Vijai Sookrah, MASc., P.ENG

Experience

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  Pinchin Environmental Ltd

  May 2006 - Aug 2006

  Field Engineer

  • Created floor plan layouts detailing locations of hazardous materials and important structural members• Co-conducted hazardous materials building inspections with senior staff; took samples, labeled and submitted for analysis

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  Canam Steel

  May 2008 - Aug 2008

  Design Engineer

  • Re-designed and implemented a new drawing storage system to locate old drawings with more speed and ease using Access and Excel • Designed and detailed joist specifications

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  Pratt & Whitney Canada

  Jan 2009 - Apr 2009

  Quality/Production Engineer

  • Wrote a time saving Excel macro to gather, organize, and present quality issue (QN) data from SAP • Participated regularly in Root Cause Corrective Action meetings for BOV, RTD, DPS, and fuel governor

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  Mars Rover Team

  Aug 2009 - Aug 2011

  Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Designed a Robotic Arm for the Mars Rover Competition• Designed a New Chassis for the 2012 Mars Rover Competition• Designing Components for the 2012 Mars Rover Competition

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  University of Waterloo

  Sept 2009 - Dec 2009

  Research Design Engineer

  • Designed Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV) pressure vessel & cryogenic cooling system and validated with FEM simulations• Sourced electro-mechanical components including: LVDT, Linear Actuator, Load Cells & XY stage• Supervised and instructed 3 younger coop students in their mechanical designs

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  Uni-Spray Systems Inc.

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Design/Production Engineer

  • Modeled 3D components and assemblies, and produced respective 2D manufacturing drawings of plastic injection molded parts and their molds using standards (bottle seal, container, snap lid, belt rail, pump)

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  Solartechnics Canada

  Jan 2011 - Apr 2011

  Mechanical Design Engineer

  • Designed solar racking systems for ground-mounted and roof-mounted systems • Managed project from market research stage, through conceptual design, design analysis and validation, to detailed engineering drawings and finally prototype stage• Designed systems with the Design For Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) approach• Conducted stress & vibration analysis on the system to optimize the design • Analysis conducted using the Ontario Building Code (OBC) • Created product brochures, specification sheets and marketing material Show less

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  Pratt & Whitney Canada

  Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

  Control Systems Engineer

  • Reviewed and validated engine test cell data from engines using SCOAPP• Performed FMEA on Electronic Engine Control Unit• Wrote test procedures & certification test procedures for engine using MATLAB/Simulink simulations• Modeled alternate combustion chambers for analysis and optimizations of ignition

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  Aircraft Appliances & Equipment Limited

  Aug 2012 - May 2013

  Process/Project Design Engineer

  • Designed Naval pressure vessels for fuel/oil filtration systems using MIL-Spec & ASME Section VIII• Modified outdated pressure vessel designs to be built and manufactured with current technologies• Modeled 3D components and assemblies, along with their respective 2D drawings for manufacture

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  Clearpath Robotics

  Aug 2013 - Jan 2014

  Mechanical Design Engineer (Contractor)

  • Custom design, conceptual design, mechanical design, and redesign of old/new products, with detailed calculations/FEM simulations to support design ideas, and implement injection molding of future parts• Integration of custom or new sensory equipment to current systems as per client requests• Design & Modification of prototype parts for mass production with injection molding

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  University of Toronto

  Sept 2013 - Jan 2016

  Research Assistant

  Combustion Research Laboratory (CRL)MASc. Thesis: Reduced pressure distillation of wood derived pyrolysis liquid biofuels and their emulsion with diesel fuels in a compression ignition, indirect injection engine• Design & instrumentation of experimental engine setup: fuel, air, emissions, data acquisition and analysis• Corrosion study comparing upgraded and crude liquid biofuels and effects on different materials• Optimization of inj. time and EGR of diesel engine, operating on biofuels (ethanol, butanol, biodiesel, GTL) Show less

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  CIMCO Refrigeration Inc.

  Aug 2016 - now

  • Capital Projects Engineer

    Sept 2020 - now

  • Project Engineer

    Aug 2016 - Sept 2020