Hi, I'm Joel. I like to work on machines, software, and climate solutions.

I helped to bring a solar installation to Riverdale Country School, which will save 250 metric tons of CO₂ equivalent each year, save Riverdale money, supply backup power during outages, and provide live energy data for use in the science curriculum. I founded Students for Electric Buses, a club attempting to transition Riverdale's bus provider to electric school buses. I also did research on organic solar cells at New York University's Lee Research Lab.

I served on Manhattan Community Board One's Environmental Protection Committee, which plans Lower Manhattan's climate resiliency projects, and the Youth & Education Committee. I worked with the Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice and Street Vendor Project on connecting street vendors to the electrical grid instead of using gas generators (see more).

Among my software projects, Buseroo.com has helped students find which school bus goes to any address, Homework Checker helps students manage their homework, Focus for Google Docs helps people write without distractions, and LirongArt.com showcases my mom's paintings.

Among my engineering projects, I built a vending machine that served snacks to people at school, Jacob's ladder that acts as my morning alarm, wooden pinball machine, and slayer exciter. You can explore my projects in more depth below: