Computer Science Honors UnderGraduate Students
CSHUGS


Formerly Honors Online Nexus Resource
CS411W Spring 2020
Orange Team

Increased Communication - Simplifying Analytics - Improving Outreach

Problem Description

Universities do not provide support for research and honors programs for undergraduate students. Recruitment only takes place one time, during the admission process, and manual communication results in poor outreach. Data reporting is also a manual process and the little data that is shared is not shared across infrastructure or with students. Few students take the time to apply and there is little benefit gained, so participation is poor in these programs.

Team Members

Erik

Erik Irizarry

Software Engineer/Developer

Erik is an undergraduate at ODU pursuing a degree in Computer Science. He has experience with a number of languages including C++, Java, Python, and C#. He enjoys spending time with his wife and son, hiking with his dog, and playing video games.
eiriz001@odu.edu

Hanna

Hanna Brown

UI/UX Developer

Hanna is an undergraduate student at ODU pursuing a degree in Computer Science with a minor in Cybersecurity. She currently works in System Administration and has some experience in Java and C++. She enjoys reading and watching Star Wars with her cat.
hbrow006@odu.edu

Thinh

Thinh Tran

Back-End Developer

Thinh Tran is an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science at Old Dominion University. His hobbies are travel, comics and coding. He has some experience in C++ and Java.
ttran027@odu.edu

Michelle

Michelle Tapia

Software Engineer/Developer

Michelle Tapia is a senior at Old Dominion University studying Computer Science. She has some experience with C++, Java, Mathematica, and is currently learning Python. She does bioinformatic related research in the Computer Science Lab with Dr. Jing He. She is learning how to create plugins and more on the wonderous world of deep learning methods.
mtapi003@odu.edu

Jardin

Jardin Walker

Systems Integration Tester

Jardin is experienced in the IT and Electronics fields. He spent eight years as an Avionics Technician with the United States Navy and is currently a Flight Simulator Technician. He is a Senior at Old Dominion University studying Computer Science. Jardin's background bring the perspective of a nontraditional student to the team.
jwalk037@odu.edu

April

April Williams

Front-End Developer

April Williams is an undergraduate student at Old Dominion University. She is persuing her Bachelors degree in Computer Science with a minor in Cyber Security. She has some experience in C++ and Java. She also has four years of cryptology experience working for the US Navy. When she is not studying, she enjoys spending her free time with her children, Austin (3) and Avery (5 months).
awill051@odu.edu

Chris

Chris Etheridge

Project Lead

Christopher is an Undergrad Computer Science at ODU. He is currently employed full time as a Full Stack Developer on a Business Intelligence team. He specializes in Python and Django development. In his free time his hobbies include Gardening, Carpentry, and Hiking.
eethe003@odu.edu


Stakeholders

Chris

Dr. David Metzger

Expert

Dean of the Honors College and Professor of English. Other administrative duties have included Chair of English, Founding GPD for the PhD in English, Founding Academic Director for the Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding, and Founding Director of Writing Tutorial Services (now The Writing Center). Dr. Metzger remains active in the English department--teaching classes and directing doctoral dissertations.
dmetzger@odu.edu

Brunelle

Professor Janet Brunelle

Mentor

Professor Brunelle is Assistant Chair Computer Science Department, Chief Departmental Advisor, and a Senior lecturer at Old Dominion University.
jbrunell@odu.edu

Jing

Dr. Jing He

Mentor

Dr. He is the Honors Director for the Computer Science Department. She joined the Computer Science Department in the fall of 2009 and started as an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department. She taught courses in the Computer Science Department and developed a research program that supported many graduate students, undergraduate students, and a postdoctoral fellow while she was at New Mexico State University. Dr. He's current research area is in Bioinformatics. She is interested in developing protein structure prediction methods when certain geometrical constraints are available from experiments. Her research intersects with multiple research areas including image processing, structural biology, data structure and algorithms, data mining, and high performance computing.
jhe@cs.odu.edu

Glossary

BANNER - The name given to the ODU Oracle Student database.
Bootstrap - An open source CSS framework designed for mobile front end web development.
CSHUGS - An acronym for Computer Science Honors UnderGraduate Students. The application designed for the Computer Science Honors Program.
CSS - Cascading Style Sheets, a web development programming language used for styling web pages.
ETL - “Extract-Transform-Load”. Three database functions combined into one tool to pull data out of one database and place it into another database.
FERPA - The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act is a federal privacy law that gives parents certain protections with regard to their children's education records, such as report cards, transcripts, disciplinary records, contact and family information, and class schedules.
Honors Programs - A course curriculum that is reserved for students who meet a strict academic criteria that is typically more challenging than the traditional course offering.
HTML - HyperText Markup Language, a common web development programming language.
LAMP Stack - A standard web hosting architecture that utilizes Linux, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL Database, and PHP.
MIDAS - An acronym for Monarch Identification and Authorization System. It is an identity management system that stores user information and communicates that information to other University networked resources.
Non-Traditional Student - A student that is not pursuing college in the traditional way, i.e., full time, on campus, after High School.
ODU - Old Dominion University
Oracle - A popular database system.
PAAS - Platform as a Service, a set of cloud based services that allow developers to deploy apps without the need to setup and manage costly network infrastructure.
PHP - A common web development programming language.
PostgreSQL - A highly scalable, open source database.
RDBMS - An acronym for Relational Database Management System.
SQLite - A small open source relational database, commonly used in prototyping web applications.
Traditional Student - A student that is pursuing college full-time, on campus, immediately after graduating from High School.