About Me

I am a Mechanical/Aerospace Engineer and Researcher specializing in combustion, propulsion, thermal–fluid systems, and energy-related technologies, with approximately 10 years of hands-on experience in experimental research and engineering analysis.

My expertise includes:

• Experimental design and execution

  • Designing and conducting complex combustion, propulsion, thermal–fluid, and energy systems experiments

  • Developing test plans and operating experimental facilities

• Advanced diagnostics, instrumentation, and synchronization

  • Soot measurements: Laser-Induced Incandescence (LII), soot luminescence

  • Emissions measurements: CO₂, CO, UHC, NOₓ (gas analyzers)

  • Species concentration: Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF)

  • Temperature measurements: Rayleigh scattering, thermocouples

  • Pressure measurements: Pressure transducers

  • Acoustic measurements: Microphone-based noise analysis

  • Spray characterization: Mie scattering, diffraction-based droplet sizing, shadowgraphy

  • Flow velocity measurements: Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), hot-wire anemometry

  • Flame topology and chemiluminescence: OH*, CH*

• Mechanical design and experimental hardware

  • Burner and experimental setup design using SolidWorks, CATIA, and AutoCAD

• Data analysis and computational tools

  • Processing and analyzing large datasets using MATLAB, Python, C++, and Pascal

  • CFD and multiphysics simulations using ANSYS Fluent and COMSOL Multiphysics to support experimental design and data interpretation

• Technical documentation and dissemination

  • Preparing technical reports and documentation

  • Writing research proposals

  • Publishing peer-reviewed scientific articles

  • Conference presentations

• Collaboration and industry engagement

  • Working within multidisciplinary mechanical, aerospace, and thermal–fluid engineering teams 

  • Collaborating with research and industry partners, including:

    • Pratt & Whitney Canada

    • Siemens Energy Canada Limited

    • NRC Canada

    • FortisBC

    • ZEN Graphene Solutions

    • Machinery Analytics

• Research leadership and mentorship 

  • Leading research teams and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia 

• Instructing and serving as a teaching assistant for courses including:

  •  Combustion Processes

  • Thermodynamics

  • Fluid Mechanics

  • Dynamics