Eliya Nakamura

Student

I am an undergraduate student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa currently majoring in computer engineering. I expect to graduate in spring 2023 with my bachelor's degree and in spring 2024 with my master's degree.


Interests: Software Engineering, Game Development, Web Design, App Development


Projects

WatchTower 2022

WatchTower is an IoT device that allows users to conveniently see what the current conditions and alerts at any Hawaii beach are.

Raspberry Pi Javascript

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Manoa Eateries 2022

A website that allows students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to see what vendors are currently available.

JavaScript HTML/CSS Bootstrap React Meteor Website Development

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Drone Programming and Control 2021

This is an introductory project in which we learned how to remotely control a drone to complete various tasks through the use of software such as QGroundControl and by writing Python scripts.

Drones Python Wireless Security Virtual Machines Linux

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Rat Counter 2020

A project that utilizes Arduino, MIT AppInventor, Bluetooth, and infrared sensors to track the number of rats that pass by a specified point over an extended period of time.

Arduino C Application Development

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Essays

Looking to the Future

14 Dec 2022

My journey as a software engineer This past semester of ICS 314 has helped me to grow significantly as a programmer and has exposed me to a variety of useful software engineering tools and practices. I was able to gain...

Software Engineering Learning Design Teamwork

Blueprints for Success

01 Dec 2022

Blueprints in software engineering Any good engineer or architect follows a set plan, or blueprint, about how they can implement a solution to a given problem. In software engineering, this blueprint can also be called a design pattern. More specifically,...

Software Engineering Learning Design Strategies

Out with the Old, In with the New

06 Oct 2022

Is this the 90s? Let’s say you are browsing the Internet one day and stumble across a webpage with a very modern, clean design. Now compare that with the simplistic website of, say, a math professor’s academia page. There’s clearly...

UI Frameworks Software Engineering Learning

Smart Cookies and Questions

08 Sep 2022

What makes YOU smart? What is the definition of smart? Is it defined by how well you can do on an exam? How quickly you can solve a Rubik’s cube? Actually, the definition of “smart” may vary depending on the...

Software Engineering Learning Questions Strategies

The Learning Process

31 Aug 2022

Experiences with JavaScript Writing in a new programming language often takes time to get used to, regardless of your prior coding experience. Certain languages, such as Python, are easier to learn than others, while some, like C, might require more...

Software Engineering Learning