Sarfraz Fazal
Work with me

Sustainable Energy Engineering @ SFU · Co-Founder @ Aveion Technologies · Surrey, BC

Muhammed Sarfraz Fazal

Energy systems engineer and builder. I take ideas from whiteboard to working hardware: vapour-compression cooling, solar ORC plants, heat pumps, waste-heat recovery, and Arduino-driven prototypes, every design defended with first-law and second-law numbers.

View my work Download resume ↓ Say hello
1 MWData-centre thermal system designed
905 tCO₂e/yr avoided via heat recovery
FinalistSFU FAS Competition 2026
Portrait of Muhammed Sarfraz Fazal
SFU Faculty of Applied Sciences · Surrey, BC
Who I am

About

01

Simon Fraser University

BASc, Sustainable Energy Engineering
September 2022 to present · Surrey, BC

Recognition

SFU Community Engagement Award · Faculty of Applied Sciences Competition Finalist, 2026

I am an engineer who is happiest at the point where an idea has to survive contact with reality. My training is in thermodynamics and energy conversion: sizing refrigeration cycles, modelling solar plants, and quantifying exactly how much energy and carbon a design saves before anyone builds it.

What sets my work apart is the build side. Through course projects, competitions, and co-founding Aveion Technologies, I turn concepts into functioning hardware: Arduino control systems, sensor networks, pumps, circuits, and prototypes that get demoed live in front of judges and clients. If a system moves heat, water, or electrons, I can model it, build it, and prove it works.

Alongside my degree I work as a Student Services Officer at Navitas, where I keep a busy front-line operation running and support international students through their academic transition. I am currently seeking co-op and internship roles in energy systems, HVAC and building performance, and clean technology.

Venture

Startup

02
Co-Founder · 2026 to present · Vancouver, BC

Aveion Technologies

Aveion builds software, infrastructure, and connected products for ambitious teams. As co-founder, I own the hardware and engineering side of the practice: the place where clients' ideas become physical, working systems.

  • Bridge hardware and software: lead embedded and IoT engineering, integrating sensors, microcontrollers, and control logic with cloud-connected platforms so products work end to end, not just on a slide.
  • Turn ideas into reality: take client concepts from requirements and feasibility analysis through prototyping, testing, and iteration, applying the same decision-matrix and FMEA rigour used in engineering design practice.
  • Engineering-grade delivery: bring thermal, electrical, and mechanical judgment to product decisions, ensuring what ships is efficient, safe, and built to last.
Embedded systemsIoTRapid prototypingEnergy systems consultingProduct engineering
Selected work

Projects

03

Design work from SFU's School of Sustainable Energy Engineering. Every project was modelled from first principles, sized against real climate data, and defended with quantified results.

SEE 352 · Applied Thermodynamics

1 MW Data-Centre Cooling & Waste-Heat Recovery, Calgary AB

  • Engineered the complete thermal architecture for a 1 MW IT-load facility: R-134a vapour-compression cycle, glycol dry-cooler loop, free-cooling economizer, 1.2 MW solar PV array, and a waste-heat heat pump feeding district heating.
  • Achieved an annual-weighted PUE of 1.22 and cut cooling energy 41.8% (1.08 GWh/yr) by designing a three-mode economizer strategy around Calgary's temperature bin data.
  • Validated the cycle with a full second-law analysis (62.1% exergy efficiency) and a refrigerant trade-off study of R-134a vs R-1234yf covering COP, GWP, and A2L safety provisions.
  • Recovered 5.58 GWh/yr of waste heat for district heating, avoiding 905 t CO₂e/yr and driving Energy Reuse Effectiveness from 1.26 down to 0.62.
Cycle analysisExergyPUE / EREFree coolingSolar PV sizing
Annual-weighted PUE
1.22
Refrigeration COP
7.16
Emissions avoided
905 t CO₂e/yr
Cooling energy cut
42%
SEE 224 · Thermodynamics for Energy Engineering

Solar ORC Tri-Generation for an Off-Grid Community, Dease Lake BC

  • Designed a renewable system delivering 120 MWh/yr of electricity plus heating and cooling for a diesel-dependent northern community: flat-plate collectors driving an Organic Rankine Cycle, coupled to a reversible R-134a heat pump.
  • Ran complete seasonal state-point analyses from a −15.4 °C winter design point to summer cooling loads, holding ORC mass flow within a 2.0 kg/s constraint at 90% turbine isentropic efficiency.
  • Quantified the feasibility gap honestly: winter insolation drops 22×, demanding 71,849 m² of collector area, and recommended a hybrid solar-diesel architecture as the credible engineering path.
ORC designHeat pump modellingP-h / T-s diagramsClimate data analysis
Annual electricity delivered
120 MWh
Peak winter heating load met
62.1 kW
Turbine isentropic efficiency
90%
SEE 111 · Integrated Energy Solutions

Crank-Powered Portable Water Filtration System

  • Selected the winning concept from three candidates using a weighted decision matrix (79.1 vs 63.8 and 46.7) built from a pairwise comparison of six user-driven criteria.
  • Ran a full FMEA, identified filter clogging as the top risk (RPN 224), and redesigned the filter stack ordering and sealing strategy to eliminate it.
  • Diagnosed a real power-matching failure, the hand-crank generator's 3 to 6 V output could not drive the pump, and iterated three power configurations to a stable 12 V solution with visible turbidity reduction, all under a $250 CAD budget.
Decision matrixFMEAPump & flow modellingPrototyping
Decision-matrix score
79.1
Top failure mode eliminated
RPN 224
Prototype budget
<$250 CAD
SFU FAS Competition 2026 · Finalist

Smart City Climate Dome

  • Reached the finals of SFU's Faculty of Applied Sciences competition with a Smart City Climate Dome engineered for comfort, safety, and sustainability.
  • Owned the complete electronics subsystem: Arduino control logic, multi-sensor integration, and circuit design, delivering reliable hardware under live-demo conditions.
  • Co-built the interactive interface demoed to a panel of engineering judges, translating system behaviour into a story non-specialists could follow.
ArduinoSensorsCircuit designLive demo
Muhammed holding the FAS Competition 2026 finalist certificate at SFU
Finalist certificate, FAS Competition 2026, SFU Faculty of Applied Sciences.
Career

Experience

04
Toolkit

Technical skills

05

Thermodynamics & energy systems

ORC cycle analysis, heat-pump design, vapour-compression refrigeration, solar thermal & PV, HVAC, exergy & PUE analysis, waste-heat recovery

Hardware & prototyping

Arduino, sensor integration, circuit design, embedded control logic, pump and flow systems, FMEA-driven iteration

Engineering software

SolidWorks (CAD), MATLAB & MATLAB scripting, Arduino IDE

Programming

Python, C++, MATLAB

Lab & instrumentation

Oscilloscope, multimeter, refrigeration & heat-pump rigs, prototype testing protocols

Delivery & reporting

Technical report writing, decision matrices, Gantt planning, MS Office, stakeholder presentations

Recognition

Education & credentials

06
2022 to present

BASc, Sustainable Energy Engineering

Simon Fraser University, Surrey BC. Thermodynamics, sustainable energy systems, engineering design, circuit analysis, HVAC, CAD. Community Engagement Award recipient.

Awarded Feb 2026

Sustainability in Energy Micro-Credential

geoLOGIC systems. 35 hours of professional development credits in energy sustainability.

Valid to Mar 2027

WHMIS 2015 Certification

SFU Safety & Risk Services. Workplace hazardous materials training for lab and field work.

March 2026

FAS Competition Finalist

SFU Faculty of Applied Sciences, for the Smart City Climate Dome electronics and interface work.

Let's build something real.

Open to co-op, internships, and collaborations in energy systems, HVAC, clean tech, and hardware product development. Send a message and it lands straight in my inbox.

sarfrazfazal48@gmail.com LinkedIn ↗ Download resume ↓ (604) 329-9892 · Surrey, British Columbia

Delivered by FormSubmit to sarfrazfazal48@gmail.com. No login required.