Kendal Oya

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 Fall, 2024.


Interests: Software Engineering, Game Development, Web Development


Projects

Mele Manoa 2023

Mele Manoa is a way to share your musical interests with other students at UH Manoa. This was a group project where we needed to create an application for students to connect with others.

Software Engineering Music ICS314

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Sudoku Solver 2022

Using recursion, this program can solve a sudoku board given.

Java Recursion Sudoku

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Tricky Tic-Tac-Toe 2022

Tricky Tic-Tac-Toe is like basic Tic-Tac-Toe but with a twist. After every players turn, there is a chance that a square on the board may be cleared. This heavily changes the outcome of each game!

Java Game

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Improving Generator Output Using Magnets 2019

This is my Science and Engineering Fair project from 2019. I presented this project at the state and district Science Fair.

Engineering Science Science Fair

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Essays

All in All

09 May 2023

Learning the Fundamentals Throughout this course, many different software engineering concepts were introduced to us. Every single concept has had its use and has shown us that it can be useful in its own individual ways. When you think about...

Software Engineering Reflection Experience

UI is Understandably Irritating

21 Feb 2023

Who decided to code this way? Being introduced to web development seemed like something that would be fun, enjoyable, and easy. Now, I am not saying that it isn’t those things, but there is a lot of pain and frustration...

Software Engineering Web Development HTML CSS Bootstrap

Do Bad Questions Really Exist?

24 Jan 2023

Are there actually stupid questions? Did you ever have an instructor say the phrase “there are no stupid questions so don’t be afraid to ask”? Everytime I heard that phrase I would instantly think of a question that may or...

Questions Answers StackOverflow

How Much Changes in a Year?

19 Jan 2023

Is software constantly changing? As I continue my journey through college, I realize that every day, things are evolving and improving. One of those things is software. Software is constantly being changed and developed for the better. A perfect example...

Future Career Software Engineering Skills Change

Javascript is a Breath of Fresh Air

17 Jan 2023

Javascript is quite simply put, the best coding language I have learned (so far). Javascript > Java Going through college, and learning languages such as Java, C, and C++, it was easy to see that coding languages were very tedious...

Software Engineering Coding Experience