This week I finally finished the core functionality of my team project for the mobile app and spent some time looking through all of the code that went into this process. I tend to put on my blinders when programming and focus heavily on the task immediately before me. This provides me the ability to…

This past week I hot a major milestone in my final course, as well as my final academic project. I finished all of the mandatory functionality for the mobile app that my team set at the outset of the course. By some standards the mobile app is a complete product, fully functional and capable of…

This week marked the midpoint in my final semester at OSU and the “nervousited” feeling is ramping up. We had to present a compilation of our current project files alongside individual demonstration videos. I have been taking each week at a time, but seeing how much of our project has been implemented, it’s beginning to…

During this past week I delved deep into my mobile app project, which required some significant research to supplement my current, novice level mobile dev skillset. I spent hours learning about working with Firestore and how to interact with the database to retrieve any relevant data. I learned several quirks about the Dart programming language…

This past week was the first week of actual development for my part of the Science Sleuth team project. I got my hands dirty with some coding, which is always a comfortable place for me. I have enjoyed much of the different aspects of studying computer science at OSU, but nothing compares to the thrill…

During this past week my group crafted our project plan for our citizen science educational project, which we have named Science Sleuths (catchy, I know). During this phase I began to realize that I need to shift my entire mindset, as I have been focused on academia for over a decade. The capstone project at…

My group has been officially assigned and we now have our project assignment. We will be developing a K-12 Citizen Science mobile app with accompanying admin website for teachers. Although I was looking forward to working on one of the gaming-based projects, I believe this project will not only push me harder, but will also…

I have always been a curios person with a deep need to learn. From little tidbits of trivia to complex concepts that require devoted research, I find myself drawn to the quest for knowledge. I rarely dip my toes into any subject, but rather dive deep and swim around until I have explored every nook…