Sydney Kim

Student

I am studying for a B.S. in Computer Science (Data Science track) in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I expect to graduate in Fall 2024.


Interests: STEM Education, Sustainability Technologies, User Experience Design, Marketing Graphics and Brand Design


Projects

Rate My Facilities - a web application 2023-12-15

A web application designed to provide helpful information about the quality of campus facilities.

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University Experience Course 2023

Designing lesson plans and teaching a course dedicated to helping incoming freshmen acclimate to UH Manoa and university life.

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Creative work for Manoa Academy of Gamers 2022

Marketing and advertising for various events held by Manoa Academy of Gamers.

Photoshop Graphic Design

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Case for Particle Counters 2021

Designing and constructing a case for particle counters in the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope dome. An engineering project I worked on as part of the Akamai internship with Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.

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Essays

Finding adventure in software engineering

15 Dec 2023

Introduction My initial idea of software engineering was abstract and not well-informed. I knew what software was and what engineering was, and from my prior experiences in engineering classes, I figured a class on software engineering would teach me the...

Software Engineering Project Work UI Design Coding Style

Intuition and intention: importance of proper design patterns

30 Nov 2023

Introduction Recently, through a few experiences and conversations I have been encouraged to think more about the quality of the code I write going beyond basic functionality. In addition to being functional, good code should be reproducible, reusable, and easy...

Software Engineering Design Patterns

The new world: artificial intelligence in education

21 Nov 2023

Introduction In recent years, artificial intelligence has become a large part of education, learning, and software development. From predictive text to large language models, almost every student has utilized or been exposed to some form of AI. I have not...

Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence Education

Seeing the future through UI

05 Oct 2023

Gen Z and the evolution of UI design As frequent purveyors of the newest and greatest technologies, our generation has grown up watching trends in user interface design evolve and transform. With our collective experience with different UI systems, I...

HTML/CSS Bootstrap 5 UI Design

The beauty of conformity

21 Sep 2023

Why does coding style matter? We have all been through the universal struggle of reading someone else’s code – whether it’s a friend’s code, a (possibly) helpful answer on Stack Overflow, or even our own code from years past, having...

Software Engineering Coding Style

Skills for the small world - software engineering for local community

01 Sep 2023

Growing up, I never considered working in the field of computer science. I was interested in what I thought were grandiose, abstract careers – astronaut, animator, music artist. I have always felt a passion for helping people and changing the...

Software Engineering