Real work environments
Almost a decade working on B.C. construction sites, northern Alberta oilfield shifts, and airport operations where safety and sequencing always matter.
Candidate Profile
Justice Browatzke
Mechanical Engineering Student | Field Experience + Technical Design
Mechanical engineering student at the University of Calgary with a biomedical engineering minor, building toward roles where practical field experience, technical design, and clear documentation matter.
- Mechanical Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering Minor
- University of Calgary
- Available immediately
- 4-16 months
- Canada + United States
- Internship / co-op / student role
Why Interview Me?
Useful quickly.
I am still building my engineering base, but I have spent years around real equipment, jobsite constraints, safety procedures, and working teams. That experience gives me practical context, good questions, and a starting point I can keep improving from.
Practical constraints
Used to seeing how access, weather, tolerances, tools, schedules, and people affect whether work can actually get done.
Trained to respect procedures
I am used to learning site-specific SOPs, asking questions before acting, and treating the standard as part of the work rather than paperwork.
Technical growth
Actively developing 3D CAD, ANSYS, MATLAB, Excel, Python, and engineering documentation skills through coursework and projects.
Experience Log
Timeline of professional and academic history.
Work, education, service, and field experience in sequence.
Select an entry to inspect the full experience note.
Selected Work
Featured projects
Three examples that connect hands-on build work, engineering analysis, and technical decision-making.
Mechanical / Energy Systems
Schulich Helios Solar Car
Mechanical team work on teardown and parts reuse, mold and roll-cage manufacturing, material sourcing, and budget-aware decisions during a one-year vehicle build that reached a rolling chassis.
ManufacturingParts ReuseMaterial SourcingTeam Integration
Open full case studymodel_eval.pybinary outputPatient-level held-out test set
Biomedical / Data Classification
Sepsis Classifier
Classification project focused on predicting sepsis-related patient outcomes using clinical variables, model comparison, and clear interpretation of results.
PythonClassificationBiomedical DataModel Evaluation
Open full case study
Thermal Design
PC Liquid Cooling System
Thermal design project comparing CPU/GPU cooling concepts, radiator sizing, cold plate ideas, and cost-aware system tradeoffs.
Heat TransferExcelThermal DesignSystem Comparison
Open full case studySkills
Tools grouped by use
Design / Build
Mechanical design, coursework, and drawing-based build work.
- 3D CAD
- Parts
- Assemblies
- Drawings
- BOM basics
- Drawing interpretation
Engineering Analysis
Calculations, lab work, plotting, sizing, and coursework.
- MATLAB
- Excel
- Numerical methods
- Engineering calculations
- Data interpretation
Software / Data
Programming and data handling used across coursework and projects.
- Python
- C++
- Data summaries
- Technical reports
- Field documentation
- Drawing review
Field / Operations
Aviation, oilfield, and construction habits from real worksites.
- Equipment inspections
- Field records
- Safety-critical communication
- High-pressure operations exposure
- Aircraft ground operations
- Construction sequencing
- Crew coordination
- Handoff notes
- Operator/engineer communication
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