About

I grew up watching Star Wars, and like any other eight-year old boy, I wanted to become a Jedi Knight. Maneuvering starfighters through the Hoth asteroid field whilst in aerial combat, jousting battle droids wielding nothing but a lightsaber, and having my hand sliced off to make space for my own mechno-arm were the epitomes of my childhood fantasy.

Reality came quite bluntly, yet these dreams continued to flourish. These days, they follow more along the lines of maneuvering through complex codebases, attacking architectural design challenges with a pen and paper, and putting my mechatronics background to good use by working on fun side projects.

My experience encompasses rapid prototyping, manufacturing, medical devices, automation, robotics, and control systems. As a continuously growing engineer, I am constantly looking for opportunities to expand and develop my skill set.

Justin M.K. Lam
Software Engineer

Personal Achievements

2021

• First time speaking on a panel. Topic: The Future of IoT on the Cloud.

2019

• Got married, became a puppy parent.

2018

• Interviewed by the MagPi magazine about my post on monitoring sourdough in Issue 72 (page 12).
• Kevin Scott, CTO of Microsoft, shared my sourdough post on his LinkedIn.
• Prototyping presentation given at Singularity University, alongside Derek Disanjh.

2017

• First time being featured on a website. Annealing 3D printed plastics blog post shared on Hackaday.

2015

• Abstract for “Surgical Device Innovation for Low Resource Settings” published in the Canadian Journal of Surgery.
• First time public speaking. Presented at the Bethune Round Table annual meeting in Calgary, AB, and at the UBC Orthopaedics Research Day in Vancouver, BC.

2014

• Bamboo bike won first place in the Hand Tools Only and Teach It! Sponsored by Dremel contests hosted by Instructables.
• Winner of the 1Minute1Slide presentation contest hosted by the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Initiative.
• Awarded the Engineers in Scrubs undergraduate research award.