Author name: Elara Voskian

Elara Voskian is an industrial designer and IoT hardware specialist with 12 years of experience developing sensor-integrated waste systems for smart cities. She holds a Ph.D. in Embedded Systems from TU Delft and led firmware architecture for three award-winning smart bin deployments across Singapore, Berlin, and Toronto. Certified in UL 60730 safety standards and circular economy design, she consults for municipal waste-tech startups and teaches human-centered robotics at MIT’s Urban Tech Lab.