Jul 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Feb 2016 – Jun 2016 · 4 mos · Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Jan 2016 – Jun 2016 · 5 mos · Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Sep 2014 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr · Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Powered Leg Brace
• Collaborated with 3 team members to designed and implement a prototype of a powered brace to help client with Cerebral Palsy extend and flex the leg while walking
• Detection of section of stride implemented using foot pressure, EMG signals and magnetic angle sensor
• Designed and implemented 2nd amplification and rectification stage circuits for processing EMG signals
• Programmed the Arduino Due to read angle sensor data corresponding to position of brace using I2C
• Programmed the Arduino Due to drive brushed DC motor using PWM signals to give speed and angle range control while providing sufficient torque
• Developed and implemented control algorithm to integrate foot pressure detection and activation/deactivation of motor within the desired angle limits
• Implemented pushbutton circuits to provide user control over angle range using interrupts
• Implemented toggle switch circuit and Arduino code to reset the system
• Project featured on InnerSpace channel, Business in Focus: http://www.businessinfocusmagazine.com/2015/04/an-innovative-step-forward/
• and Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/11/robot-leg-thomas-garside-project_n_7462748.html

May 2013 – Aug 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• Designed a non-inverting low-to-high level shifter block in 14nm finFET technology to meet design specifications while improving on the glitches produced by old designs
• Set up characterization test benches on Cadence: Ran ADE-XL tests to verify functionality and timing of circuits at extreme conditions
• Run timing characterization on complex IO designs using Spectre
• Developed Verilog models of analog cells and verified the functional equivalency between the Verilog and Spice netlists using nanosim and xa simulators
• Perform static timing analysis to generate top-level timing libraries and analyze timing reports generated using Primetime
• Automated IP flows using Perl scripts
• Documented procedures for use of simulation tools and new CAD flows for future employees

Jul 2012 – Aug 2012 · 1 mo · Greater Toronto Area, Canada

• ● Assisted in teaching high school students various Engineering concepts through courses like Physics meets Math, Game Programming and Bio-inspired robotics
• ● Helped debug code: MATLAB-Physics meets Math, C++- Game programming and genetic algorithms

May 2012 – Aug 2012 · 3 mos · Greater Toronto Area, Canada