This is the second version of my portfolio website, built with Vue.js and Chakra UI. I wanted to create something that would set me apart from other students and job applicants, so I built a site to showcase my skills and abilities.

Before creating the first version, I had no experience in web development. However, I was eager to learn and taught myself HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Within a few weeks, I started work on the first iteration using React.js. Though it was my first foray into web development, I was pleased with the results and proud to share it with potential employers and colleagues.

Over the course of two semesters, I worked with four other students to design, build, and deliver an interactive web application for a client. Our project followed the software development lifecycle (SDLC), and we meticulously documented each phase—from initial design and requirements gathering to final delivery and maintenance.

We were tasked with creating a user-friendly front end using TypeScript, React, and Vite, then connecting it to the client’s Oracle database via Sequelize (an ORM). Our initial directive focused on front-end development, assuming the back-end was already in place.

For my final project in Network Engineering, I gained hands-on experience with DigitalOcean, a leading cloud infrastructure provider. I set up and hosted a reverse proxy server on a DigitalOcean droplet using Nginx, meticulously configuring it to serve a replica of my portfolio site via a dedicated subdomain.

This project involved multiple stages, showcasing my proficiency in various aspects of network engineering while deepening my understanding of DigitalOcean's services. The first step was installing and configuring Nginx on the droplet to efficiently handle incoming traffic, laying the foundation for the rest of the project.

For my final project in Sequential Logic Systems, my partner and I developed a functional rendition of the classic game of Pong using Verilog, ultimately implementing it on an Altera FPGA. This project extensively explored the practical applications of digital design and hardware programming.

We received foundational modules to manage VGA output and CPU timings, and we built upon them to create the core game logic. My contributions involved designing the play area and visual elements (the ball and paddles), as well as the logic governing their interactions. This included handling the ball’s movement and detecting collisions with paddles and game boundaries.

In my Embedded Systems course at the University of Maine, I connected a PS/2 keyboard to a Raspberry Pi via GPIO pins, exploring hardware interfacing, device drivers, and real-time programming in an embedded context.

At the core of the project was a C program that read scan codes from the keyboard and decoded them to display corresponding characters on the terminal. This highlighted my proficiency in low-level programming and keyboard interfacing protocols.