Meet Ishaan Dokania, the Indian-origin Beaverton sixth-grader who trained a machine-learning model on satellite data to spot potential lithium deposits with 89% accuracy

Meet Ishaan Dokania, the Indian-origin Beaverton sixth-grader who trained a machine-learning model on satellite data to spot potential lithium deposits with 89% accuracy

Ishaan Dokania, a sixth-grader from Oregon, is exploring lithium resource identification using satellite imagery and machine learning. His project reached 89% accuracy in predicting potential lithium deposits after addressing data noise and testing various algorithms. Ishaan's innovative approach combines geology and remote sensing to streamline mineral exploration. He is competing as a finalist in the 2026 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innova…