Computer Engineering · Texas A&M University
Computer Engineering student at Texas A&M. I research TMS neuronavigation at Houston Methodist and viral genome annotation in the Neuman Lab, and build embedded systems, computer vision, and full-stack software.
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A RAG chatbot for this site, running as a TypeScript Cloudflare Worker. It combines vector search with BM25, reranks the results with a cross-encoder, and has Llama 3.3 70B answer only from the retrieved sources, with citations. A 33-question eval set measures retrieval recall, citation accuracy, and prompt-injection resistance: 100% recall@4 at 1.9 s median latency.
Research software for comparing EEG 10–20 cap targeting with MRI-guided TMS neuronavigation. A Python pipeline builds scalp meshes from T1 MRI, places 10–20 electrode sites by arc length, and runs Monte Carlo sampling of coil placement error. Recorded Brainsight poses feed the placement statistics, a SimNIBS workflow models the induced electric field, and a Three.js viewer shows the results in 3D.
A Windows desktop app that records the screen, webcam, or both and exports a time-lapse at up to 600x. Frames are captured locally and assembled with FFmpeg; nothing is uploaded.
Generates phone lock-screen wallpapers from a URL: a year calendar, life-in-weeks grid, or goal countdown. The server renders SVG layouts to PNG with sharp, and an iPhone Shortcut or MacroDroid task refreshes the wallpaper daily.
A goal and habit tracker that stores progress and streaks in MySQL, with a chatbot for journaling, reminders, and daily prompts.
A healthcare records web app on a PostgreSQL schema of 5+ relational tables (patients, records, users), originally deployed on AWS. Role-based access control separates three user types, and a REST API handles CRUD on clinical data.
My portfolio, built with Astro, Tailwind, and TypeScript. All content lives in one data file that both the page and AliBot's corpus are generated from.
A HowdyHack web app that issues daily challenges to students. I built the Flask backend and REST endpoints for challenges, submissions, and user progress.
A Streamlit dashboard for comparing 25+ stocks with live data from yfinance. pandas computes daily change, total return, and volatility. 2nd place at FREEWORKS, Texas A&M.
A 3D game in Java, written to learn graphics programming. LWJGL handles rendering and ImGui the debug tools; it has player movement, collision detection, and basic enemy AI.
May 2026 – Present
Houston Methodist, Houston, TX
Researcher, TMS neuronavigation
Independent project under a Rice University PhD student comparing EEG 10–20 cap positioning with MRI-guided neuronavigation for figure-8 TMS coil placement in rTMS treatment of neurogenic overactive bladder. I quantify placement accuracy with Monte Carlo sampling and paired equivalence testing, and built a SimNIBS model of the electric field each method delivers to the cortical target from subject MRI. The question is whether the lower-cost cap method is clinically equivalent and could widen access to rTMS.
Open the TMS-Nav viewerJan 2026 – Present
College Station, TX
Bioinformatics Research Assistant & Peer Mentor
Annotated 25+ viral genomes using tBLASTn, ORFfinder, and HHpred, and mentor 30 undergraduate researchers on annotation methods, reviewing their genome maps before submission. Building a web platform and Python tooling on a PostgreSQL data model to centralize the annotation workflow for 180 undergraduate researchers. Presented posters at the EIS Symposium and the SACNAS TAMU Diversity in Science Symposium (April 2026).
Read about the labFeb 2023 – Jul 2025
Houston, TX
Independent
Commissioned to build custom computers at a range of price points. Chose parts to fit each client's budget and use, then assembled, tested, and set up each machine.
Oct 2023 – Apr 2025
Houston, TX
Independent
Taught weekly piano and guitar lessons to students of varying levels.
Completed Apr 2025
Online
May 2022 – Sep 2022
Houston, TX
A-Beautiful Pools & Sweetwater Pools
Lifeguarded at two community pools.
Jan 2026 – Present
College Station, TX
Media Manager
Lead the electrical and computer vision subsystems of IRIS, an autonomous surgical light built by a 7-member team: a custom PCB and Raspberry Pi controller driving servos on 3+ axes, and OpenCV hand tracking with sub-100 ms response. IRIS won 1st place at Good Bull Pitch, the Meloy Innovators Award, and 2nd place at the Aggies Create Innovation Expo.
Aggies Create on LinkedInMar 2026 – Present
College Station, TX
Student Senator, Engineering Caucus Leader
Elected with 600+ votes, the most in the caucus, to represent 25,000+ engineering students. I lead the Engineering Caucus, directing 9 senators on legislative priorities, and have authored and passed multiple senate bills working with deans, faculty, and administrators on curriculum and academic resources.
senate.tamu.eduAug 2025 – Feb 2026
College Station, TX
Member
Designed a deployable, FEMA-compliant solar power system for off-grid agricultural use, selecting batteries and inverters and validating performance for field deployment.
ewb-tamu.orgOngoing
College Station, TX
Member, Internal Committee
Freshman leadership organization in Texas A&M Engineering.
@tamufreeOngoing
College Station, TX
Member
Texas A&M student branch: technical workshops, projects, and professional development.
ieeetamu.orgOngoing
College Station, TX
High school
Clements HS, Fort Bend ISD
Officer
Tutored students, ran programming contests, and volunteered at local middle schools.
clementscsnhs.orgPitch wins, podiums, and a lot of music. Drag the strip or use the arrows.
I'm looking for a summer 2027 internship. Email is the best way to reach me.
alizrad99@gmail.comI built this to practise retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings and LLM APIs. I only know what's on this site, and I show you where each answer came from. How it works