Tom Neusitzer

Professional Engineer with the Switchyard Electrical & Grounding Design Section, Station Design Department

Intermediate Design Engineer with the Automated Systems team, Specialized Equipment group, Production Engineering Department Responsible for integrating various intelligent transportation systems onto transit coach and motorcoach platforms, including - automated voice announcements - automated vehicle location/computer-aided dispatch - automated passenger counting - automated vehicle monitoring/fleet management

Junior Design Engineer EIT with the Automated Systems team, Specialized Equipment group, Production Engineering Department Responsible for integrating various intelligent transportation systems onto transit coach and motorcoach platforms, including - automated voice announcements - automated vehicle location/computer-aided dispatch - automated passenger counting - automated vehicle monitoring/fleet management

Research Associate with the University of Manitoba Centre for Earth Observation Science exploring microwave remote sensing of Arctic sea ice with focus on Arctic oil spill detection Responsibilities: - leading the oil-in-sea ice remote detection team as part of the GENICE project - designing/conducting experiments - analyzing experimental data - working as an independent researcher - managing research projects and budgets

Teaching Assistant for ENG 1450 Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering Responsibilities: - supervising laboratory sections of 40-60 students - setting up the laboratory - grading lab reports and quizzes - invigilating examinations

Undergraduate Student Researcher with the University of Manitoba Centre for Earth Observation Science Responsibilities: - designing/fabricating tank systems to be used in the cold laboratory to grow artificial sea ice - programming data loggers to continuously measure the ice temperature profile, and control the tank system heating cables based on temperature measurements - conducting experiments using the tank systems in the cold laboratory This position was funded by an Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Award

Undergraduate Student Researcher with the University of Manitoba Nano Systems Fabrication Laboratory Responsibilities: - investigating InkJet printing of etch-resistant masks for printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication - investigating InkJet printing of conductive inks for printable electronics, focusing on ink containing silver nano-particles - characterizing thin film stress of various metals deposited by sputter deposition under various excitations and pressures in the NSFL clean room - designing/fabricating a laser-based system to measure the displacement of a micromachined electric field sensor - determining optimal deposition parameters for electroplating copper through experimentation - assisting graduate students with their research This position was funded by an Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Award in 2014