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Lesley Zhuo

Christchurch,CAN

Summary

Practiced Skilled Research intern enthusiastic about supporting advancements in Fluid & Structural Engineering field. Passionate about increasing knowledge and solving challenge questions to drive growth and needed improvements. Ready to apply knowledge learned from class in next work experiment or competitions.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Summer Project Researcher

Internship
11.2023 - 02.2024
  • Project Topic : Sounding the Alarm - Harnessing Noise Signals to Monitor Water Network Health.
  • Outdoor experiments : Outdoor Experiments: Collected noise signals from each fire hydrant on campus water supply pipes.
  • Data analysis : Used Python/MATLAB to correlate collected data from pairs of test equipment and identify possible faults in pipes by checking ArcGis Pro and AutoCAD campus pipe maps.
  • Testing & Solving Experiment Issues: Tested equipment when poor data was collected and debugged code to ensure the program system worked successfully with actual test data.

Environmental Maintenance

Volunteer Work
11.2023 - 11.2023
  • Involved in community-based conservation efforts by volunteering at Cedar-wood Reserve for maintenance and restoration projects.

Accessory Stall Owner

Self-employed Worker
06.2020 - 08.2020
  • Handled over 200 people every day in summer night market.
  • Enhanced conversion ability to interact with customer and sale skills.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering With Honours - Civil Engineering

University of Canterbury
Christchurch, NZ
11.2025

Diploma in Engineering (NZQA Level 5 ) - Foundation of Engineering

University of Canterbury International College
Christchurch, CAN
10.2022

Skills

  • Programming skills : Python, MATLAB
  • Strong communication skills and team collaboration
  • Research design and analytical thinking

Academic Project Experiences

Bridge Building Competition  -  10/2023

  • Six weeks to design, model, and construct a real timber bridge which strong enough to hold two people, but would collapse under the weight of three.
  • Developed my team collaboration and design project ability


Engineering Without Borders (EWB)  -  09/2022

  • Design a rainwater harvesting to support Yirrganydji people 's bush tucker gardening in the wet session.
  • Collaborated with 3 teammates to create the EMF (Eco-friendly Multilayer Folding) water-collection design.
  • Assigned tasks to my each team member based on each person's personality and ability, set multiple intermediate deadlines to manage time effectively, and awarded a 1st class grade in the final presentation.


MATLAB Case Study  - 03/2021

  • Utilized MATLAB to simulate a rocket's trajectory across the five primary atmospheric layers of Earth and outer space, documenting its characteristics.
  • Employed MATLAB to determine the optimal trajectory for mortars used in avalanche prevention on mountains.


Timeline

Summer Project Researcher

Internship
11.2023 - 02.2024

Environmental Maintenance

Volunteer Work
11.2023 - 11.2023

Accessory Stall Owner

Self-employed Worker
06.2020 - 08.2020

Bachelor of Engineering With Honours - Civil Engineering

University of Canterbury

Diploma in Engineering (NZQA Level 5 ) - Foundation of Engineering

University of Canterbury International College
Lesley Zhuo