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Sep 2022 – Present
Laboratory Engineer
Centre for Materials Engineering, Cape Town
- Support materials research by designing and modifying equipment for research tasks.
- Support postgraduate students in their testing activities.
- Supervise undergraduate interns — designing and overseeing their projects.
- Assist with general laboratory upkeep.
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Feb 2025 – Mar 2026
Lecturer (part)
Centre for Materials Engineering, Cape Town
- Taught part of the Honors class "Microstructure & Phase Transformations in Engineering Metals".
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Jan 2025 – Dec 2025
Teaching Assistant
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cape Town
- Assisted the senior design class — advice, good design practice, and workshop assembly sessions.
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Jun 2024 – Jul 2024
Mechanical Engineering Intern
GasCon, Cape Town
- Interned at a large-scale pressure-vessel manufacturer.
- Experience across pressure-vessel design, the mechanical lab, and the machine shop.
- Introduced automation of material test-data creation and storage to streamline the lab's filing system.
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Jan 2020
Job Shadow
Smalley Springs and Rings, Lake Zurich, IL
- Shadowed design engineers at a spring/retaining-ring manufacturer.
- Exposure to in-house design, testing, and manufacturing.