Kayla Hirano

Student

I am studying for a B.S. in Computer Engineering in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Hawaii. I expect to graduate in Spring, 2023.

Interests: Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Video Game Design, Mobile App Development

Projects

SCEL: Team Firmware 2022

Participated in SCEL for my EE396 and EE496.

C++ Python XBee Weather Box

No More Ramen 2022

Recipe management application created for college students. Developed for ICS314.

Meteor Bootstrap React JavaScript

GPS Sensor 2021

GPS Sensor that was created during my internship at Spectrum Photonics.

Raspberry Pi SQL Python

Wait n Drink 2020

Device that detects when a hot drink is placed and reaches a desired temperature. Developed for EE296.

Arduino MIT App Inventor

Essays

Programming With a Purpose

28 Apr 2023

Starting Something Different This semester, I took my second Software Engineering class. This class focused more on applying the skills we previously learned to a real world scenario. We were divided into teams and given a client to create a...

Software Engineering

A Software Engineering Retrospective

13 Dec 2022

Winter approaching also signals the end of the school semester, and my Software Engineering class. As a Computer Engineering major, this was my first time taking a course centered around computer science concepts, and I was able to learn a...

Software Engineering

The Art of Design

04 Oct 2022

Has a bad website design ever deterred you from exploring further? Or has an especially good website design ever pulled you in? With millions of active sites available to users over the internet, UI design is one of the most...

UI Frameworks HTML CSS Bootstrap 5

Asking Smart Questions Is Harder Than You Think

08 Sep 2022

What Makes A Question Smart? I definitely do not always ask smart questions. There have been many times where I realize the stupidity of my question as soon as it leaves my mouth. While asking “stupid” or “dumb” questions is...

Smart Questions StackOverflow

Hello World!

30 Aug 2022

Software Engineering has always been a passive interest of mine since high school. However, I didn’t think of this interest as a viable career option until only recently. The Journey Begins As is the case for most people staring out...

Software Engineering

Getting Into The Groove

29 Aug 2022

I just spent the past week relearning the basics of Javascript, here’s what I noticed: It’s Hard To Remember I originally learned Javascript for my job as a web developer, so I had a basic idea of what it looked...

Javascript