Kevin Clarkin

IT Assistant at UH Manoa | Senior Computer Science student

I am a Senior for the Computer Science Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii. Currently working as an IT assistant. I expect to graduate in Fall, 2025.


Interests: Data-Analysis, Video-Game Development, Cooking, Poetry, Philosophy and Religion


Projects

My Sun is a Sea of Stars (Indie 2D Mob-Shooter) 2024

Inidie shooter game developed in Unity.

Unity Engine AI Programming

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Life Before Death 2024

Indie first-person puzzle game developed as a team for ICS 485: Video Game Design.

Unreal Engine Perforce

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Aloha Archives: The Hawaii Open Data Portal 2024

A redesign of the current Hawaii Open Data Portal to allow for more ease of use.

Software Engineering Team Project Web Development AI Programming JavaScript TypeScript React Bootstrap 5 Next.js PostgreSQL GitHub

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Winner of the William P. Hanf Competition for Undergraduate Students 2023

I was the winner of the William P. Hanf Undergraduate Competition for Manoa Undergraduates for Fall 2023. Here is the problem and project that I did throughout that semester.

Math Competition

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Essays

Beyond the Browser: Applying Core Software Engineering Principles to Any Project

18 Dec 2024

During this course, I discovered that software engineering goes well beyond the technical specifics of building web applications. While it’s true that I learned how to develop web-based projects, the broader and more valuable lessons came from understanding foundational concepts...

Software Engineering Reflection

Reflection of AI in 314: AI as a Tool for Learning

16 Dec 2024

Reflection of AI in 314: AI as a Tool for Learning The use of AI has seen rapid growth in recent years, with the boom of its capabilities seen with the advent of the ever-famous learning language model ChatGPT. In...

Software Engineering AI

The Symphony of Design Patterns

02 Dec 2024

Imagine standing before a symphony orchestra, each musician poised to play their part. At first glance, the scene is chaotic—strings being tuned, brass warming up, percussionists tapping lightly on their instruments. Yet when the conductor lifts their baton, order emerges...

Software Engineering Design Patterns

Aloha Archives: Your Window into Hawaii’s Data and Insights

04 Nov 2024

Project: Aloha Archives Authors: JR (Jonathan) Lee, Jared Seto, Shaelyn Loo, and Kevin Clarkin Overview The Problem The existing Hawaii Open Data portal is challenging for the average citizen to navigate. Citizens often encounter difficulties due to: Inconsistent dataset tagging...

Software Engineering NextJS

UI Frameworks: Why Would Anyone Bother?

09 Oct 2024

Why Use UI Frameworks Like Bootstrap 5? When it comes to building websites, developers face the choice between using raw HTML and CSS or turning to a UI framework like Bootstrap 5. It can be tempting to avoid frameworks since...

UI Frameworks Bootstrap5 HTML CSS

The Flowing Philosophy of Coding Standards: Far Greater than Formatting

25 Sep 2024

When most people think of coding standards, the conversation often revolves around trivial matters: how many spaces to indent, where to place curly braces, or whether to use tabs or spaces. While these small details do play a role in...

Coding Standards ESLint Typescript

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