About
Building practical tools, thoughtfully.
I'm Paul Savvas — a student at the SMCPS STEM Academy (Grade 10) who enjoys turning ideas into real, working things. I like projects where engineering and design meet: clear constraints, measurable results, and details that hold up outside a demo.
Most of my projects start with failure — circuits that don't work, code that breaks, prints that warp. I treat those setbacks as data: they show what needs fixing. Through CAD design, programming, and hardware builds, I've learned that progress comes from testing assumptions early and iterating until the solution works reliably.
Alongside my projects, I maintain straight A's at the STEM Academy and look for opportunities to help classmates work through technical problems. Leadership, for me, means making sure the people around you have what they need to improve — whether that's clearer documentation, a second perspective, or just accountability to keep moving forward.
What I care about
- Simplicity: reduce complexity until the system is easy to understand.
- Durability: build things that keep working when conditions change.
- Useful output: ship tools that solve real problems and improve over time.
- Good communication: document decisions and make the work easy to collaborate on.
- Learning from failure: treat setbacks as feedback and use them to refine the approach.
What I work on
- Software: small products, utilities, and experiments that are fast to iterate and easy to maintain.
- Hardware: practical builds where constraints (power, sensors, materials) shape the solution.
- 3D design: parts and prototypes that are tested, adjusted, and refined in real conditions.
Now
Right now, I’m focused on building InfantGuard an open-source Arduino based vehicle monitoring system that tracks a car's interior temperature and alerts caregivers if it rises to dangerous levels while an infant is present.
If you want to see what I’m working on, the best place to start is my GitHub or Thingiverse.