About
I just finished my second year of electrical engineering at Queen’s University and I’m heading into my third. I’m from Al Ain, Lebanon, and came to Kingston to study engineering at Queen’s. I’m hoping to continue into higher education afterward.
My personal projects and course notes are open source by default, and openly available. I would rather the things I build be usable by anyone than locked away.
My longer notes live in a separate digital garden.
Most of what I build is for people who don’t usually get built for — blind and low-vision users, firefighters. The Smart Walking Stick, Aynkan, and the Firefighter Exoskeleton battery indicator all point the same way. That is deliberate.
Open-source single-camera object detection and distance estimation, designed as a navigation aid for blind and low-vision users. In progress, developing toward submission to the RESNA Student Design Challenge 2027.
Background
I did the International Baccalaureate Diploma at Eastwood International School in Beirut, with Math, Physics, and Business at higher level. I’m now in the BASc Electrical Engineering program at Queen’s. On campus I’m on the electrical subteams of Queen’s Knights Robotics and Queen’s Formula SAE.
Experience
Dar Al-Handasah (Shair & Partners)
Six-week summer internship with the Electrical Department at Dar Al-Handasah.
Queen’s Knights Robotics
Drafting pseudocode for a supercapacitor charge/discharge control loop on the STM32L432KC Nucleo board, mapping HAL ADC reads and GPIO signaling to each state. Designing a connector breakout PCB module in KiCad — schematic and validated pinouts. Authored the firmware repo README, including a Git/GitHub onboarding guide for new subteam members.
Queen’s Formula SAE — Tractive System
Reviewing tractive system wiring diagrams and the charging shutdown circuit (BMS fault, IMD fault, CAN charger enable, isolation relays/AIRs) against FSAE EV safety rules. 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.
Reach out
I’m open to internships, collaborating on projects, and honestly any conversation worth having. Email is the fastest way to reach me — I’m also on LinkedIn and GitHub.
And if you want to talk books — most of what I’ve read lives over on the reading map.