{"id":12,"date":"2015-11-02T03:31:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T08:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrejohnson.me\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2020-03-20T01:45:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T01:45:46","slug":"experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andrejohnson.me\/index.php\/experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Independent Contractor<\/h3>\n<h4>Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto (Sept. 2015 &#8211; Oct. 2015)<br \/>\nDunlap Institute, University of Toronto (Nov. 2014 &#8211; June. 2015)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Designed two beam shaping metal sleeves using CST<\/li>\n<li>Assembled and tested antenna with new sleeves<\/li>\n<li>Built and used an outdoor farfield antenna range<\/li>\n<li>Performed noise temperature measurements\u00a0\u00a0in a hot\/cold room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Independent Contractor<\/h3>\n<h4>Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, NRC(May. 2014 &#8211; Aug. 2014)<br \/>\nDominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, NRC (Nov. 2012 &#8211; Feb. 2013)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Analyzed simulation data to determine the phase performance of an antenna design<\/li>\n<li>Performed a phase centre calculation for an antenna design using CST Microwave Studio<\/li>\n<li>Contributed to the creation of an academic paper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Assistant \/ Visiting Worker<\/h3>\n<h4>Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, NRC\u00a0(October 2010 &#8211;\u00a0September 2012)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Created a complete waveguide antenna design using CST Microwave Studio<\/li>\n<li>Analyzed simulation data using Excel, Matlab, and Octave; and plotted the results using R<\/li>\n<li>Translated the electrical design into a full prototype design using Solidworks<\/li>\n<li>Tested the electrical and far\ffield behaviour of the prototype using a programmable network analyzer and\u00a0an anechoic chamber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Teaching Assistant<\/h3>\n<h4>University of British Columbia(Sept. 2009 &#8211;\u00a0Apr. 2010, Sept. 2010 &#8211;\u00a0Dec. 2010)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Instructed undergraduate laboratories for Digital Communications, Microwave Engineering, and Electromechanical Devices courses<\/li>\n<li>Taught tutorials<\/li>\n<li>Marked assignments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Engineering Co-op Student<\/h3>\n<h4>Eurocan Pulp and Paper Company \u00a0(Sept. 2007 &#8211; Dec. 2007, May 2008 &#8211;\u00a0Aug. 2008)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Designed various small projects using industrial standard parts such as Allen Bradley starters, contractors, relays, switches, and lamps<\/li>\n<li>Worked with engineers and technologists to design electrical projects; including motor, motor control,\u00a0and instrumentation projects<\/li>\n<li>Created and modified\fed CAD drawings, including loop drawings and motor starter schematics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Project Officer<\/h3>\n<h4>Public Works and Government Services Canada (Sept. 2005 &#8211; Dec. 2005, May 2006 &#8211;\u00a0Aug. 2006)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Created and modified CAD drawings<\/li>\n<li>Planned and managed small repair projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent Contractor Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto (Sept. 2015 &#8211; Oct. 2015) Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto (Nov. 2014 &#8211; June. 2015) Designed two beam&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/andrejohnson.me\/index.php\/experience\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Experience<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andrejohnson.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andrejohnson.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andrejohnson.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andrejohnson.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andrejohnson.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/andrejohnson.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"https:\/\/andrejohnson.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andrejohnson.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}