In the ninth grade I came across bioplastics, plastics derived from renewable biomass, for the first time. Since then I have spent hundreds of hours researching the space and coming up with an idea for a bioplastic made from duckweed. The thought process was that bioplastics today generally come from…

Climate change is the largest threat that humanity is facing today, impacting our society, biodiversity, and economy. Climate describes the long-term (30+ years) and average weather conditions in a specific region and is regulated by a natural phenomenon called the greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, trap…

Machine learning has enormous potential for solving supply and demand problems in the energy sector. One particular energy source that faces issues with such a prospect is solar energy, which is rapidly becoming one of the most promising sources for producing power. Because the output of solar energy is based…

Predicting the Energy Star Score of Buildings Using a Random Forest Regressor — Machine learning (ML) is a branch of artificial intelligence built on the foundation of systems learning from data, identifying patterns and making decisions with minimal human intervention, and it can be used to produce models relevant to enormous fields like the energy sector. Based on the code and three-article series…

Machine learning (ML) is an umbrella topic encompassing different techniques, learning methods, and applications. My first coding project is one that has significance to many companies today, customer segmentation. …

Lately there’s been a lot of buzz about hydrogen. What’s the hype? Many people think that green hydrogen will be a key player in the energy industry in coming years. When consumed in a fuel cell, the only byproduct is water — no nasty gases like carbon dioxide or methane…

Looking back on the 2021 year and beginning to write this annual letter, I realize how lucky I am. I am incredibly fortunate to be able to say that this year was the most transformative year of my life, and despite the pandemic, these transformations have bettered me, given me…

It is often said that artificial intelligence (AI) is the future, but in truth, AI is no longer the future — it is the present. And no, the rise of AI doesn’t mean that robots will take over the world and end humanity. More accurately, AI is represented everywhere from…

Ella Kissi-Debrah died when she was only 9 years old due to air pollution in 2013. Ella lived within 30 metres of London’s South Circular road and unfortunately, due to traffic emissions, the air she breathed everyday included an abnormally high level of pollutants. In the region of London that…