About Me

Skills

Work Experience

Education

Projects

Ruby Adkins

About Me
Hi There Traveler!
My name is Ruby Adkins
A senior in high school, who is in love with the world of computer science. My passion with CS was fast-growing, and currently I want to explore all areas of the field and learn as much as I can. I hope to one day create experiences that empower the common person, and bring a little light into what sometimes seems like a dull, monotoned world.
Skills
Web Technologies
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • Flask
  • jQuery
  • Socket.io
  • MySQL
  • Flask-SQLAlchemy
  • Shiny
Programming Languages
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Work Experience

IT Assistant

Jun 2021 - Aug. 2021

James Madison University

  • Maintain the IT equipment in the JMU BioPhys Building. Create and deploy disc images to update the university's computers. Building web applications to increase efficiency of IT work.

Teaching Assistant

May 2021 - Jun. 2021

James Madison University

  • Helped teach and run the Chemistry 120 class primarily for nursing and health science majors. Held 3-4 review sessions weekly to answer questions about content and prepare students for exams. Oversaw breakout room sessions and every 3hr lecture Monday-Thursday for the full 4 weeks of class.

Communications Intern

Jan. 2021 - May 2021, Sept. 2021 - Present

Saint Anne's-Belfield

Undergraduate Research

Jun. 2018 - July 2019, Jun. 2019 - Nov. 2019, May 2020 - Aug. 2020

James Madison University

  • Biochemistry Research in Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry under the supervision of Dr. Christopher Berndsen. Helped assist in other student's research, worked to purify the protein HvPPa, and worked with Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Data.
Education
High School

Saint Anne's-Belfield

2020-Present

Stuart Hall School

2018-2020
College Experience

Intensive Spanish 1

Date: May 2021 - June 2021
Institution: James Madison University
Course: Span 111
Credits: 6

Principles of Programming

Date: May 2021 - June 2021
Institution: James Madison University
Course: CIS 221
Credits: 3

Precalculus with Trigonometry

Date: May 2020 - August 2020
Institution: Mary Baldwin University
Course: Math 171
Credits: 4

Concepts of Chemistry

Date: May 2020 - June 2020
Institution: James Madison University
Course: Chem 120
Credits: 3
Projects

An Eliza Chatbot

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The original Eliza was one of the first chatbots created in the 1960s at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Eliza uses rogerian therapy to deconstruct the user's input to formulate a response. I created my own version of the Eliza using similar methods of deconstructing user input. However my Eliza strays away from acting as a professional therapist, and instead it is more of a casual pal to keep you company.

See Website Here
See Github Repo

Genetic Algorithm

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This program simulates natural selection, as the flappy birds evolve to learn how to fly through the pipes over time. Each generation, the birds are judged by a fitness algorithm, which determines a bird's fitness by how many pipes they fly through. A weighted probability drawing, based on fitness, is then used to pick two birds each generation to breed. The two birds' genotypes are randomly mixed during the breeding process, with a slight chance of mutation, to create a new generation of flappy birds.

See Github Repo
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A Multiplayer Flappy Bird Game

A node.js application that uses Express and Socket.io to create a multiplayer flappy bird game, where users can play and connect real-time.

See Github Repo
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Maze Gen

A maze generation visualizer algorithm written in vanilla javascript.

See Demo Here
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BWSL Website

A website for the Boo William's CVA Basketball Association.

See Website Here
See Github Repo

A Fun Arduino Project

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An Arduino project that controls a buzzer by outputting frequencies based on the mouse's y-location in a Processing program. The LEDs light up based on the frequency values to act as a frequency monitor. When the user presses the mouse, a group of particles unleash across the screen with velocites determined by perlin noise. The color of the particles are also determined by the y-pos of the mouse, and the particle colors are outputted in a rgb light in the circuit.

See Github Repo
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