Ryan Honary is a teenage inventor and entrepreneur who has been actively putting his STEM-fueled passion for people and the environment into action for years. He has won numerous national and international science and humanitarian awards, and has been featured in national media.
He is also a UNESCO/Learning Planet Youth Fellow and the founder of the educational non-profit Climate Solutions Society. which is helping other youth develop tech based solutions for various environmental applications.
His company, SensoRy AI, founded upon a grant awarded by the Irvine Ranch Conservancy and is collaborating with Orange County Fire Authority enabling an ultra-early wildfire detection solution leveraging his proprietary AI-driven sensor network technology. The system was deployed for a live trial in February of 2025, with plans for expansion throughout 2025.
For more information on SensoRy AI click here.
Major Achievements
At the 2025 International Science & Engineering Fair, the biggest and most prestigious global high school STEM competition with top 1% science fair participants from 66 countries, achieved 2nd place Grand Award in Embedded Category, $15000 Office of Naval Research Special Award, and $5000 first place Innovator Special Award from Qorvo.
The Earth Prize 2024 Global Top 10 Finalist chosen from over 1000 projects across 117 countries
IB Global Youth Action Fund Award 2023
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UN Summit of the Future 2023 & 2024 Youth Delegate
Orange County Business Journal's OC 500, 2021
Broadcom Masters Top 30 Finalist, September 2020
Red Cross Disaster Services Award, August 2020
Office of Naval Research Naval Science Award, March 2020
Ignite Innovation Student Challenge Grand Prize, May 2019 a National Science Competition
Click here for more information about the awards Ryan has received for his work.
Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE: SensoRy AI and OCFA deploy AI-driven early wildfire detection system in City of Irvine Open Space Preserve
In a unified effort to address the growing threat of wildfires in Southern California, Ryan Honary, founder of SensoRy AI, has partnered with the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) and the City of Irvine to deploy his award-winning AI-driven wildfire detection system in the Irvine Open Space Preserve.
February 12, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: SensoRy AI, Founded by Teen Inventor, Receives Funding and Partners With Irvine Ranch Conservancy and Orange County Fire Authority to Test Climate Solution
Ryan Honary to work with organizations to further evaluate his "AI-Driven Wireless Mesh Sensor Network for Early Detection and Growth Prediction of Environmental Hazards"
December 14, 2022
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PRESS RELEASE: 14-Year-Old Inventor-Environmentalist Invited to Work with Irvine Ranch Conservancy to Leverage Technology to Address Environmental Challenges
Irvine Ranch Conservancy and Ryan Honary Collaborate to Evaluate and Assist in Productization of Honary’s invention: “AI-Driven Wireless Mesh Sensor Network for Early Detection and Growth Prediction of Environmental Hazards”
December 8, 2021
Ryan in the News
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McGraw Hill Achieve 3000 is an online educational platform used by over 5 Million students and 300,000 teachers across 40 countries. Ryan's story has been added to their reading curriculum to motivate education and STEM in kids across the world and to showcase that kids at any age can make a difference. Their article is also accompanied by a video interview with Ryan which you can see at the following link.
November 16, 2022
1480 AM - KAUS
Ryan is interviewed by KAUS in Minnesota.
April 8, 2022
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Ryan’s Latest Blog Posts
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