Hackathon Projects
I have participated in several hackathons both as a university student and full time product designer. Here are a few projects that I am proud of.
duration
5 days
location
Microsoft campus (Redmond, Washington)
Team Members
Michal Moskal, Peli de Halleux, Tom Ball, Eric Anderson, Raul Leclair, Joshua Partlow, the MakeCode Team
2022 Microsoft Hackathon – MicroCode
Our team developed a kid-friendly, icon-based, structured code editor and programming language that runs on micro:bit, an inexpensive physical computing device for CS education.
I was in charge of artistic direction, including pixel art icons, buttons, and animations.
Learn more about the development of this project beyond the hackathon here. You can also try out the latest version of MicroCode directly in your web browser here!
duration
32 hours
location
Seoul, South Korea
Team Members
Ethan Finkel, Kwon Tack Lim, Fama Ndiaye, Leo Wu
HyconHacks – VoteBlock
Our team explored a concept for a voting app that stores ballots on a shared ledger. I wrote a blog post about the experience, and it was featured by MouseBelt, a blockchain accelerator program, who gave me a scholarship to attend the event.
I was in charge of the app’s UX design, logo design, and our final slide deck design.
duration
8 hours
location
Seattle, Washington
Team Members
Mark Conrad, Jonny Luntzel, Edward Wei
SWE Hacks – Citiver
For the Society of Women Engineers Hackathon, my team created an app that would use blockchain to help people to become US citizens. I was mainly responsible for creating the interface of the app.
duration
24 hours
location
Seattle, Washington
Team Members
Thipok Cholsaipant, Tenma Rollins
Code Day – Music Viz
Visualization of audio via your computer's audio in (mic or otherwise), using your browser's JavaScript + Web Audio API. Our team won an award for “Best Application”. CodeDay challenged me to learn coding with no experience in Javascript, and in the end I was able to use and lend my skills to create simple bubble visuals and bring ideas to life. I have a better understanding of APIs and GitLab and what software developers need to make products work. Even as someone who prefers designing over developing, I learned to communicate my ideas while understanding their constraints.