Berkeley, CA · Data Science

Ali
Musayev.

01 / About

I'm a freshman at UC Berkeley studying Data Science through CDSS. Before Berkeley, I was a Regeneron ISEF finalist and published two papers on triboelectric nanogenerators — work that taught me how much ground you can cover when curiosity outpaces the syllabus.

02 / Research
Published
& independent work
2024

Fabricating Nylon/MWCNT Nanocomposites for Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Engineered nanocomposite materials with multiwalled carbon nanotubes to enhance triboelectric charge density, with durability analysis under repeated mechanical loading.

J. Ovanic Research
2024

Water-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Marine Environmental Monitoring

Designed a self-powered sensing architecture using water-contact electrification, optimizing voltage stability under dynamic environmental conditions.

J. BEU Physics
2024

Hybrid Energy Systems Based on Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Smart Settlements

Developed a hybrid renewable energy framework integrating triboelectric generators with conventional sources — a scalable model for distributed energy resilience.

Independent
03 / Technical
Selected
projects
2026

Lens — AI Video Intelligence

An AI app for long-form video understanding. Transcription, automatic chapter generation, semantic search across footage, and a clip-builder for extracting moments. Python/FastAPI backend running vLLM on RunPod, SwiftUI frontend.

Swift · vLLM
2026

SmileTrack — Orthodontic Tracking

iOS app for tracking orthodontic alignment progress over time. Built with SwiftUI, Firebase Authentication, and Firestore for real-time sync across devices.

iOS · Firebase
2025

Pneumonia Detection via Convolutional Neural Networks

Deep convolutional architecture for medical image classification on chest X-ray datasets, with preprocessing pipelines and cross-validation to improve generalization.

Python · TF
2024

Stock Price Forecasting with LSTM Networks

Recurrent neural network models for multivariate time-series forecasting, evaluated with RMSE and comparative loss convergence analysis.

Keras · Pandas
04 / Stack

Languages

  • Python
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • C++

Libraries

  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch
  • Pandas
  • NumPy

Tools

  • Git
  • SQL
  • Jupyter

Spoken

  • Azerbaijani — Native
  • English — Fluent
  • Russian — Fluent
  • Turkish — Fluent
  • German — Conversational
05 / Honors
Regeneron ISEF Finalist
International
Gold Medal — National Science Fair
Azerbaijan
FRC San Diego Regional
FIRST Robotics