Rami Idriss

Electrical Engineering · Queen’s University · Entering Third Year

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About — a short note.

Electrical engineering at Queen’s University, now entering third year. Most of what I build I share openly — code, schematics, project documentation. My longer notes live in a separate digital garden.

Currently building Aynkan, an open-source single-camera object detection and distance estimation tool for blind and low-vision users. Also on the Queen’s Knights Robotics and Queen’s Formula SAE design teams. Read the full bio →

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Rami Idriss — dark curly hair, short beard, in a light collared shirt.

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Experience — where I’ve been working.

Electrical Engineering Intern Beirut, Lebanon · July – August 2026 Dar Al-Handasah (Shair & Partners)

Six-week summer internship with the Electrical Department at Dar Al-Handasah.

Electrical Subteam Member Kingston, ON · Sept 2025 — Apr 2026 Queen’s Knights Robotics

Drafting pseudocode for a supercapacitor charge/discharge control loop on the STM32L432KC Nucleo board. Designing a connector breakout PCB module in KiCad.

Electrical Subteam Member Kingston, ON · Sept 2025 — Apr 2026 Queen’s Formula SAE — Tractive System

Analyzed the Elcon HK-J-H650-12 accumulator charger for rule compliance; proposed a J1772 adapter using a Control Pilot resistor network that would cut charge time roughly 40% versus the 120V backup.

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Projects

Detailed writeups follow.

№ 01 Smart Walking Stick Sept 2025 – Dec 2025
An assistive cane with three ultrasonic sensors, GPS logging, and buzzer feedback for visually impaired users. Designed under a $75 CAD budget. My contributions included the mechanical mounting system.
№ 02 Firefighter Exoskeleton — Battery Level Indicator 2025
A custom PCB battery indicator for a firefighter exoskeleton. 24V power system with voltage regulation and OLED readout.

Read on →

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Tools

Hardware: Circuit design, soldering, wiring, debugging
PCB: KiCad, Altium Designer
CAD: SolidWorks
Simulation: LTspice, STM32CubeIDE
FPGA: Quartus, ModelSim, CPUlator
Programming: C, C++, Python, MATLAB, VHDL, SQL, Assembly (Nios II, x86)
Data & ML: OpenCV, Ultralytics YOLO, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, matplotlib, HDF5/h5py
Tooling: Git, GitHub, VS Code, Jupyter, Arduino, Excel
Languages: Arabic (native), English (fluent), French (basic)

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Education.

Queen’s University — Faculty of Engineering Kingston, ON · 2024 — present

B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

Eastwood International School Beirut, Lebanon · graduated 2024

International Baccalaureate Diploma · HL: Mathematics, Physics, Business

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Stage door

I’m open to internships, project collaborations, and conversations about hardware and assistive technology. Email is the fastest way to reach me.

Email: rami.idriss2910@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rami-idriss
GitHub: github.com/DJin-n