>> Hey! My name is

Kyra Ikeda.

Coder + creative 🌱
Semi-recent graduate with a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa!

ABOUT ME

I'm Kyra! (kai-rah)
I was born and raised in Hawaiʻi.
In my free time, I love to surf and create content for various cosmetic brands!

To all of my endeavors, I bring the best of both worlds: logic and art!

EXPERIENCE

June 2021 - Aug 2021

Akamai Workforce Initiative Summer Intern

Subaru Telescope
  • Implemented Ginga, a toolkit of GUI widgets for building image viewers, to operate on the web using Python, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
  • Added dynamic functionalities to various Ginga widgets
  • Utilized JavaScript JQWidgets Library and JQuery UI to construct the GUI widgets
Fall 2021, Fall - Spring 2020

President, Vice President

SWITCH-UHM
  • Coordinated events with various speakers and between academic clubs
  • Served as a liaison between the Computer Science community and the organization
Aug 2020 – Dec 2020

ICS Assistant TA

University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Assisted ICS class laboratories three times per week
  • Created a lesson plan and instructed a week of laboratories

PROJECTS

Coastar

  • A mobile and web application that streamlines the process of reporting marine wildlife sightings to Hawai’i Marine Animal Response (HMAR)
  • Primarily worked on front-end design and construction of the reports pages using JavaScript, Meteor, and Semantic UI React
  • Implemented the functionality to export all data to a CSV file using HTML

Shocking Developments

  • A web application for customers to monitor their greenhouse gas emissions based on their current transportation and compare usage/costs to other methods
  • Primarily worked on front-end design using Semantic UI React
  • Assisted with organizing data collections and methods for calculating greenhouse gas emissions

Manoalist

  • Website built using JavaScript, Meteor, and Semantic UI React to provide UH students a simple platform to buy/sell goods locally
  • Implemented the functionality to favorite items and display likes on user profile
  • Focused on front-end design and assisted with back-end API

Contact Me!

Add me on LinkedIn!
Or shoot me an email at kyraikeda@gmail.com :)