Teaching Assistance
University of Guelph
Total years of experience :2 years, 10 Months
• Providing valuable support to educators and helping students grasp complex concepts, facilitating an enhanced learning
experience.
• Helping students in Food Processing Engineering and Bioreactor Design Lab courses, set up lab experiments, graded
papers/assignments, and performed lab experiments prior to classes.
• Running tutorial sessions for Linear Algebra and Calculus I & II courses while assisting in grading papers and exams.
• Successfully trained and mentored new employees and interns, fostering a culture of continuous growth within the team.
• Participated actively in new product ideation sessions, contributing creative ideas, and providing technical insights.
• Successfully translated lab concepts into finished products, considering both quality and profitability.
• Supported R&D projects aimed at enhancing productivity, quality, and consistency, fostering stakeholder engagement.
• Developed bench formulations that adhere to health and safety regulations, to set success standards for new products.
• Led plant trials and presented first productions to management, to introduce innovative products.
• Prepared technical papers, reports, reviews, and label declarations to ensure accurate information is relayed to users.
• Led shelf-life studies and improved existing shelf-life programs to enhance product quality and stability. • Produced product prototypes in the lab for sensory evaluation, contributing to product development initiatives.
• Analyzed and recorded research data presented findings to VP R&D and provided recommendations.
• Conducted cold plasma treatment for disinfecting surgical masks and inactivating pathogenic microorganisms.
• Developed a process increasing the shelf life of eggs using cold plasma.
• Implemented microbial testing and growth, tracked progress, and reported findings to Senior Scientist
• Prepared reagents while ensuring accurate measurements and following health and safety regulations.
• Monitored, tracked, and received shipments of materials while documenting bills of lading and ensuring proper storage and handling of lab materials
• Preparing microbiological growth media & solutions, sterilizing test and validation for the injection, and ensuring media performance through QC testing.
• Prepare/review the work instructions, method of analysis, microbiology procedures, and protocols, while following GMP regulations.
• Ensure the calibration and maintenance of the instruments in the lab and check all the calibration tools are certified.
• Documentation of all results of product testing and maintained daily records using Microsoft Excel.
• Assisting in setting up various projects and working as part of a team on different projects.
• Preparation of the experimental results following the guidelines of senior staff.
• Preparing the equipment and samples for the laboratory testing procedures.
Extraction, digestion and antioxidant properties of bioactive peptides produced from spent soybean residue (Okara).
Parkinsonian Tremor Monitoring Device: Developed Biotrics, a Parkinsonian Tremor Monitoring Device, to aid in the accurate diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease through continuous data collection and analysis. • Developing analogue rice from vegetables: Using extrusion technology, vegetable waste was treated to produce analogue rice. • Canning Quality of Red Kidney Bean: Investigating the Canning Quality of Red Kidney Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Using Empirical High Temperature/High-Pressure Rheology • Salmonella reduction in spinach leaves: Using cold plasma treatment to reduce the salmonella present in spinach leaves. • Acrylamide reduction: Reducing acrylamide levels in granola bars (healthy snacks)