Welcome to the school projects page. Here you can explore various projects that Bryon has done (or is working on) while he was/is in school. Each tab will display a list of projects completed at that school, and each list is sorted with the newest project first.
Final Paper for Information Audit and Environmental Scanning for Information Managers (INFM732)
I took this course during the Fall 2013 semester while attending the University of Maryland. This course is designed to learn about the methods and techniques used to monitor the environment to identify opportunities and threats and relate them to the strengths and weaknesses of the organization to fulfill organization information needs and their sustainability. Additionally, you can view the PowerPoint Presentation my teammates, Mary John and Harsh Pandya, and I used when delivering the presentation in class.
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Development of Internet Applications (INFM743)
I took this course during the Fall 2013 semester while attending the University of Maryland. This course is designed to learn about programming and developing web applications using the PERL programming language. Additionally, this project was to create a website using PERL without the use of a CMS or other website building software. This was also a team project in collaboration with Jestin Ledlum and Yining Wang. You can also view the PowerPoint Presentation we used when delivering the presentation in class.
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Final Paper for Management of Information Programs and Services (INFM612)
I took this course during the Spring 2013 semester while attending the University of Maryland. This course is designed to explore and understand the role of leadership in management with other topics including understanding the differences between mission, vision, goals, and understanding the management of professionals and other human resource management topics. In addition, you can also view the PowerPoint Presentation my teammates Rakhi Bharekar, Myeong Lee, and I used when delivering the presentation in class at the conclusion of the course. We achieved a perfect score on the paper! 🙂
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Final Paper for Introduction to Strategic Information Management (INFM620)
I took this course during the Spring 2013 semester while attending the University of Maryland. This course is designed to explore and understand strategic management concepts, including learning about and producing management briefing papers. Other topics included understanding an organization’s Information Resource strategy and how this strategy is linked to the organization’s business strategy. In addition, you can also view the PowerPoint Presentation my teammates Rob Dorsey, Wei Zhao, Mary John, and I used when delivering the presentation in class at the conclusion of the course.
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Information Architecture (INFM700)
I took this course during the Spring 2013 semester while attending the University of Maryland. This course is designed to learn about the architectural and design issues in building and maintaining websites. This project was to create a redesigned navigational structure for the Craigslist D.C. website. In addition, to get real world experience, a client was selected by the professor for a final, group project. The client selected for this Final Project was the Free D.C. organization’s website, and my teammates where Myeong Lee, Sanjeetha Sayeed, and Charanya Subramaniam Rammesh. The purpose of the project was to completely redesign the clients website, incorperating concepts from class and including requirements set by the client. You can also view the PowerPoint Presentation we used when delivering the presentation in class.
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Final Paper for Information Environments (INFM600)
I took this course during the Fall 2012 semester while attending the University of Maryland. This course is designed to explore Thomas H. Davenport’s Ecology Model for Information Management (and other general business management concepts) to understand ways of accessing an organization’s use of information. In addition, you can also view the Presentation Poster my teammate Myeong Lee and I used when delivering the presentation in class at the conclusion of the course. We achieved a perfect score on the paper! 🙂
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Information Technology and Organizational Context (INFM603)
I took this course during the Fall 2012 semester while attending the University of Maryland. This course is designed to learn about programming and developing webpages by using various web programming languages. This project was to create a website without the use of a CMS or other website building software.
Final Paper for 2009 NASA Internship Project
During the summer of 2009, I had the amazing opportunity to work at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center near Washington D.C. This was a 10-week internship project working to create a visual model of data collected by NASA instruments in an attempt to validate modeling processes. In addition, you can also view the PowerPoint Presentation I used when delivering this presentation on-site to NASA scientists. This was a dream-come-true, and I cannot express enough my thanks to NASA for the opportunity they gave me.
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Major Religious Figures: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien (PHR320)
I took this course while attending Rocky Mountain College. This course is designed to explore the “Christological” topics discussed by both Lewis and Tolkien, as well as talk about the philosophy behind some of their works. This project was to create a website to share and converse with other classmates during the class.