Ibrahim Ahmed

Engineering

The physics of multicopter drones [In Progress]

(Updated: Dec 4, 2025), Jan 27, 2024 | 13 min read
Categories: Engineering,
Tags: Simulation, Uav,
[In Progress] Equations governing flight of a UAV

A case study in choosing algorithms

(Updated: Apr 27, 2025), Aug 14, 2016 | 3 min read
Categories: Engineering, Physics,
Tags: Algorithms,

A Poor Man's Introduction to Reinforcement Learning

(Updated: Apr 27, 2025), Nov 13, 2017 | 10 min read
Categories: Engineering,
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Reinforcement Learning,

Control Systems: Overview

(Updated: Apr 27, 2025), Sep 10, 2018 | 4 min read
Categories: Engineering,
Tags: Matlab,
A primer for classical control theory.

Classical control: Transforms

(Updated: Apr 27, 2025), Sep 10, 2018 | 5 min read
Categories: Engineering,
Tags: Control Systems,

Classical control: Transfer functions

(Updated: Apr 27, 2025), Sep 21, 2018 | 4 min read
Categories: Engineering,
Tags: Matlab, Control Systems,

Modern control: State space equations

(Updated: Apr 27, 2025), Sep 24, 2018 | 4 min read
Categories: Engineering,
Tags: Matlab, Control Systems,

Modern control: Solutions & state transition matrices

(Updated: Apr 27, 2025), Sep 24, 2018 | 3 min read
Categories: Engineering,
Tags: Matlab, Control Systems,

AI+Building Energy Modeling: IBPSA SimBuild 2024 Notes

(Updated: Apr 27, 2025), Jun 2, 2024 | 7 min read
Categories: Engineering,
Tags: Buildings, Llm, Machine Learning,
Notes from attending the SimBuild conference, especially sessions on data science and modeling.

Talking With Satellites

(Updated: Sep 20, 2018), Oct 14, 2015 | 1 min read
Categories: Engineering, Personal,