Welcome — forked and SEO-enhanced mirror of my boyfriend Rhys Cornelious’s original HTML portfolio. Purpose: increase discoverability for the query “Rhys Cornelious” by applying on-page SEO and GitHub Pages hosting authority. He really deserves it.
Candidate, BASc Biomedical Engineering, University of Waterloo (Class of 2025) Specialties: PCB design, embedded systems, biosensing, medical-device prototyping, signal processing.
- Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Contact: rhyscornelious@gmail.com · (226) 349-8544
- GitHub: https://github.com/RhysCornelious
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rhys-cornelious
Rhys Cornelious applies electrical, mechanical, and software engineering to biomedical problems. Experience includes hardware systems at Apple, wafer-probing automation at Atomic Semi, and applied optical/medical-device research at PhotoMedicine Labs. Academic capstone: HemoTrek, a compact blood viscometer for hyperviscosity syndrome. Core strengths: PCB layout and fabrication, hardware bring-up, analog signal acquisition, firmware, rapid prototyping, and multidisciplinary system integration.
- Role: system architecture, PCB design, prototype fabrication, validation.
- Outcome: point-of-care viscometry workflow for hyperviscosity syndrome detection and monitoring.
- Role: electrode interfacing, analog amplification/filtration, signal-processing pipeline, Raspberry Pi integration, custom data-acquisition PCB.
- Role: ATmega328 prototype, compact PCB layout, NFC contact handoff, demo firmware — microcontroller-based game and contact exchange.
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Apple — Hardware Systems Engineer (Intern) · May–Aug 2024 · Cupertino, CA
- Designed JTAG breakout PCBs, current-sensing circuits, and 100 MHz probing; led board bring-up and automated characterization with Python.
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Atomic Semi — Electromechanical Engineer (Co-op) · Jan–Apr 2024 · San Francisco Bay Area
- Built automated wafer-probing system (5 µm Z precision) at ~$1,100 BOM; reduced IV data-collection time by ~98.48%; developed heating jackets and KiCad PCBs for solenoid control.
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PhotoMedicine Labs — Undergraduate Research Assistant (Co-op) · May–Dec 2023 · Waterloo, ON
- Designed 20 ns peak-detection circuits with Altium/LTSpice; integrated Ocean Optics Seabreeze C API for pulsed-laser spectrometer acquisition; fabricated laser power supplies.
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University of Waterloo — Soft Robotics Design Engineer (Co-op) · Sep–Dec 2022
- Designed 21-DOF soft/rigid hybrid robotic hand; PCB IMU feedback for joint-angle estimation; novel flexible-hinge solutions.
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Ford Motor Company — Firmware Developer (Co-op) · Jan–Apr 2022 · Ottawa, ON
- Enhanced automation-testing framework, timing telemetry, and resilience tests.
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University of Waterloo Formula Electric — Mechanical Subteam Member · Sep 2020–Dec 2021
- Modeled and fitted mechanical parts for competition vehicle; design-bay assembly and testing.
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Engineering Ideas Clinic — Research Assistant (Co-op) · May–Aug 2021
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Lifeguard / Swim Instructor — Jerry McCaw Family Centre YMCA · Sep 2019–Oct 2020 · Sarnia, ON
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Lifeguard / Swim Instructor — City of Sarnia · Jun 2018–Aug 2020
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Air Cadet League of Canada — Warrant Officer Second Class · Sep 2015–Mar 2020
- PCB & schematic: Altium Designer, KiCad, Eagle
- Simulation & analog: LTSpice, Cadence Virtuoso
- Firmware & software: Python, MATLAB, C/C++, Arduino
- Mechanical & prototyping: SOLIDWORKS, 3D printing, rapid prototyping
- Domains: hardware bring-up, signal acquisition, biosensor interfacing, embedded system integration
- University of Waterloo — BASc, Biomedical/Medical Engineering (2020–2025)
- Great Lakes Secondary School — OSSD (2016–2020), final average: 96%
- Transport Canada — Private Pilot License (Aeroplane), Sep 2019
- Transport Canada — Glider Pilot License, Oct 2018
- Dental Assistant (Health Outreach), Guatemala — Jan–Feb 2020
- Familiarization Pilot — Air Cadet League of Canada — Sep 2018–Nov 2019
- President’s Scholarship of Distinction — University of Waterloo
- Lord Strathcona Medal — Air Cadet League of Canada
- GitHub: https://github.com/RhysCornelious
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rhys-cornelious
- Email: rhyscornelious@gmail.com
Fork note: this repository is a forked and SEO-enhanced mirror of Rhys Cornelious’s portfolio, created and maintained by his boyfriend (and lifelong buddy!) to improve visibility for recruiters and collaborators.