What Skills I Have Learned
During my time at Shodor, I have learned how to create working models using Microsoft Excel, Agent Cubes, VensimPLE, and Java Script, as well as develop websites using HTML and CSS. I have also learned how use parallel computing concepts to my advantage. Outside of Shodor, I have conducted independent research that utilized the computational skills I learned as part of my apprenticeship. One such project is listed below.
Independent Research Project (2019-2020)
Name: The Economic Effects of Ocean Acidification
Thesis Paper
Past Shodor Projects
Fall Projects
Name: Fall Project
Name: The Economic Effects of Ocean Acidification
Thesis PaperPast Shodor Projects
Fall Projects
Name: Fall Project
Description: Working together with my partner Joseph, my team created a two working models illustrating fish populations and the causes of their declines, along with our first HTML website. The two models were created using Agent Cubes and Vensim, both very effective in tracking and showing variables in live time.
Fall ProjectName: Office Ethics Project
Description: This project replicates a scenario in which you are the manager of a team that is fulfilling part of a team project. It taught me that there are multiple ways in which I can handle team issues and perform project management.
Office Ethics ProjectName: Excel Models
Description: These models were created using Microsoft Excel, and each represents a different scenario that models a real life situation. For example, the "Coin Flip" model replicates a 50-50 percent chance that you will get either heads or tails, while the "Dominant/Recessive" models illustrate the probability that a child will inherit a particular trait from its parents.
Coin Flip Dominant/Recessive Simple Population Diffusion Dice+SpinnerVensim Models
Description: The models here have been created using a modeling-specific tool called VenSIMPLE, or "Vensim" for short. Vensim allows you to track the inputs and outputs of your model, as well as observing each variable in live time with a mode called "Synth-the-Sim."
Getting Sick Rabbits and Bunnies Predator PreyName: Disease AgentCubes Model
Description: This model was created by a modeling tool called AgentCubes, which allows you edit and track each type of character. In this case, the AgentCubes models the spread of a disease from one or more patients to the rest of the population.
AgentCubes ModelName: HTML Research Guide
Description: The HTML research guide teaches us the basic required syntax to understand and apply HTML text so that we can create a website.
HTML Research GuideSpring Projects
Name: CSS Research Guide
Description: The CSS research guide teaches us the basic required syntax to understand and apply CSS text so that we can design a website in a creative and reasonable way.
CSS Research GuideName: Spring Project
Description: Working together with my new partner Rohan, my team created another set of two working models. This time, we illustrated forest fires and the effects of tree saturation and inherent protection on them. We also created a second website to contain these two models. The two models were created using Agent Cubes (again) and Java Script.
Spring ProjectName: Project Euler 1
Description: This project was our first introduction to programming concepts. The purpose of it is to help us solve the first problem in the "Euler Series." This problem asks us to find the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000.
Project Euler 1Name: Bouncing Particles
Description: This was our first JavaScript model that illustrates a particle bouncing off of a wall.
Bouncing ParticlesName: Template Without CSS
Description: This was our first attempt at making a template website.
My TemplateName: Template With CSS
Description: This was our first attempt at making a template website, and we added CSS to it in order to make the website to our specifications.
My TemplateName: Parallel Computing Workbook
This project was our formal introduction into the world of parallel computing. We learned different names of supercomputers, ways to measure their power, and how to think "in parallel."
Parallel Computing WorkbookSummer Projects
Summer Block 1
Name: Old Website
Description: This is the website that I made before changing it to a more visually appealing format.
Old WebsiteName: Livestock and Crop Integration Modeling Project
Description: In this project I used AgentCubes and Vensim to prove the benefits of livestock and crop integration.
Modeling ProjectName: Web Design HLD
Description: This is the HLD for my new website.
Website HLDSummer Block 2
Name: Programming Concepts Syntax Guide
Description: This syntax guide helped us gain an understanding of basic PHP and JavaScript syntax.
Programming Concepts Syntax GuideName: JS Testing
Description: This project helped us learn JavaScript syntax and validate it using TextWrangler.
JS TestingName: PHP Testing
Description: This project helped us learn PHP syntax and validate it using TextWrangler.
PHP TestingName: Forms
Description: This PHP syntax was given to us in order for us to better understand PHP syntax and how to apply it for web-based applications.
FormsName: Original Coin Flip Model
Description: The class worked together to develop an original coin flip model using PHP.
Original Coin Flip ModelName: Changed Coin Flip Model
Description: I worked on editing the coin flip model to add a "number of flips" variable.
New Coin Flip ModelName: Render Demo
Description: The class worked to render HTML in this demo.
Render DemoName: Kristas Projects
Description: These projects helped us increase our understanding of PHP by applying it for practical uses.
Name: Random Hex Code Generator
Description: This projects generates a random hex code value that is then used to change the background color every time it is reloaded.
Random Hex Code GeneratorName: Dice Statistics
Description: This projects allows you, the user, to choose how many rolls and how many dice there are to be rolled. It then displays a chart of the values of the sums.
Dice StatisticsName: Dane Joe
Description: This project allows the user to switch the first letter of the first name with the first letter of the last name. For example, Jane Doe becomes Dane Joe.
Dane JoeName: Background Color Selector
Description: This project allows the user change the background color, and then cookies are used to save the color when you reload the page.
Background Color SelectorName: XML Blog
Description: This project is an example blog that embeds code from an external XML file using PHP.
XML BlogName: Dynamic Web Page
Description: This project is an example of a website that was used by my mentor Ernie to introduce us to dynamic code.
Dynamic Web PageName: Resume
Description: The class created individual, professional resumes that reflect some of our previous accomplishments.
ResumeName: Dice Statistics Database
Description: Using a combination of mySQL, PHP, and HTML, I created a database displaying users inputs.
Dice Statistics DBSummer Block 3
Name: MySQL Syntax Guide
Description: This syntax guide helped us learn basic MySQL syntax to connect to databases, as well as add and analyze data from them.
MySQL Syntax GuideName: Quality Assurance Document
Description: This project is a recording of my efforts to validate and correct the mistakes in my website.
Quality Assurance DocumentName: DB Project
Description: This project uses PHP to connect to mySQL, which in turn connects to a database. It is means to store and display user input data, as well as providing averages and illustrating popular preferences.
DB Project