Selected Work
// 8 projects — click to explore
A mix of infrastructure, research, and software - each one built to solve a real problem. Projects marked with a green "Live" indicator are fully deployed and working demos you can interact with right now.
// RR Placement Simulator
BGP Route Reflector Placement Optimization
Modeled the BGP Route Reflector placement problem as a p-median facility location problem on 260+ real ISP topologies from the Internet Topology Zoo dataset. Applied and compared three optimization ap...
BGP Route Reflector Placement Optimization
Modeled the BGP Route Reflector placement problem as a p-median facility location problem on 260+ real ISP topologies from the Internet Topology Zoo dataset. Applied and compared three optimization ap...
// RR Placement Simulator
Advanced Home Lab
Built a full virtualization lab simulating enterprise services using Proxmox on a Dell PowerEdge T440. The lab replicates real-world IT infrastructure including DNS servers, firewalls, VPN tunnels, an...
Advanced Home Lab
Built a full virtualization lab simulating enterprise services using Proxmox on a Dell PowerEdge T440. The lab replicates real-world IT infrastructure including DNS servers, firewalls, VPN tunnels, an...
// SHA-256 Hasher
Quantum Cryptanalysis: SHA-256
Research project proving SHA-256's post-quantum safety by implementing Grover's algorithm in Qiskit and running noise-modelled attacks on IBM quantum backends. Demonstrated that current quantum hardwa...
Quantum Cryptanalysis: SHA-256
Research project proving SHA-256's post-quantum safety by implementing Grover's algorithm in Qiskit and running noise-modelled attacks on IBM quantum backends. Demonstrated that current quantum hardwa...
// SHA-256 Hasher
FakeDonald's Inventory System
Flask web application with ML demand forecasting, GST receipts, and live inventory dashboard — deployed on Vercel. Features real-time stock tracking, automated reorder alerts, and predictive analytics...
FakeDonald's Inventory System
Flask web application with ML demand forecasting, GST receipts, and live inventory dashboard — deployed on Vercel. Features real-time stock tracking, automated reorder alerts, and predictive analytics...
FakeDonald's Inventory Manager CLI
Zero-dependency Python CLI tool for restaurant inventory management with per-item critical stock alerts, GST calculation, waste tracking, and formatted receipt generation — all in a single portable sc...
FakeDonald's Inventory Manager CLI
Zero-dependency Python CLI tool for restaurant inventory management with per-item critical stock alerts, GST calculation, waste tracking, and formatted receipt generation — all in a single portable sc...
// MCQ Quiz · 1/3
What does DHCP stand for?
CertificationsHub
Fully responsive IT certification learning platform with dynamic MCQ rendering, CLI-style lab simulations, and progress tracking. Built to help IT professionals prepare for CompTIA and Cisco certifica...
// MCQ Quiz · 1/3
What does DHCP stand for?
CertificationsHub
Fully responsive IT certification learning platform with dynamic MCQ rendering, CLI-style lab simulations, and progress tracking. Built to help IT professionals prepare for CompTIA and Cisco certifica...
// IT Troubleshooting Flow
Identify Symptom
User reports: "No internet"
Check Physical
Cable seated? Link lights on?
Check IP Config
ipconfig /all — valid IP?
Basic IT Troubleshooting Lab
Test lab built using old PC hardware and virtual machines to simulate real IT support scenarios including hardware diagnostics, OS installations, network troubleshooting, and file server management.
Basic IT Troubleshooting Lab
Test lab built using old PC hardware and virtual machines to simulate real IT support scenarios including hardware diagnostics, OS installations, network troubleshooting, and file server management.
// IT Troubleshooting Flow
Identify Symptom
User reports: "No internet"
Check Physical
Cable seated? Link lights on?
Check IP Config
ipconfig /all — valid IP?
// Live Page Transitions
aayushpatel/home
This Portfolio Website
Personal portfolio built from scratch using Next.js, Framer Motion, and Tailwind CSS — featuring an interactive terminal, animated network topology backgrounds, glassmorphism design, and a fully dynam...
// Live Page Transitions
aayushpatel/home
This Portfolio Website
Personal portfolio built from scratch using Next.js, Framer Motion, and Tailwind CSS — featuring an interactive terminal, animated network topology backgrounds, glassmorphism design, and a fully dynam...