Chloë Ryan

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Founder | Mechanical-Robotics Engineer | Artist

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  • Speaker

    Entrepreneurship, Robotics, AI, Creativity

    - Present 4 years 11 months

    Education

    Talks:
    🎤 Special session on AI Ethics - Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI's) at the IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)
    🎤 Robotics, AI & Art: The Changing Face of Creativity - Women in AI & Robotics RoboArt Hackathon, MILA x UWaterloo x Germany
    🎤 Robotics & AI: Bringing Innovation Into Low-Tech Industries - Next AI Venture Day, HEC
    🎤 Pitch @ Collision Conf. - One of 28 Canadian startups shortlisted
    🎤…

    Talks:
    🎤 Special session on AI Ethics - Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI's) at the IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)
    🎤 Robotics, AI & Art: The Changing Face of Creativity - Women in AI & Robotics RoboArt Hackathon, MILA x UWaterloo x Germany
    🎤 Robotics & AI: Bringing Innovation Into Low-Tech Industries - Next AI Venture Day, HEC
    🎤 Pitch @ Collision Conf. - One of 28 Canadian startups shortlisted
    🎤 'Women in Technology: Four Rising Stars in Technology Entrepreneurship' panel - co-hosted by the International Women's Forum and the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship

    + dozens more

  • McGill Engine Centre Graphic

    Mentor

    McGill Engine Centre

    - 5 months

    Education

    Mentoring student-run teams founding entrepreneurial ventures as part of the McGill Engine Centre's TechAccel program. Providing guidance on technical development, business strategy, business model validation, etc.

  • BRIDGE Sustainability Case Competition Graphic

    Founder & Director

    BRIDGE Sustainability Case Competition

    - 1 year 11 months

    Environment

    BRIDGE is an interdisciplinary case competition dedicated to bridging the gap between the fields of engineering and management to solve the world's most pressing sustainability challenges.

    🌎 Founded event, secured key sponsor (WSP Canada), recruited & managed team of engineering & management students
    🌎 Created 5 year strategic plan, scaled competition nationally (12 universities), 400% growth
    🌎 Conceptualized, researched & developed highly technical case focused on tackling…

    BRIDGE is an interdisciplinary case competition dedicated to bridging the gap between the fields of engineering and management to solve the world's most pressing sustainability challenges.

    🌎 Founded event, secured key sponsor (WSP Canada), recruited & managed team of engineering & management students
    🌎 Created 5 year strategic plan, scaled competition nationally (12 universities), 400% growth
    🌎 Conceptualized, researched & developed highly technical case focused on tackling energy poverty and reducing diesel dependency in an off-grid Indigenous community (the Hesquiaht First Nation) through renewable energy

  • Tabitha Foundation Singapore Graphic

    Founder of fundraising group ($14k by age 14)

    Tabitha Foundation Singapore

    - 5 years 2 months

    Poverty Alleviation

    🌏 Homeschooled for a year while shoestring backpacking across SE Asia & India
    🌏 Came home and spent 4 years (age 9-13) raising $14,000 to build houses in Cambodia
    🌏 Founded 4 different small creative enterprises to raise funds
    🌏 At age 14, created a documentary about Cambodia's history and my fundraising journey and presented it at a conference to an audience of over 800

  • SEAM (Sustainability in Engineering at McGill) Graphic

    Founder, Consulting team; VP Consulting; VP Internal Affairs

    SEAM (Sustainability in Engineering at McGill)

    - 2 years 1 month

    Environment

    🏆 McGill Emerald Key Sustainability Catalyst award

    🌱 Recruited and trained team of 15 engineering & management students
    🌱 Consulted with dozens of design teams, student organisations and event organisation committees to dramatically reduce waste and emissions while ensuring long-term social and economic sustainability
    🌱 Designed innovative cup reuse system that is now standard practice at McGil

  • POWE McGill (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Engineering) Graphic

    Mentor, Speaker, Outreach Activities Coordinator

    POWE McGill (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Engineering)

    - 2 years 10 months

  • Engineering Undergraduate Society of McGill University Graphic

    Orientation Week Coordinator

    Engineering Undergraduate Society of McGill University

    - 6 months

    Education

  • McGill Association of Mechanical Engineers (MAME) Graphic

    Vice President Communications

    McGill Association of Mechanical Engineers (MAME)

    - 1 year 2 months

    Education

Courses

  • -Control Systems Design

    MECH412

  • Calculus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

    MATH140, 141, 262, 264

  • Computer Programming in Engineering

    COMP208

  • Conceptual Design & Manufacturing

    MECH290, MECH292, MECH360

  • Data-Driven Decision Making

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  • Economics of Entrepreneurship

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  • Electronics

    MECH 383

  • Energy Analysis

    SEAD 510

  • Entrepreneurial Finance

    -

  • Entrepreneurial Strategy

    -

  • Machine Design

    MECH 393

  • Market Research: Data Collection and Analysis

    -

  • Numerical Analysis

    MECH 309

  • Partial Differential Equations, Linear Algebra

    MATH133, 263, 271

  • Solid Mechanics

    CIVE207

  • Statics & Dynamics

    MECH210, MECH220

  • Statistics & Measurement

    MECH262

  • Strategy & Innovation

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  • Thermodynamics 1 & 2

    MECH240 & MECH 341

Projects

  • Robotic Design of Rapid Tool-Changing Mechanism for Cobot

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    Design project - MECH 499. In addition to being a student in the course, I also proposed the entire course's design projects and supervised the teams as client (Acrylic Robotics). Provided technical design feedback to dozens of graduating McGill engineering student peers.

  • Robotic Design of Paint Distribution System (Capstone project)

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    🏆 Top Capstone Project - McGill graduating class.

    Design of automated system to distribute 8 colours of paint in highly precise volumes. Part of 4-person team of McGill mechanical engineering students.

    Design involved project scoping, conceptual design, CAD, electronics, arduino & raspi programming, custom PCBs, soldering, machining, motor control, technical drawings.

    Other creators

  • Design, DFM & DFA of Bicycle & Phone Mount

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    In a team of five students, I designed a bike using Solidworks as part of my Design Graphics course. Project included a report analyzing Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) methods, as well as the production of technical engineering drawings for each part. In addition to the design of all bike parts (frame, wheels, seat, pedals, handlebars, etc), I completed a reverse-engineering project to design a phone holder to fit around a phone that we 3D-scanned using FARO…

    In a team of five students, I designed a bike using Solidworks as part of my Design Graphics course. Project included a report analyzing Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) methods, as well as the production of technical engineering drawings for each part. In addition to the design of all bike parts (frame, wheels, seat, pedals, handlebars, etc), I completed a reverse-engineering project to design a phone holder to fit around a phone that we 3D-scanned using FARO technology. In total, the project consisted of 130 individual parts with five sub-assemblies. Achieved final mark of 97%.

  • Research Paper: Renewable Energy Alternatives For Remote Northern Canadian Communities

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    Authored a literature comparison research paper investigating renewable energy sources and energy storage systems capable of phasing out diesel fuel-generated electricity from microgrids in remote northern Canadian communities not connected to the North American power grid.

  • Summitted Mount Kilimanjaro

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    Successfully summited Mount Kilimanjaro-- Africa's highest peak (5,950m) and the world's tallest free-standing mountain-- as a member of a small student group. I taught myself elementary Swahili before the trip, which enabled me to assume an informal leadership position by translating and serving as an intermediate between our group and guides, porters and locals.
    I filmed and photographed the trip, and then co-directed and produced a short documentary about the experience.

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Honors & Awards

  • Entrepreneurial Grit Award

    McGill University

  • Women in Tech for Good Prize - MTL Tech Awards

    MTL Connecte, Women in Tech Global

    Recipient of the Women in Tech for Good prize at the MTL Tech Awards, presented by the U.S. Consulate of Montreal's Ana Escrogima in collaboration with Women in Tech Global, recognizing female leadership in companies that build impact technologies.

  • C2 Montreal - Top Emerging Entrepreneur

    C2 Montreal

  • Pierre Peladeau Award for Student Entrepreneurship (3rd place, Quebec)

    Quebecor

    This award is one of the highest accolades for start-ups led by students in Quebec aiming to transform an industry with their innovative solutions.

  • Top Mechanical Engineering Design Award (2nd place) -- McGill Mechanical Engineering

    McGill University

    Awarded second place award for final year capstone design project of an Acrylic mechanism, done as team of 4. Selected out of entire McGill mechanical engineering graduating class.

  • NU National Award for Outstanding Student Social Entrepreneurship

    NU Trico Foundation

    Four social entrepreneurs have been selected as 2021 finalists for the NU National Student Award for Outstanding Social Entrepreneurship. These awards are designed to celebrate the impactful work of student leaders in the community, making a commitment to their social enterprise as well as academic study. These students demonstrated unique business blends, as well a deep understanding of the communities they are serving.

  • Reza Satchu Top Next 36 Entrepreneur Award

    NEXT Canada

  • McGill Emerald Key Sustainability Catalyst Award

    McGill Office of Sustainability

    Emerald Key Award: This award recognizes a student who has made significant and lasting contributions in furthering McGill’s culture of sustainability.

    https://www.mcgill.ca/sustainability/about/catalyst-awards/2021-catalyst-awards

  • POWE McGill Excellence in Engineering Award

    POWE McGill

    Promoting Opportunities for Women in Engineering (POWE) at McGill grants an award to two feminine-identifying students each year who show passion for the field of engineering.

  • Ian McLachlin Prize for Entrepreneurship in Engineering

    McGill University

    Established in 1998 by Ian McLachlin, B.Eng. 1960 to encourage students in the Faculty of Engineering to undertake new ventures with business or social impact potential. Awarded to students enrolled in the Faculty of Engineering with high academic standing who have begun, have made progress towards, or have completed an entrepreneurial project with business or social impact potential. Awarded by the Faculty of Engineering, McGill Engine.

  • Captain of the Year

    Engineering-Week Committee

    I was awarded the 'Captain of the Year' award for leading a team of 120 mechanical engineering students to victory during McGill's 'Engineering-Week', a week-long event in which engineering departments participate in a variety of athletic events, design competitions, and social events for points.

  • Dorothy Bishop Prize for Literature, Marguerite Buchanan Prize for English, Michel Francois Prize for French

    Lisgar Collegiate Institute

    "This award honours the work of Dorothy Bishop, a long-serving member of the English Department at Lisgar Collegiate, known for her exceptional teaching and her love of literature. It is awarded annually to the student who, in the opinion of the Principal, has demonstrated academic excellence and exemplary commitment in the Grade 12 English Literature course."

    "The Buchanan family prize for English is presented annually to the student with the highest standing in grade 11…

    "This award honours the work of Dorothy Bishop, a long-serving member of the English Department at Lisgar Collegiate, known for her exceptional teaching and her love of literature. It is awarded annually to the student who, in the opinion of the Principal, has demonstrated academic excellence and exemplary commitment in the Grade 12 English Literature course."

    "The Buchanan family prize for English is presented annually to the student with the highest standing in grade 11 English."

    "This trophy is awarded annually to the graduating student of the Extended French Programme who has demonstrated excellence in oral and written French at the Grade 12 level and who has shown a keen interest in French culture."

  • John Thorburn Principal's Award for Student Leadership

    Ontario Principal's Council

    "The Thorburn Prize is Lisgar Collegiate's Principal's award. The prize is in honour of Dr. John Thorburn, Principal of the Ottawa Grammar School and the Collegiate Institute from 1864-1881. It was under Dr. Thorburn's tenure that the school moved to its current site and established its reputation for academic excellence. This award is presented to the student who, in the opinion of the principal, has demonstrated superior academic ability, leadership, and outstanding involvement in the…

    "The Thorburn Prize is Lisgar Collegiate's Principal's award. The prize is in honour of Dr. John Thorburn, Principal of the Ottawa Grammar School and the Collegiate Institute from 1864-1881. It was under Dr. Thorburn's tenure that the school moved to its current site and established its reputation for academic excellence. This award is presented to the student who, in the opinion of the principal, has demonstrated superior academic ability, leadership, and outstanding involvement in the extracurricular life of Lisgar with special emphasis on both athletics and arts."

  • The Lisgar "L" Award

    Lisgar Collegiate Institute

    "The Lisgar 'L' award is to be awarded [to 3 students] for all-round achievement, with emphasis on non-academic rather than academic achievement, and on character and influence."

  • Silver Medal for Academic Excellence

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    I received the "Silver Medal for Academic Excellence" designation for having an average above 90 from 2015-2018.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Full professional proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • Centech - Propulsion

    Entrepreneur

    - Present

  • NEXT Canada

    Alumni

    - Present

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