Uzair Hammad
Computer Science Student at UCLA
Core Competencies
Projects
YouTube Web Scraper
Contributed to feature development of WiSE, an emergency planning tool for wildfire evacuation modeling, by building a Python web scraper to analyze YouTube comments on recent California fires.
Experience
Phillips Research Scholar
Air Force Research Laboratory
Selected as one of 154 AFRL Scholars from a pool of over 1,800 applicants. Modeled nanoparticle growth on slurry flow battery surfaces using COMSOL Multiphysics to assess durability and performance vs. lithium-ion batteries. Awarded ”Viewers’ Choice - Best Poster” out of about 80 submissions.
Developer
B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences
Developed features and resolved bugs for WiSE, a wildfire evacuation planning tool modeling dynamic fire spread. Contributed to UI logic and simulation parameter controls in collaboration with research and software teams.
Education & Awards
B.S. in Computer Science
University of California, Los Angeles
Expected May 2028