Previous Workshops

Creating Games with Amazon Alexa

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Overview

Presenter: Annabel Terry

Monday October 17th, 2022 in BUSN 391

5:30 - 6:30pm

Students learned about IoT and all of its applications in the real world. Students also explored the various commands of Alexa and how to make your home a smart home. They learned how to make a customized Alexa game using VoiceFlow.

Topics include: IoT, Software / App Development

Circuitry and Programming for Real-World Projects

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Overview

Presenter: Muneeb Syed

Monday October 3rd, 2022 in BUSN 391

1:00 - 2:00pm

Students received an introduction to circuitry and data processing using C++ and an Arduino microcontroller. Hop from station to station to practice programming distance sensors, heart rate sensors, LCDs, bluetooth and many more!

Topics include: Circuitry, Programming

 

Intro 2 h4cking: Web-app exploitation

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Overview

Presenter: Nicolas Michel

Wednesday September 21st, 2022 in BUSN 391

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Students leanred basic web app exploitation skills and put them to use by attacking a vulnerable demo site. Students  learned basic SQL injection attacks, cross site scripting, and how to break a user authentication service.

Topics include: Programming, Cybersecurity

 

NFT Development

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Overview

Presenter: Alexandria Arena

Friday April 29th in BUSN 391

2:30 - 4:00pm

This skillshare introduced participants to the concept of NFTs or non-fungible tokens. Students learned about basic process of how NFTs are minted and then they were tasked to come up a small project that will work on. It covered exactly how the blockchain process works, a showcase with minted NFTs and then having students research the application and values of the market.

Topic include: Smart Tech

Autonomous Drone Flight with Python

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Tyler Goodwin

Overview

Presenter: Tyler Goodwin

Wednesday April 20th in BUSN 391

4:30 - 6:00pm

This skillshare introduced participants to autonomous drone flight. Students learned about basic python coding commands and then theywere tasked to come up with code to try to fly the drone autonomously through an obstacle. It covered exactly how the coding process works, a showcase with pre-written code and then students wrote their own code to automate flight.

Topics include: Applied Tech

 

3D Modeling with Tinkercad

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Julia Somma

Overview

Presenter: Julia Somma

Friday April 15th, 2022 in BUSN 391

2:30 - 4:00pm

This skillshare covered the basic skills required to create a 3D model and correctly format the gcode so it can be printed. Students were presented with information on 3D Tech such as what it is, the basics of how it works, its applications, and common software that they can use to create prints and models. They then went through a step by step process of applying these skills to make their own model on TinkerCAD before exporting and formatting the gcode in the MakerBot Desktop application.

Topics include: 3D Tech