Nicholas Selby
Vice President Of Engineering at Renewvia Energy
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolNicholas Selby is the VP of Engineering at Renewvia, leading the end-to-end design, procurement, construction, productive use, and software infrastructure for solar mini-grids across rural Kenya, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. He combines 11 years of technical and research experience with a rare academic pedigree—B.S. from Georgia Tech, an S.M. from MIT, and a Ph.D. in EECS from MIT—plus prior research roles at JPL and Sandia. Nicholas has translated advanced research into practical impact, building a blockchain-based R-RECs carbon asset platform and co-leading the first peer-reviewed socioeconomic impact analysis of African mini-grids. His background spans robotics, wireless sensing, power systems, and control/telemetry for high-performance engineering projects, reflecting a hands-on approach from CAD and CNC to ROS and cloud software. Based in Nairobi, he bridges cutting-edge research and field-deployable infrastructure, uniquely focusing on measurable development outcomes rather than just technology deployment.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.S.) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyRio Salado College
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (49)
google-apps-script10
solidity10
security10
latex10
katex10
ethereum10
smart-contracts10
javascript9
evm9
openzeppelin9
html8
qr-code8
typesetting8
http8
css8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Darbeloff/lab-utils
May 2019 - Sep 2021
Utilities to aid in lab administration
Contributions:7 PRs, 60 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 4 months
administrationaidlab
rupumped/NicksAPPS
Nov 2016 - Jun 2026
Contributions:80 pushes, 3 branches in 9 years 8 months
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