Aayan Rahman
“Building useful things with electrons & code.”
Embedded systems, FPGAs, and web tools that actually ship.
About自己紹介
I'm a first-year Electrical Engineering student at the University of Waterloo, passionate about building systems that bridge the digital and physical worlds. My interests span high-speed digital design, embedded systems, RF/FPGA development, and PCB design using tools like KiCad and LTspice. When I'm not debugging circuits or writing code, you'll find me working on projects that solve real problems—from race car electrical systems to AI-powered applications.
Education学歴
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON
BASc, Electrical Engineering (Co-op)
Sept 2025 — Apr 2030
White Oaks Secondary School
Oakville, ON
International Baccalaureate Diploma
Sept 2023 — May 2025
Projectsプロジェクト
Waterloo Electrathon Competition
Oct 2024 – May 2025
- • Led electrical design of a single-seat race car; authored wiring diagram, BOM, and failure-mode checklist.
- • Selected an optimal 2.5 kW BLDC motor via torque–speed analysis → ~12% efficiency improvement over baseline.
- • Designed a 12 V SLA battery system with a 100 A ANL fuse sized by surge-current and safety margins.
- • Documented CAD design changes in a detailed engineering logbook, contributing to the team winning the Dennis Weishar Engineering Design Award.
- • Hands-on fabrication: learned to weld and helped rivet the chassis/frame.
- • Coded the official team website for updates and documentation.
NFC Smart Business Card
2025
- • Built a minimalist NFC card that encodes a URL to my portfolio and social links, accessible with any NFC-enabled device.
- • Portfolio site engineered with Next.js and Tailwind CSS, deployed on Vercel with a custom domain migration.
- • Deployed via Vercel CLI with a custom Namecheap domain configured through Vercel DNS, automatically secured with HTTPS
- • Demonstrates a seamless connection between a physical NFC medium and a cloud-hosted digital portfolio.
UofT Hacks — ProteccAPI
Jan 2025
- • Open-source CLI + VS Code extension to prevent API/secret leaks before deployment.
- • Scans for hardcoded keys using regex patterns and Levenshtein distance similarity checks to catch obfuscated or slightly altered strings.
- • Performs dependency audits and detects typosquatting in npm packages.
- • Auto-generates .env files with .gitignore integration to streamline secure workflows.
- • Integrated seamlessly into developer pipelines with Husky pre-commit hooks.
- • Crossed 100+ downloads on npm and is actively maintained as an open-source package.
Raspberry Pi Athan Player
Personal Project
- • Plays Athan MP3 automatically at prayer times; runs fully offline.
- • Built-in Ramadan 2025 timetable (editable), autostarts via systemd, logs to /home/pi/athan/athan_log.txt.
Experience経験
Code Ninjas — Instructor (Sensei)
Oakville, ON
Sep 2024 – Aug 2025
• Instructed 50+ students in JavaScript and C# (Unity), adapting lessons from beginner basics to advanced game development concepts.
• Completed and taught curriculum through the Unity Belts, mentoring higher-level projects and debugging complex issues.
• Led summer camps on Roblox (Lua), Minecraft modding, and robotics, fostering hands-on, project-based learning experiences.
• Introduced younger learners (ages 4–7) to computational thinking and circuit logic using age-appropriate problem-solving activities.
• Handled onboarding, troubleshooting, and equipment readiness to ensure smooth daily operations in the dojo.
Brain Stimuli Project — University of Toronto — Full Stack Developer
Toronto, ON
Oct 2024 – Feb 2025
• Developed a full-stack web platform integrating existing AI emotion models into an interactive React + MongoDB dashboard for neuroscience research.
• Implemented RESTful APIs and real-time data pipelines to visualize sentiment signals with clarity and reliability.
• Collaborated with researchers to refine UI/UX, ensuring dashboards aligned with experiment workflows and supported 90%+ model accuracy.
HealthBot.ca — Co-Founder & Backend Engineer
Remote
May 2024 – May 2025
• Co-founded a PHIPA-compliant AI health-assistant chatbot deployed on Google Cloud, reaching 100+ active users.
• Implemented backend services with role-based access control and CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment time from 30 minutes to under 5 minutes.
• Fixed a critical frontend integration issue with ImageKit by restructuring React components and configuring environment variables, enabling secure image uploads.
• Project gained local media coverage and was featured in a news article highlighting its impact and potential.
Hackathons Canada — Logistics Director
Remote
Jul 2024 – Feb 2025
• Directed logistics and operations for a 330+ participant university hackathon hosted at Laurier.
• Raised over $15,000 in sponsorships and built partnerships with top-tier tech companies.
• Streamlined project coordination using Notion, improving task management and team efficiency by 25%.
• Designed and managed the official Discord server, enabling smooth communication between sponsors, mentors, teams, and hackers throughout the event.
Skillsスキル
Hardware
Software
Tools
Frameworks
Other
Personal個人的
Outside class I like to make, climb, lift, drink matcha, and keep things simple.
- Bouldering
- Gym
- Matcha
- MUJI design
- Formula 1
- Simple recipes
- Music
Watched 観た作品
- When Life Gives You Tangerines · K-Drama
- Death Note · Anime
- Demon Slayer · Anime
- A Sign of Affection · Anime
- Business Proposal · K-Drama
- Jujutsu Kaisen · Anime
- Twenty Five Twenty One · K-Drama
Planning これから
- Hunter x HunterAnime
- The Fragrant Flower blooms diligentlyAnime
- HorimiyaAnime
- Summer StrikeK-Drama
Photo spots 撮影メモ
- Waterloo — E7 glass bridges + minimalist labs
- Waterloo — Dana Porter Library steps (brutalist concrete)
- Toronto — AGO (curved wood + stairs)
- Cappadocia — sunrise hot air balloons
- Istanbul — Hagia Sophia & side streets
- Alberta — Banff ranges + Lake Louise
Contact連絡先
Say hello
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