hamzah al ani
Who am i?
2019-20: During the start of COVID I started learning computer programming using Wick Editor.
2021: I joined the Mozfest Youth Zone 2021 Hackathon, and placed third!
2022: Graduated highschool early and started college at the age of 16, studying Engineering Science.
2023 - 2025: I've studied Computer Science, two years of Engineering Science, joined so many game jams, build so many cool things, started AuroraBCI, worked in student government, became a member of Phi Theta Kappa, and made a lotta memories in college.
2025: Completed my Associates in Engineering Science, graduating with distinction from MCC.
Started freelancing in Software Development, in addition to starting Candlestick as a side project.2025 - Present: Studying for my Bachelor's in Microelectronic Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
EMERGE-MICRO (2025-28)
NSF Government Grant Program
Selected as one of the only 4 engineering students from MCC for the NSF-funded semiconductor workforce development program!
Gained hands-on experience with semiconductor processes, cleanroom operations, and microelectronics research at RIT.
Aurora BCI (2024-25)
EEG Research Group
Formed a small team researching EEG technologies, with the hopes of creating an EEG device prototype and developing a game that can be controlled through your mind.
Placed first in the 2025 MCC Scholar’s Day, under the Engineering Category!
Leadership (2023-25)
Participated and led various clubs/ organizations, including the MCC Student Government Association.
Managed large teams, budgets, events for 100+ members, worked in magazine production (partnering with Rochester EPI printshop), ran fundraisers, moderated large online communities, featured on news, and more.
Later awarded the 2025 MCC Tribune Pride Award for my contributions.
King Oyster (2024)
Private Discord Bot for a College Organization
King Oyster is one of my many Discord Bots, created specifically for the MCC Cabbages & Kings online Discord server community.
King Oyster is programmed in Node JS, with many capabilities including accessing Google Drive, reading spreadsheets, generating QR codes, detecting spam, reminder system, haiku detection, etc. Documentation for this bot are shared on GitHub.
Pixel Lide (2021)
3rd place in the MozFest Youth Zone 2021 Hackathon!
"Pixel Lide is a pixel animating software programmed in the Wick Editor designed for use by beginners. Offering tutorials, a visual timeline, and some interactive animation options, Pixel Lide turns out to be quite an impressive project!"
- Luxapodular Damasco, co-founder of WickEditor.com!
Engineering Science Journey
College & Personal Projects
A-Maze Game
Programming Embedded Microcontrollers in C & Assembly
Created with the help of a partner.
December, 2024
Air Mail (Ariel & Ground Vehicle)
MCC Engineering Design Lab
Third place finisher in New York State 2024 TYESA- MCC UAV competition (team of 3).
May, 2024
Sudoku
MatLab Programming
Working with matrix arithmetic to program a sudoku generator & solver.
December, 2023
Microwave Prototype
Digital Systems
Working with a DE10-lite FPGA board, programmed in the Quartus software, using VHDL.
May, 2023
Lego MindStorm Bot
EV3 kit - Python
RIP Adam, my first bot creation.
Designed to collect + sort small items based on colors, speak and line follow.
May, 2022
Car Robot
Mechanical Design & Prototyping
63.5 total hours of labor, researching, designing (solidworks), fabricating, and assembling a car robot.
December, 2022
Candlestick 1.0!
Open-Source Community Project
Candlestick is an Open-Source Animation & Game Engine software!
Candlestick was originally created by two college students back in 2018,
and later gifted to Carnegie Mellon University in 2022.
Since then, software hadn't been updated for ~5 years,
until I and my team decided to pick it back up,
forking Wick Editor into what is now known as Candlestick!
Writing
Writing
4 Ticking Hands
I want to fall into Time’s darkest abyss,
Ticking within the chasm of every second,
Counting every moment we’ve lost to peace.Every instance a joy was born and seized,
Time, we have failed, to balance, to appease;
Clocks are yet ticking the song of our defeat.All I desire is a spark of sinister,
To be a shadow to darkness,
Have a world to guide, to minister,
Without light there to blind us,
Leaving us hopeless.I want to open my eyes,
to close my heart,
And to sing with the clocks,
For all I desire are the tickings.
Essays
Short Stories
AI Art + Prompts:
(nijijourney)
bioluminescence fairy, vector art by Rei Kamoi, featured on deviantart, shock art, flat colors, minimalist, dynamic pose --niji
(Stable diffusion 1.5)
anime, pirate, gold, golden ratio, sf, intricate artwork masterpiece, ominous, matte painting movie poster, golden ratio, trending on cgsociety, intricate, epic, trending on artstation, by artgerm, h. r. giger and beksinski, highly detailed, vibrant, production cinematic character render, ultra high quality model
(midjourney)
Cute happy phoenix adorable chibi, hyperdetailed, Behance HD, CGSociety, 8K resolution, detailed intricate environment, sunny, magical
(Dall-e 2)
flame, chibi, digital art, matte, trending on artstation, svg, 3d
