.
  • Implemented control software using LabVIEW RT and NI Vision on PXI hardware.
  • Fabricated silicon wafer force sensor assemblies for in-situ TEM tensile holder with the Hitachi HF-2000 TEM, Hitachi S-4700 SEM, Hitachi S-4500 SEM with nanomanipulator stage, and Seiko Instruments SMI-9200 FIB.
  • Conducted pick/place/attach experiments to extract individual multi-wall carbon nanotubes from a bulk sample and attach to force sensor.
  • Currently writing thesis chapters.
• May 2007 - August 2007: Technical Consultant, MECH 400 Project Course (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria)
  • Conducted tutorial sessions on OOPic microcontroller, both hardware configuration and control software.
• May 2006 - August 2006: Teaching Assistant, MECH 400 Project Course (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria)
  • Studied underwater glider flight dynamics and constructed a model with Matlab.
  • Conducted flight tests in the University of Victoria pool facilities to compare with modeled results.
  • Assisted students with mechanical design review and software design and debugging.
• May 2005 - August 2005: Teaching Assistant, MECH 400 Project Course (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria)
  • Developed, built and tested an underwater glider as a proof of concept.
  • Implemented control system software in C on the OOPic microcontroller.
  • Graded student fabricated gliders.
  • Provided technical assistance to undergraduate students, both mechanical, electrical, and software.
• May 2003-August 2003: Research Assistant (Funded by NSERC USRA) (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria)
  • Installed and configured Linux for a multi-processor PC.
  • Researched the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo scheme to model rarefied polyatomic gas mixture flow.
  • Simplified complex DSMC equations with Maple.
  • Modified existing Fortran 77 software to model Couette flow and one-dimensional shock waves.
  • Prepared experimental data summary papers with LaTeX, for use in comparison with new methods in the book "Macroscopic Transport Equations for Rarefied Gas Flows: Approximation Methods in Kinetic Theory" by Dr. Henning Struchtrup, University of Victoria.
  • Designed a new DSMC implementation in C++ for Couette flow of polyatomic gas mixtures.
• January 2002-April 2002: Engineering co-op student (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario)
  • Implemented LabVIEW programs for instrument response/drift experiments, and force/displacement controlled compression of single wood pulp fibres.
  • Developed and conducted experiments to determine behavior of existing fibre compression apparatus.
  • Wrote and debugged experimental data analysis functions with Matlab.
• May 2001-September 2001: Engineering co-op student (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria)
  • Implemented a Matlab data acquisition GUI software interface for a single wood pulp fibre tensile testing apparatus.
• May 1999-October 1999: Mechanical Designer (Janox Fluid Power Ltd., Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)
  • Used AutoCAD 14 to design hydraulic equipment including cylinders, valve actuators and motor test equipment.
  • Coordinated with fabrication shop staff and clients.
• October 1998-March 1999: Junior Mechanical Designer (Design Department, Tri-University Meson Facility (TRIUMF), Vancouver, British Columbia)
  • Used AutoCAD 12 to create and refine conceptual designs for particle beam line equipment, including remote handling devices, diagnostic equipment, RF transmission components, and radiation environment ventilation.
• April 1998-August 1998: Pressure Oxidation Re-fit Coordinator Refined Metals Division (Cominco Engineering Services Ltd, Richmond, British Columbia)
  • Managed a crew of 5 co-op students in the mechanical re-fit of the Pressure Oxidation circuit:
    • Used Microsoft Word and Excel to streamline budget projections.
    • Designed plant layout and purchased equipment.
    • Fabricated process fittings such as valve bodies, NPT adapters, and oxygen injection systems from titanium, titanium-niobium, 316 stainless steel, and Hastelloy with an engine lathe.
• July 1997-January 1998: Maintenance Technician (Refined Metals Division, Cominco Engineering Services Ltd, Richmond, British Columbia)
  • Led the construction of the Total Oxidative Leach circuit as lead hand technician:
    • Planned and implemented chemical plant circuit improvement projects.
    • Designed and fabricated a steam heating system and ventilation system.
• January 1997-April 1997: Maintenance Technician (Refined Metals Division, Cominco Engineering Services Ltd, Richmond, British Columbia)
  • Fabricated plant equipment support structures, installed plant equipment and process piping.

Publications

• E. Humphrey, A. Schuetze, K. McCaugherty, R. Herring, An Improved Phase Mask for Electron Vortex Beams, Poster Session 2.5, Proceedings of the 15th European Microscopy Congress, EMC 2012.
• R. Herring, A. Schuetze, E. Humphrey, Poster session A-17 (Electron Holography): Phase Masks for Electron Vortex Beams, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Volume 17, Supplement 1, pp. 96, 2011.
• P. Wild, I. Omholt, D. Steinke, A. Schuetze, Experimental Characterization of Wet Single Wood-pulp Fibre Under Transverse Compression, Journal of Pulp and Paper Science, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 116-120, 2005.
• P. Wild, I. Omholt, D. Stienke, A. Schuetze, Experimental Behavior of Single Wet Wood-pulp Fibres Under Transverse Compression, PAPTAC 91st Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, 2005.
• P. Wild, I. Omholt, D. Steinke, A. Schuetze, Experimental Characterization of the Behavior of Wet Single Wood-Pulp Fibres Under Transverse Compression, Paprican University Report PUR 862, Pointe-Claire, QC, December 2004.

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