Hi, I'm Mursal!

I'm Afghan and a first-generation college student, studying Computer Science with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence, plus Political Science and Mathematics, at DePaul University. Outside of code, I write on Substack about women in tech, film, and fashion.

01projects

ChicagoOS

GitHub ↗

A digital twin of Chicago for real-time city simulation, transportation, and infrastructure analytics.

ReactTypeScriptMapLibre GLTailwind CSSRecharts

ELAN-APP

GitHub ↗

Full-stack AI-inspired outfit rating app — Flask REST API backend, dynamic JS frontend, and a scoring model that evaluates submitted outfit images on style attributes.

FlaskPythonJavaScriptHTML/CSS

Smart Movie Recommender

GitHub ↗

Content-based recommendation engine that filters and ranks films by genre and mood, with parsing built to handle varied query formats and edge cases.

PythonData Structures

Greenhouse Monitoring System

Sep – Nov 2025

IoT system on Raspberry Pi tracking temperature and soil salinity in real time, with a live OLED display and automated email alerts on threshold breaches.

Raspberry PiPythonSQL

Android Projects

GitHub ↗

Multiple Android apps, including a Java loan payment calculator and a Jetpack Compose notable-items viewer with custom data models and dynamic UI.

JavaKotlinJetpack Compose

02skills

Languages

Python, Java, JavaScript, C/C++, SQL (PostgreSQL), HTML/CSS, Kotlin

Frameworks & Libraries

React, Node.js, Flask, Jetpack Compose

Tools & Platforms

Git, GitHub, VS Code, MongoDB, Neon, Linux, Jira, Notion

Concepts

REST APIs, data structures & algorithms, OOP, agile workflows, IoT systems