Introduction

This section contains projects completed while studying as both an undergraduate and graduate student at The George Washington University.

CSCI 164 - Senior Design

A year long course requiring the design, documentation, and implementation of a large-scale project.

• Project - The final project from the senior design course - an internet conferencing system with whiteboard, chat, and file exchange

CSCI 185 - Computer Graphics I

An introduction to 3D graphics programming.

• Project 1 - Simple geometric shapes
• Project 2 - Translation, rotation, and scale transformations
• Project 3 - Loading geometry from a file
• Project 4 - Perspective projection
• Project 5 - Basic ray tracing
• Project 6 - Advanced ray tracing

CSCI 219 - Computer Graphics II

Advanced 3D graphics programming requiring the implementation of a software based 3D rendering package from scratch.

• Project 1 - Scan conversion and z-buffer
• Project 2 - Illumination
• Project 3 - Texture mapping
• Final Project - Advanced lighting with shadows

CSCI 339 - Embedded Systems

A special topics course focusing on design and development of embedded systems and the software to control them.

• IR Flash Loader - A flash loader for the Z8 encore using IRDA for communication
• Internet-Ready Refrigerator - An internet-enabled inventory control system for a common household refrigerator

CSCI 191 - Computer Game Design

Design of 3D computer game software.

• Final Project - The Ninja vs. Pirate Game!!!

CSCI 266 - Computer Animation

Programming for 3D computer animation.

• Project 1 - Basic animation of 3D shapes
• Project 2 - Walking with forward kinematics
• Final Project - Walking up stairs and over an incline with inverse and forward kinematics

CSCI 264 - Design of Human-Computer Interface

Designing user interfaces for testing with human subjects.

• Project - Design and implementation of a 3D scene editor to be subject to usability testing

CSCI 342 - Security and Programming

A survey course reviewing methods for enforcing program security at the programming language level.

• Project 1 - Creating a tool to check for the use of uninitialized variables in C source code
• Final Project - Design of a domain specific programming language to process and transform data streams within a secure distributed environment
• Continued Research - Continued domain specific language development following course completion

CSCI 300 - Thesis Research

Two part course for researching a thesis topic and writing a thesis document.

• Thesis - Design of an Object-Oriented Framework for Data Format Classification and Transformation