Jiawen Chen

Student

I am studying for a B.S. in Computer Science in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii. I expect to graduate in Spring, 2025.


Interests: Software Engineering, Game Design, AI


Projects

Lendor Vendors, a loaning service 2023-12-13

Lendor Vendors is a web application aimed towards helping the UH community connect with one another by providing a platform where everyone can loan out items and trinkets they no longer use, to help others who might be in need of such items.

Meteor React Software Engineering MongoDB

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Building Custom Keyboards 2022-8-16

Researching the different components of a mechanical keyboard, and ordering certain parts to finally put together my very own custom mechanical keyboard.

Mechanical Keyboard Building & Assembly

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Egg Drop Experiment 2019-05-27

A video that I edited during sophomore year of high school for a group experiment we did on egg drops, using yeast and alka seltzer to create a protective layer to ensure that the egg doesn't crack during impact.

Davinci Resolve Video Editing

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Essays

It's Hard Managing 8 People

09 May 2024

This past semester has been an important lesson in group work. I had good expectations going into the second phase of the Software Engineering course thinking it would be another journey down a peaceful road. One of the main problems...

Meteor React Software Engineering MongoDB

End of a race, start of a marathon

11 Dec 2023

To me, this past semester was very enjoyable, having escaped the theory and abstract problems of data structures and algorithms, I get to finally do hands on work to develop something that can be seen by not just me or...

UI Frameworks Open Source Software Development Design Patterns Software Engineering Functional Programming

How You Should Build a House

29 Nov 2023

Building and Construction To me, design patterns can be seen as building a house. In the field of construction, there are a set of common rules that workers should follow when building a house, such as starting with the structure...

Meteor React Design Patterns Software Engineering

I Did not ChatGPT This

20 Nov 2023

Introduction AI programs like ChatGPT, Bard, and Co-Pilot are programs that are able to generate text based on the input that the user gives it and can be used for a variety of purposes. If used correctly, it can allow...

AI ChatGPT Software Engineering

Loosely Strapped On

04 Oct 2023

Just like libraries that are built into programming languages like Java, JavaScript, C++ and Python, UIs also have pre-built libraries that people can use to code and create more efficient user interfaces. After playing around and refreshing my knowledge on...

HTML CSS BootStrap5

Another Tool to add to the Toolkit.

20 Sep 2023

Just with like anything in life, there are guidelines that one can choose to follow for the best experience. With coding, these guidelines are there to ensure that not only are our codes readable to not only us, but also...

JavaScript Learning ESLint

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