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sivihk.com

The website of Simon V. Hradil-Kasseckert

Recent Updates:
Seeking career entrance opportunities for the fall of 2022.
Distributing my fine-art photography as NFTs and original darkroom prints.
Recently returned from a 6000-kilometre bike tour across Canada.
Co-facilitating a monthly online men’s group.

I started this blog shortly after deciding to take a gap year. As my perspective changed from needing to get my degree done as fast as possible to embracing opportunities that expand and diversify my experiences I decided to document what I was going through. I write this blog hoping to create something that is both enjoyable to read and insightful for those in similar situations.

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OrcaSat Structural Analysis

I decided to take UVic’s “Computer-Aided Design” class as one of my upper-level mechanical engineering undergraduate technical electives. The course covered everything from the mathematics of three-dimensional graphic representation to…
Simon HK
December 28, 2019
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Light Booth Design

Designing a light booth for manual colour inspection of elevated prints was an assignment I received during my internships at Arius Technology in Vancouver.  Engineering undergraduate students at the University…
Simon HK
August 30, 2018
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Sim-ent Photography

Photography has always been an interest of mine. After buying a digital single-lense reflex camera in 2015, I decided to dedicate more time and energy to the art. I started…
Simon HK
April 30, 2018
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LV Rogers Student Council

During my final year of high school, in 2015-16, I followed up with a long-term solution for an issue that impacted myself and several other students. A few months earlier,…
Simon HK
July 30, 2016
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Hand Plane Build

While living in Germany in 2013 I was able to take advantage of my great grandfather’s timber framing shop and my father’s skills as a classically trained cabinet maker. I…
Simon HK
March 31, 2013