Product Manager, writer, passionate about everything tech

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Wafic El-Assi  • Peerlist

Studied the effects of built environment and weather on bikesharing demand by developing a station-level analysis of commercial bikesharing in Toronto, Canada. 

Bike Share Toronto (formerly Bixi) Study in the City of Toro

• Directed a five-member team of engineering students to develop an alarm system for a urostomy pouch that mimics the function of a real bladder in 4 months 
• Built a prototype of the final solution for demonstration and introduced the device through a PowerPoint presentation; provided spreadsheets for cost analysis to market the prototype to the client
• Developed a conceptual and final design specification for the intended product using weighted decision matrices and through the analysis of the social, economic and environmental impact of the final product
• Prepared Executive Summaries and weekly progress reports through the use of Microsoft Project to coordinate the design progress with the client and faculty project manage


Design of an Alarm System for an Ostomy Pouch

• Investigated the state of practice of continuous household travel surveys around the world
• Provided statistical methods to be used as a guiding framework for developing a travel demand model using continuous data
• Compiled a comprehensive report that draws from the literature on household travel surveys to provide high level recommendations on how to proceed with a continuous survey for the client city

Investigating the Feasibility of a Continuous Household Trav

Studied how active modes compete with motorized modes in high-density areas (Downtown Toronto) using advanced discrete choice models.