Ryan Honary is a multi-award-winning, 16-yr old inventor and entrepreneur who has been actively putting his STEM-fueled passion for people, animals and the environment into action for years. Motivated by devastating wildfires near his hometown, he created an AI-Driven Sensor Network for the early detection and growth prediction of wildfires. After winning numerous science awards, his project got the attention of Orange County Fire Authority who is now helping him turn his platform into a deployable product. He received funding from Irvine Ranch Conservancy and formed a startup SensoRyAI in 2022. The platform can be used as a low-cost Early Warning System for various environmental hazards, particularly useful for vulnerable communities and developing nations without existing infrastructure. Most recently in April 2024, his project became a Top-Ten finalist at The Earth Prize out of thousands of submissions from over 100 countries.

 

He is also a UNESCO/Learning Planet Youth Fellow  and founded an educational non-profit Climate Solutions Society (CSS) in 2023, where he offers an open version of his SensoRyAI technology platform and mentoring for free to teenagers around the world to enable them to develop environmental solutions that they are passionate about. He has been invited to make presentations to the United Nations General Assembly in New York as a Youth Leader to discuss AI and STEM education for teens and ways to further engage them. He will be presenting again at the UN this September at Summit of the Future. In 2023, Ryan won a grant from International Baccalaureate and United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network to help grow this non-profit. In its first year of creation, Climate Solutions Society has grown to 6 chapters across 6 high schools, and Ryan plans to grow it internationally, with particular focus on low-income communities. There are now multiple teenagers developing AI/STEM based solutions for various environmental problems leveraging the CSS educational platform.

 

While not developing science-based solutions to local and global climate challenges, Ryan loves playing competitive tennis where he is consistently ranked in the top 1% of players in the highly competitive Southern California region. Additionally, he volunteers to teach tennis to special needs kids. When he has time, Ryan enjoys singing and shredding on the electric guitar, and surfing in his hometown of Newport Beach, CA. From a young age, Ryan has been traveling all over the world, which has fueled his curiosity to meet different people, places and cultures. He also enjoys playing with his dog Barney. To learn more, visit www.ryanhonary.com or @ryanhonary on all Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. You can also view videos of Ryan’s work on YouTube.