Queen’s Aerospace Design Team

Captain of the Queen's Aerospace Design Team creating drones to compete in international competitions

Leading a multidisciplinary team of 10+ to develop flight-ready avionics systems for a fixed-wing VTOL and a quadcopter. I oversee full systems integration—including component selection, procurement, and budget management—while architecting flight performance reviews using sensor data to optimize system-level reliability.

Contributed to the design of carbon fiber fixed-wing and quadcopter drones for wildfire hotspot detection and water transport. I designed and integrated power distribution hardware, including a 12S 2P battery system with quick-swapping capabilities, and utilized LTSpice and Altium for PCB schematics.

Additional Leadership

• QUESST Inter-Faculty Relations Director (May 2025 – Dec. 2025): Coordinated logistics and facilitated collaboration between faculty groups for a university-wide sustainability conference.
• External Communication Committee – Queen’s Engineering Society (Oct. 2024 – Apr. 2025): Developed collaborative relationships with engineering schools across Canada and internationally to exchange ideas regarding governance and effective service delivery.
• Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Volunteer (Apr. 2023 – Aug. 2024): Trained in helm, navigation, and radio communication, supporting monthly maintenance on Falkins Class Type-1 fast response vessels and participating in technical sessions on meteorology and chart plotting.