Portfolio
EvoGraph
URL: /evographEvoGraph is a project I worked on for a class on stochastic search algorithms at CMU. The purpose of it is to optimize the visual 2D representation of undirected graphs based on a five criteria. It uses a variety of evolutionary techniques such as genetic algorithms and simulated annealing to achieve this purpose. The web interface requires Java and one of Google Chrome, Firefox, or Safari web browsers.
Opinionize
URL: http://opinionize.heroku.com/Opinionize is a crowdsourced categorization platform. It allows users to vote on a hierarchical categorization (or tree) for anything. It's all user-generated content and anyone can vote to add to, modify, or remove any part of a tree. The result is a tree that reflects the most popular agreement. I developed this website as part of an entrepreneurship class at CMU with help from one other student.
GeoCam Cover
URL: http://disastercam.blogspot.com/This was a project I worked on as part of the CMU Summer Practicum. GeoCam is an open-source disaster management software suite designed for use on Android mobile devices. GeoCam Cover is a map-based information-sharing app for coordinating search and rescue efforts after a disaster. It uses Python (Django), HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, and the Google Maps API. Currently there is no online demo available.
B. Russell Art
URL: http://brussellart.com/This is the online portfolio for the wonderful artist and mother, Barbara Russell Melzer. The website has been recently redone in Ruby on Rails and features an authenticated artwork manager, a JQueryUI sortable list for thumbnails, and a dynamic thumbnail cropper with JCrop.
Varsity Beverage
URL: http://varsitybeverage.com/VarsityBeverage.com is a private social website for the Varsity Beverage Team from Cleveland, Ohio, AKA. VB. The site features advanced authentication, forum-style threads, interactive photo albums, and tons of customizable content. It was written in Ruby on Rails.
Lates
URL: http://lates.heroku.com/Lates is a take-out restaurant in Torrington, CT that will soon be opened. The website is IN-PROGRESS and has been postponed until further notice. It is written in Ruby on Rails and features an online ordering platform for delivery and pickup. Delivery is handled by the Google Maps API (directions and range distance verification) and credit card transactions are handled by AuthorizeNet.
MVPlaylist
URL: http://mvplaylist.com/playlist.php?pid=10I created this website back in 2008-2009. It was originally for a project in a rapid prototype design class at Wash U. MVPlaylist provided a way for users to create seamless playlists out of YouTube videos and share them with friends. It has become obsolete now with the advent of YouTube's playlist feature, but it was pretty cool while it lasted. It was written in PHP, html, javascript, and perl.
Chan's Algorithm Applet
URL: /chans_algorithmI created this for a computational geometry class at Wash U, but it was never online until recently. It is intended to be a pedagogical tool for understanding Chan's Algorithm for calculating the convex hull from a set of cartesian points. It was written entirely in Java as an applet.