Cyber-Physical Systems · IoT · Edge AI

Systems that sense,
reason, and act
across the physical world.

I'm an engineer working at the seam between physical infrastructure and intelligent software — building IoT and edge systems that turn sensor data into decisions. A decade coordinating large-scale electrical & MEP projects, now an MS in Cyber-Physical Systems from Northeastern, focused on applied research.

About

I build the bridge between hardware and intelligence.

My background is deliberately unusual. For over ten years I designed and coordinated electrical and MEP systems on US$1B–$4B infrastructure projects — supervising field teams, integrating BMS, CCTV and access-control systems, and commissioning power and low-current installations across large sites.

Then I went back to school for a Master of Science in Cyber-Physical Systems (IoT) at Northeastern University, graduating with a 3.80 GPA. That's where the two halves of my work met: embedded systems, edge computing, communication protocols and machine learning, applied to the physical equipment I already understood from the field.

I'm most drawn to research and engineering where I design, build, and validate real systems — digital twins, predictive maintenance, and low-cost intelligent sensing — rather than stay purely in simulation.

// Electrical Engineer → CPS Engineer → applied systems research

10+
Years in the field
3.80
MS GPA — Cyber-Physical Systems
$4B
Largest project coordinated
105
Field personnel supervised
Selected work

Projects as case studies, not tiles.

Systems I've designed end-to-end — from the sensor and the radio link up to the model and the dashboard.

01 Computer Vision · IoT · Renewable Energy

ISPOS — Intelligent Solar Panel Orientation System

A low-cost solar tracker that uses an ESP32-CAM to visually detect the sun's position and orient the panel for maximum yield — with long-range LoRa telemetry and cloud monitoring, all built from commodity hardware. This was my Master's capstone.

ESP32-CAMLoRaMQTT PythonSkyfieldPySolarPVlib
Problem
Fixed panels lose significant yield; commercial trackers are expensive.
My contribution
Full system: vision-based sun detection, tracking algorithm, LoRa link, cloud logging.
Advisors
Dr. R. Herrero · Dr. H. Tayyar
02 Machine Learning · Digital Twin · Industrial IoT

Digital Twin for Manufacturing Optimization

A digital replica of manufacturing equipment that ingests live sensor data, detects anomalies with ML, and predicts maintenance needs — improving overall equipment effectiveness. Built as a three-layer system: edge collection, a twin core, and a live dashboard.

PythonMQTTscikit-learn InfluxDBReactRecharts
Problem
Unplanned downtime and inefficiency in production equipment.
My contribution
Architecture and implementation across edge, analytics (anomaly detection), and visualization.
Focus
OEE · predictive maintenance · MTBF/MTTR
03 Cyber-Physical Systems · Edge · Predictive Maintenance

Smart Infrastructure Monitoring

An IoT platform for structural-health and asset monitoring of buildings and industrial plant — distributed sensing, edge processing for real-time analysis, and cloud integration for predictive maintenance. Directly bridges my MEP field experience and CPS training.

ESP32Edge AI Time-series DBCloud
Problem
Reactive maintenance of critical infrastructure is costly and risky.
My contribution
System design linking distributed sensing to edge inference and cloud analytics.
Status
Ongoing / research direction
Experience

From the field to the framework.

A decade delivering physical systems on some of the region's largest projects, then formal training to make them intelligent.

2023 — 2025

MS, Cyber-Physical Systems (IoT)

Northeastern University, Toronto · Graduate Teaching Assistant, IoT · GPA 3.80
  • Coursework in IoT embedded systems, connected devices, cloud computing, and data science.
  • Capstone: ISPOS — a vision-driven, LoRa-connected solar tracking system.
  • TA for IoT courses; also completed a Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (2026).
2014 — 2020

Electrical Engineer / MEP Coordinator

ABV Rock Group · Riyadh, KSA
  • Coordinated installation, testing, commissioning and handover of lighting, power and low-current systems (BMS, CCTV, access control) across US$1B–$4B projects.
  • Directed execution of 50+ elevators and five 2.5 MVA synchronized generators for King Saud University Medical City, plus the MOI secure helipad project.
  • Supervised 20–105 technicians across concurrent projects; enforced HSE and contractual standards.
2013 — 2014

Electrical Engineer / MEP Coordinator

Dubai Contracting Company · Riyadh, KSA
  • Reviewed and coordinated MEP drawings, materials and schedules for Burj Rafal Tower (307 m) — the tallest tower in Riyadh at completion.
  • Resolved cross-trade conflicts before installation; produced technical progress reports.
2010 — 2012

Electrical Engineer

World Energy Contracting Company · Dammam, KSA
  • Supervised switchgear installation and cable termination for major utility projects.
  • Led testing and commissioning of relay protection panels, digital fault recorders and battery banks.
Notable field projects
King Saud University Medical City mega-hospital
Directed on-site MEP and electrical integration; supervised 5 × 2.5 MVA gensets with synchronizing panels.
Burj Rafal 307 m · tallest in Riyadh
Coordinated MEP activities for the city's tallest tower at time of completion.
Ministry of Interior HQ secure facility
Ran snag-list and client handover for the secure helipad and lobby — lighting, CCTV, fire alarm, BMS, public address.
Security Forces Medical Center complex build
Led MEP installation across residential villas, utility buildings and site infrastructure.
Toolkit

What I build with.

Programming

PythonC / C++JavaScript SQLBash

Machine Learning

scikit-learnAnomaly detection Time-seriesPredictive maintenance

Embedded & IoT

ESP32 / ESP32-CAMLoRaMQTT Edge computing

Computer Vision

Image-based detectionOpenCVSensor fusion

Cloud, Tools & Domain

AWSLinuxGit AutoCADMEP / electrical systems
Research

Publications & preprints.

Documenting real systems and framing the work as research contributions.

Now

Currently building and researching.

Turning ISPOS into a preprint

Adding experimental data and a literature review to post a citable arXiv paper.

Digital twins for predictive maintenance

Framing a research question around motor-drive and infrastructure health using edge AI and live sensor telemetry.

Low-cost intelligent sensing

Exploring commodity-hardware CPS that make industrial and building systems observable and self-correcting.

Let's build something that senses the real world.

Open to research collaborations, cyber-physical systems and IoT roles, and interesting engineering problems at the hardware–software boundary.