energy + hardware
energy writing
energy projects
I share research and thoughts at my newsletter, this is going to be electric.
Topics I’ve written about:
- a high-level intro to the future of clean energy x tech x policy
- generation: solar, wind, hydropower
- generation: geothermal, biomass, nuclear
- what is energy transmission?
- what is interconnection?
- interconnection solutions and startups
- what is energy distribution?
visualizing the energy stack
building a solar-powered battery pack for backpacking
As a high schooler, I debated the merits of a carbon tax. At Duke, I studied policy and sat on the University’s Climate Commitment Advisory Council (CCAC) as student body president. At McKinsey I worked with HVAC efficiency climate tech startup Sealed while helping to scale the InNYC Startup Accelerator. Today, I’m compelled by energy because it’s both essential and hard.
I care that we rise to meet the current onslaught of demand responsibly and win the energy transition. I’m an optimist at heart.
To understand our constraints firsthand, I work on developing renewable power for data centers on the side of my full time job, and have built hardware micro-projects such as a solar-powered battery pack. Writing about my journey on Substack.
I cohost monthly energy / climate dinners in NYC with my friend Johann. Our aspiration is to build a local community that benefits all its participants.
Please reach out if you’d like to join us for dinner or just to chat about energy work!
Link here [WIP].
A visual exploration of the energy stack, from generation to distribution. Covering 6 clean power generation sources (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, nuclear) + storage (batteries) + DERs (distributed energy resources), interconnection, transmission lines, substations, distribution lines, and delivery to end users, like you and me.
I built from scratch a solar-powered battery pack to charge my electronics with for my July 2025 backpacking trip to Banff. It was my first ever hardware project. With Claude’s help, it only took me ~3 days.
The project was inspired by a conversation had at Edge Esmeralda. My takeaway from it was that in this day and age, there’s no reason why you can’t just build anything.
You can read about starting the project and building the MVP in part 1 and completing the build, taking it into the wild, and LLM learnings in part 2.
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Currently exploring the gap between AI progress + hardware implementation across industrial sectors. Spoke to engineers at Meta, Apple, Nvidia, John Deere, and medtech firms who aren't leveraging these advances - most still do failure analysis via Excel screenshots and manual workflows. Bottlenecks aren't just technical - they're workflow, regulatory, and cultural. Interested in edge AI applications where real-time processing meets physical constraints, including and especially robotics.
Building an autonomous drone from scratch in my apartment to understand these limitations firsthand.
Stay tuned!
energy + hardware
energy writing
energy projects
I share research and thoughts at my newsletter, this is going to be electric.
Topics I’ve written about:
- a high-level intro to the future of clean energy x tech x policy
- generation: solar, wind, hydropower
- generation: geothermal, biomass, nuclear
- what is energy transmission?
- what is interconnection?
- interconnection solutions and startups
- what is energy distribution?
visualizing the energy stack
building a solar-powered battery pack for backpacking
As a high schooler, I debated the merits of a carbon tax. At Duke, I studied policy and sat on the University’s Climate Commitment Advisory Council (CCAC) as student body president. At McKinsey I worked with HVAC efficiency climate tech startup Sealed while helping to scale the InNYC Startup Accelerator. Today, I’m compelled by energy because it’s both essential and hard.
I care that we rise to meet the current onslaught of demand responsibly and win the energy transition. I’m an optimist at heart.
To understand our constraints firsthand, I work on developing renewable power for data centers on the side of my full time job, and have built hardware micro-projects such as a solar-powered battery pack. Writing about my journey on Substack.
I cohost monthly energy / climate dinners in NYC with my friend Johann. Our aspiration is to build a local community that benefits all its participants.
Please reach out if you’d like to join us for dinner or just to chat about energy work!
Link here [WIP].
A visual exploration of the energy stack, from generation to distribution. Covering 6 clean power generation sources (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, nuclear) + storage (batteries) + DERs (distributed energy resources), interconnection, transmission lines, substations, distribution lines, and delivery to end users, like you and me.
I built from scratch a solar-powered battery pack to charge my electronics with for my July 2025 backpacking trip to Banff. It was my first ever hardware project. With Claude’s help, it only took me ~3 days.
The project was inspired by a conversation had at Edge Esmeralda. My takeaway from it was that in this day and age, there’s no reason why you can’t just build anything.
You can read about starting the project and building the MVP in part 1 and completing the build, taking it into the wild, and LLM learnings in part 2.
home
exploring
gallery
writing
about me
contact
hardware x AI
Currently exploring the gap between AI progress + hardware implementation across industrial sectors.
Spoke to engineers at Meta, Apple, Nvidia, John Deere, and medtech firms who aren't leveraging these advances - most still do failure analysis via Excel screenshots and manual workflows. Bottlenecks aren't just technical - they're workflow, regulatory, and cultural. Interested in edge AI applications where real-time processing meets physical constraints, including robotics and applications in construction.
energy + hardware
energy projects
I share research and thoughts at my newsletter, this is going to be electric.
Topics I’ve written about:
- a high-level intro to the future of clean energy x tech x policy
- generation: solar, wind, hydropower
- generation: geothermal, biomass, nuclear
- what is energy transmission?
- what is interconnection?
- interconnection solutions and startups
- what is energy distribution?
visualizing the energy stack
building a solar-powered battery pack for backpacking
As a high schooler, I debated the merits of a carbon tax. At Duke, I studied policy and sat on the University’s Climate Commitment Advisory Council (CCAC) as student body president. At McKinsey I worked with HVAC efficiency climate tech startup Sealed while helping to scale the InNYC Startup Accelerator. Today, I’m compelled by energy because it’s both essential and hard.
I care that we rise to meet the current onslaught of demand responsibly and win the energy transition. I’m an optimist at heart.
To understand our constraints firsthand, I work on developing renewable power for data centers on the side of my full time job, and have built hardware micro-projects such as a solar-powered battery pack. Writing about my journey on Substack.
I cohost monthly energy / climate dinners in NYC with my friend Johann. Our aspiration is to build a local community that benefits all its participants.
Please reach out if you’d like to join us for dinner or just to chat about energy work!
Link here [WIP].
A visual exploration of the energy stack, from generation to distribution. Covering 6 clean power generation sources (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, nuclear) + storage (batteries) + DERs (distributed energy resources), interconnection, transmission lines, substations, distribution lines, and delivery to end users, like you and me.
I built from scratch a solar-powered battery pack to charge my electronics with for my July 2025 backpacking trip to Banff. It was my first ever hardware project. With Claude’s help, it only took me ~3 days.
The project was inspired by a conversation had at Edge Esmeralda. My takeaway from it was that in this day and age, there’s no reason why you can’t just build anything.
You can read about starting the project and building the MVP in part 1 and completing the build, taking it into the wild, and LLM learnings in part 2.
home
exploring
gallery
writing
about me
contact
hardware x AI
Currently exploring the gap between AI progress + hardware implementation across industrial sectors.
Spoke to engineers at Meta, Apple, Nvidia, John Deere, and medtech firms who aren't leveraging these advances - most still do failure analysis via Excel screenshots and manual workflows. Bottlenecks aren't just technical - they're workflow, regulatory, and cultural. Interested in edge AI applications where real-time processing meets physical constraints, including robotics and applications in construction.