Andrew Andrade
Mechatronics Engineering & Management Science
Just someone learning how to lead projects and solve problems with data.
Founder of PetroPredict. Past intern at Facebook, Suncor (PetroCanada) and Chrysler. Currently a candidate for BASc in Mechatronics Engineering .
Selected Projects
Remembering LKY using Twitter Analytics
Custom Twitter scrapper, cleaning and anlaytics in python and [R] used to create an news infographic.
Final Visualization (PNG, 8.6 MiB), Design Document (PDF, 1.4 MiB), Code (Github)
Titanium Product Design
Contract manufacturing consulting and industrial design work for Militia Carry Co.
Twitch Plays Hardware: IRC Controlled NintendoDS
A (guide to building) Nintendo 3DS controlled by Twitch.tv stream chat using arduino.
Full Project (hackster), Code (Github), Hackathon Win Photo (instagram)
OCP hackathon Winner: Kingpin Debug Card
Simple debug card for the OpenRack V2's Battery Backup Unit which provides instant visualization for any issus
Full Project (hackster), Circuit (Upverter), Blog (OpenCompute)
Research Publications
AutoBikes: Autonomous Electric Bicycles for First and Last-mile Mobility on Demand
E. Wilhelm, A. Gupta, S. Modurpalayam, R. Wang, B. Walton, A. Wootton, T. Jeruzalski, and A. Andrade,
International Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition (evs28.org) 2015
Autobike
Poster (PDF, 2.2 MiB), Video (YouTube), Scability Analysis Code (GitHub)
Multifaceted Approach to Oil Field Segment Analysis using Artificial Intelligence
Andrew Andrade and Maurice Dusseault
SPE Canada Student Research Contest 2014
AI in Petroleum Industry
Patent
Waveguide adapter plate to facilitate accurate allignment of sectioned waveguide chanel in microwave antenna assembly
M. Fakharzadeh, A. Andrade, S. Jafarlou, B. Lynch, and M. Tazlauanu,
Patent Pending
Blogs
Petroleum101.com | The Young Professionals Guide to the Petroeum Industry
SPE uWaterloo Student Chapter 2014
I started Petroleum101 with the purpose to provide the technical background for anyone to enter the petroleum industry and have a great career. In the first week of launching with SPE uWaterloo, we have over 2500 views from 75 countries. The blog currently has over 260 suscribers
Guest Writing
Growing and scaling high performance teams
Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Leadership Blog 2014-14-14
Blog post about how I grew PetroPredict from just an idea to 6 figure revenue within our first year
CBET Blog (abridged), Leadership and Management Pulse (Unabridged)
How I won $5000 at a Facebook Hackathon without a single line of code
Opencompute.org Blog 2014
A blog post about how I won the opencompute.org summit hackathon by pivoting halfway through the hackathon
Entrepreneurial Experience
PetroPredict
Technical Co-founder and Lead Researcher,
October 2013 - Present, Waterloo and Calgary (Canada) & Singapore
More information comming soon!
(Full time) Industry Experience
Hardware Manufacturing Engineering Intern,
2014/01 - 2014/04, California & Prineville (USA) and China
More information comming soon!
Peraso Semiconductor Technologies
Embedded Software Engineering Intern,
2013/05 - 2013/08, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
More information comming soon!
Suncor Energy (PetroCanada)
Resevoir Engineering Intern,
2012/09 - 2012/12, Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
More information comming soon!
Imtex | Innovative Membrane Technologies
Mechnical Engineering Intern,
2012/01 - 2012/04, Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)
More information comming soon!
Chrysler
Summer Student,
2011/06 - 2011/08, Brampton, Ontario (Canada)
More information comming soon!
City of Mississauga
Lifeguard, Lifesaving Instructor, Aquatics Camp Leader, Deck Supervisor,
2009/06 - 2011/06, Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)
More information comming soon!
Cantech Tool and Machine Co.
Summer Co-op Student Machinist and CNC Operator,
2009/06 - 2009/09, Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)
More information comming soon!
Research Experience
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
Artificial Intelligence and Self Driving Vehicle Visting Researcher (Part time),
2015/01 - 2015/04, Singapore
More information comming soon!
Waterloo Institute for Sustanable Energy
Undergraduate Research Assistant,
2013/01 - 2013/04, University of Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
More information comming soon!
Institute for Quantum Computing
Summer Research Student,
2010/07 - 2010/09, Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
More information comming soon!
(Part time) Consulting Experience
WizardPuff
Data Scientist,
2015/05- Present, Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
More information comming soon!
Militia Everyday Carry Co.
Industrial Designer and Product Design Lead,
2014/05 - 2014/08, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
More information comming soon!
Peraso Semiconductor Technologies
Mechanical Manufacuturing Lead,
2013/09-2013/12, Greater Toronto Area (Canada)
More information comming soon!
Top Hat
Campus Ambassador (Sales and Marketing),
2013/02 - 2013/04 , Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
More information comming soon!
Education
University of Waterloo
Mechatronics Engineering (Candidate for BASc),
2015/05 - Present, Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
More information comming soon!
National University of Singapore
Engineering Exchange Student,
2015/01 - 2015/04, Singapore
More information comming soon!
Startup School (YCombinator)
Startup School 2014 Cohort,
2014/09 - 2014/12, Remote (Silicon Valley (USA), Waterloo (Canada), Singapore)
More information comming soon!
University of Calgary
Associate Engineering Student,
2012/09 - 2012/12, Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
More information comming soon!
University of Waterloo
Mechatronics Engineering (Candidate for BASc),
2011/09 - 2013/12 (Dropped out) , Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
More information comming soon!
Port Credit Secondary School
Regional SciTech and SHSM in Manufacturing OSSD,
2007/09 - 2011/06, Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)
More information comming soon!
Leadership Experience
SPE uWaterloo Student Chapter
Petroleum101.com Lead,
2014/05 - Present
Leading the education initiative at the SPE uWaterloo Chapter
University of Waterloo Petroleum Energy Association
Advisor,
2013/11 - 2014/03
Advised the group until the merger with SPE uWaterloo
University of Waterloo Petroleum Energy Association
Events & Marketing Lead,
2013/05 - 2013/11
Organized and marketing talks, meet and greets and other events on campus leading to 100+ membership and regular turn out
University of Waterloo Entrepreneurship Society (UWES)
Advisor,
2013/05 - 2013/09
Collaborated with UWES and UWPEA to promote entrepreneurship in the petroleum and energy industry
University of Waterloo Nanorobotics Group (UWNRG)
Macrofabrication Lead (Mechanical),
2012/09 - 2013/10
Got promoted from a technical member to the team lead for the macrofabrication (mechanical) work necessary for the group. I lead a team of three students to design and build the control system which won ICRA 2013 mobile robotics competition
Lifesaving Society
Leadership Instructor,
2010/04 - 2011/05
Taught classes in leadership and lifesaving techniques in an aquatics environment
Royal Canadian Army Cadets
Cadet Leader Instructor,
2008/05 - 2009/08
Leadership and instructional training from the Royal Canadian Army Cadets
Colubian Squires
Founding Squire,
2005/04-2010/03
Founded the local Columbian squires circle eventually got knighted when I turned 18
Professional Activities
University of Waterloo Statistics Club
Member,
2015/05 - Present,
University of Waterloo Product Vision Club
Member,
2014/10 - Present,
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Student Member,
2013/05 - Present,
University of Waterloo Entrepreneurship Society
Member,
2013/01 - Present,
University of Waterloo Petroleum Energy Association (UWPEA)
Member,
2012/05 - 2014/03,
Member until UWPEA merged with SPE uWaterloo
University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
Member,
2012/01 - Present,
Professional Engineers of Ontario
Student Member,
2011/09 - Present,
University of Waterloo NanoRobotics Group (UW_NRG)
Technical Team Member, Macro Fabrication Lead,
2011/09 - 2013/09,
Leading a team of three for the macro (mechanical & electrical) fabrication for all the microrobots platforms. Specifically, I designed and built the mechanical control system which won the ICRA Microrobotics Challenge in 2013
2824 Royal Canadian Army Cadets
Cadet, Private, Corporal, Master Corporal,
2008/08 - 2010/05,
Joined the RCAC and participated in basic military training
Lifesaving Society
Member, Competitor, Instructor,
2005/12 - Present,
Volunteering Experience
Port Credit Secondy School
Alumni Outreach Organizer and Motivational Speaker,
2012/09 - Present , Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)
Motivational speaking to highschool students at Port Credit Secondary School
Waterloo Engineering
Student Design Symposium Organizer,
2012/05 University of Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
Organized a symposium for students to present their personal projects to the public
City of Mississauga
Area Site Plan Manager and Supervisor for New Years Eve,
2012/01, Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)
Organized Missisauga's New Year's Eve Celebration. I planned the site area, collaborated with food vendors, performers and other vendors. During the event I lead teams of volunteers to set up and operate the event.
World Community Grid
Research Promotion Team Lead,
2009/09, Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
Leading Waterloo's World Community Grid team, uWaterloo's largest distributed computing project leading to over 1000 years of distributed not for profit research computing time
Public Speaking Experience
06/24/15
11/20/13
Starting Success: 2 Million Minutes of Highschool
PortCredit Secondary School
Selected Awards, Scholarships & Funding (Show All)
03/03/15
Best Overall Canadian Co-op Student (Intern) of the Year 2014
Canadian Association for Co-op Education
09/10/14
Third Best Masters Research Paper and Best Undergraduate Talk
Society in Petroleum Engineers' Canada Wide Research Contest
05/13/14
Energy Entrepreneur Challenge & Startup Pitch Awards Winner ($30,000)
Ontario Center of Excellence
03/26/14
03/14/14
All Awards, Scholarships & Funding (Show/Hide All)
07/21/15
First Place at Technical Speaking Competition ($500)
Sandford Fleming Foundation
05/17/15
Top 25 percent: West Nile Machine learning Challenge
Kaggle Data Science Competitions
03/03/15
Best Overall Canadian Co-op Student (Intern) of the Year 2014 ($500)
Canadian Association for Co-op Education
03/02/15
Emery-Dufault Award for Contributions to Co-op Education ($500)
Canadian Association for Co-op Education
03/01/15
09/14/14
Top 25 percent, Higgs Boson Machine Learning Challenge
Kaggle Data Science Competitions
09/10/14
Third Best Masters Research Paper and Best Undergraduate Talk
Society in Petroleum Engineers' Canada Wide Research Contest
05/13/14
05/13/14
2014 David McFadden Energy Entrepreneur Challenge Winner ($25,000)
Ontario Center of Excellence
03/26/14
03/26/14
03/14/14
03/01/14
2014 Global Engineering Entrepreneurship Competition Award Winner ($1,500)
India Institude of Technology Alumni (PANIIT)
01/18/14
MongoDB Award for best use of MongoDB
LAHacks
12/31/13
Co-op Student of the Year Honorable Mention
University of Waterloo
12/01/13
12/01/13
12/01/13
11/01/13
Nicol Entrepreneurial Award ($500)
Conrad Business School
07/01/13
Developer Movement Yellowbelt
Microsoft
06/21/13
First Place at Autonomous Mobility Challenge
International Conference on Robotics and Automation
05/03/13
Industrial Undergraduate Research Award ($4,500)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
03/01/13
Best Sales Team
TopHat
02/01/13
Ambassador of the Month (most sales)
TopHat
01/03/13
Undergradute Student Research Award ($2,000)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
09/26/12
Best Overall First Year Student ($1,250)
Professional Engineers' of Ontario Foundation Scholarship
06/15/12
Third Place Junior Design Competition
Waterloo Engineering Competition
09/01/11
President's Scholarship for High Acedemic Achievement ($2,000)
University of Waterloo
06/26/11
Terry Garbutt Memorial Award for School and Community Contributions ($500)
Port Credit Alumni Association
06/26/11
Alumni Excellence Award for Best Overall Academic Student ($750)
Port Credit Alumni Association
06/26/11
Highest Overall Average, Port Credit Secondary School ($500)
Port Credit Secondary School
06/25/11
Vice Principal Award for Technology Development in a Classroom Setting ($200)
Port Credit Secondary School
06/22/11
05/01/11
Silver Medal at CNC Programming at Skills Ontario Competition
Skills Ontario
03/01/11
Honorable Mention Canadian Computing Competition
University of Waterloo
10/01/10
Bronze Medal at the Engineering Olympics
McMaster University
05/01/10
Third place in Precision Machining
Regional Skills Ontario
05/01/09
Sixth Best Overall Team in Robotics
Skills Ontario
05/01/08
Fourth Best Overall Team in Robotics
Skills Ontario
01/01/05
First place Mississauga Lifesaving Club in Junior TeleGames, Fall 2004,
Canadian Lifesaving Society
06/01/04
Selected News & Media (Show All)
03/31/15
03/14/15
Front Page of Waterloo Engineering
University of Waterloo and Waterloo Engineering Front Page
09/30/14
Excelling in Entrepreneurship Due to on Campus Support
uWaterloo's Student Success Blog
09/06/14
PetroPredict Technology Spotlight on the Waterloo Record
Waterloo Record's Technology Spotlight (in print)
06/21/14
Speaking with Mr. Stephan Harper, Prime Minister of Canada about PetroPredict
Waterloo Engineering
All News & Media (Show/Hide All)
04/11/15
03/20/15
03/19/15
Engineering student is the country's top co-op student of the year
uWaterloo Engineering News
03/18/15
Waterloo Student Wins Top Co-op Student of the Year Canada
University of Waterloo News
03/15/15
03/14/15
11/26/14
11/09/14
Winning third place at the Canada wide SPE Graduate Research competition
Society of Petroleum Engineer's Memorial Univesity of Newfoundland
11/07/14
09/30/14
Excelling in Entrepreneurship Due to on Campus Support
uWaterloo's Student Success Blog
09/06/14
PetroPredict Technology Spotlight on the Waterloo Record
Waterloo Record's Technology Spotlight (in print)
08/13/14
08/12/14
PetroPredict's Making Smarter Enterprise Decisions
Waterloo Institute for Sustanable Energy Research Spotlight
06/21/14
Speaking with Mr. Stephan Harper, Prime Minister of Canada about PetroPredict
Waterloo Engineering