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co-op 3 – avigilon: pcb design

For my third co-op I worked at Avigilon – a Motorola Solutions Company. Avigilon is a Vancouver-based security camera company that was bought out by Motorola Solutions in 2018 for a whopping $1.28 billion. I was starting my co-op in early 2020 which is significant for two reasons: So, I accepted the offer in earlyContinue reading “co-op 3 – avigilon: pcb design”

learning and memorization… with cubes!

A lot of people have asked me how I learn/memorize things for school. However, learning and memorization are two very different things. I thought that it would be good to explain the power of each of these tools using cubing as an example. I started speedcubing when I was in grade 11. It was partContinue reading “learning and memorization… with cubes!”

what is engineering physics?

Hi. If you didn’t already know, I am currently in my fifth year studying engineering physics at UBC. Now the most common question that I get asked when people hear this is: “what is engineering physics?” This is fair. I didn’t know about the program until halfway through my first year at UBC. The nameContinue reading “what is engineering physics?”

co-op 2 – the university of wurzburg: cool circuits

For my second co-op position in 2019, I took up a research position at the University of Wurzburg – one of the oldest universities in Germany. This was to be a series of firsts: my first time going to Europe, my first time living alone, and my first time in a research position. Eight monthsContinue reading “co-op 2 – the university of wurzburg: cool circuits”