Professional Experience:
03/13 to present
Product Development Fellow
Global Cycle Solutions, Arusha, Tanzania
- Assessing mechanical and design challenges with technology products
- Field testing, troubleshooting, and prototyping
- Streamlining manufacturing process (including quality control)
- Conducting surveys with rural communities to identify key product priority
- Project Planning and Management
03/07 to present
Freelance Translator (part-time)
Took up several translation contracts and tasks (Arabic-to-English and the opposite), mostly related to policy research. The main ones are:
- Workshop: 'Gender mainstreaming and good governance,' sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Khartoum, Sudan, July 2006. Translated the workshop discussion notes from Arabic to English. Volunteer job.
- Contract with Emory University (USA): translated 3 chapters (English to Arabic) and researched/analyzed material for a new chapter of Dr. Abdullahi An-Na’im’s book Islam and the Secular State (2008, Harvard University Press); promoting constitutionalism, human rights and citizenship within Muslim political discourses.
- translation/transcription of field-collected data for a graduate student (confidential information - primary data for a PhD dissertation). from Sudanese dialects (Arabic) to English.
09/2011 to 12/2011
Solar Project Assistant
Merlyn Power: Renewable Energy Systems, Ontario, Canada
4-months contract. participated in design and installation of Solar photovoltaic energy systems. Also performed site assessments and customer consultations.
01/2009 to 12/2010
Research/Teaching Assistant
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Duties: Assisted in teaching courses ‘Planning Industrial Ecology’ and ‘Rural Planning and Development Theory’ and in research for course ‘Development Administration’. Also researched/analyzed H RM practices and impact of unionization on the agriculture and agri-food sector in Ontario.
08/2008 to 02/2009
Research Assistant
Environment Canada & McMaster University
Designed and conducted a survey and analyzed collected data on the use of, and access to, science knowledge by Conservation Authorities’ staff in Ontario.
01/2008 to 04/2008
Consultant
United Nations University- Institute on Water, Environment & Health, Canada
Researched and analyzed sustainable technologies/strategies of water treatment for developing countries, and established a database for related global learning networks.
03/2007 to 09/2007
Translator and Research Assistant
Emory University, USA
Translated 3 chapters (English to Arabic) and researched/analyzed material for a new chapter of Dr. Abdullahi An-Na’im’s book Islam and the Secular State (2008, Harvard University Press); promoting constitutionalism, human rights and citizenship within Muslim political discourses.
08/2005 to 05/2006
Formula SAE Team Member (International Competition Among Engineering Schools)
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Team designed