Pondering ethics in a Computer Science course?

As the world becomes increasingly dependent on software and hardware systems, it’s critical that our young computer scientists get a chance to think about ethical questions associated with these systems before they enter the workforce. Students in our Senior Project Seminar course spend a significant portion of the class participating in discussions of ethical issues that students might encounter in their careers.

Lab updates for 2016-17

In an effort to provide facilities that best match the way computer science students work in 2016, we have added several new types of furniture to our main student lab, including 4 new recliners and a stand-up workstation. The department is also experimenting with providing “virtual” computers for students to use to complete their course work.

Summer research students continue development of the JanDY survey system

The student team of Evan Altman, Michael Kiley, and Mark Powers presented their summer work on JanDY on Thursday, July 14. JanDY is the web survey system used at Hope each semester to administer the Student Evaluation of Learning and Teaching; JanDY is named for Janet Andersen and Mary DeYoung, two former members of the …

Introducing Bilancio!

On Thursday, July 14, the student team of Natalie Boardway, Joanie Davis, and Meredith Lind presented their summer work on Bilancio, an iPhone app they developed under the guidance of Dr. Mike Jipping.  Bilancio is designed to help Ready for Life students learn to budget and manage money. The students presented their work to a group of …

Students work on budgeting app for Ready for Life students

The team of Natalie Boardway, Joanie Davis, and Meredith Lind, under the direction of Dr. Jipping, has been working hard developing an iPhone app to teach money budgeting skills to adults with cognitive disabilities. We meet with our client roughly every two weeks. This arrangement allows the client to see the progress we’ve made so far and give input. It also gets the client thinking about additional operations he or she would like to see. These meetings are especially helpful for talking through how the app will be used and what operations would be beneficial to everyday usage.

The group has provided an update on their progress to date.

Summer research students working on revisions to web-based survey system

Students Evan Altman, Michael Kiley and Mark Powers are spending their summer continuing development of the JanDY online survey system.  JanDY is the basis of the Student Assessment of Learning and Teaching (SALT) application used at Hope to facilitate online course evaluations.  The name JanDY is a tribute to former faculty members Janet Andersen and …

2016 summer research begins May 16

Monday, May 16 marks the start of the summer research season for 2016.  This year two teams of students will be working on two application development oriented projects. Professor Mike Jipping will be directing a project that will build iPhone apps to teach money budgeting skill to adults with cognitive disabilities.  This app will teach skills by …

Class of 2016 – Josh Hubers

Congratulations to Josh Hubers, class of 2016!  After graduation, Josh be working for SpringHill Camps as their IT intern for two months while working with student Ben Schipper to start up their own company. In the latter role, Josh will be a software engineer and the lead developer for Morpheus Scheduling.

Class of 2016 – Jeff Holmes

Congratulations to Jeff Holmes, class of 2016!    Jeff will be working for Apex Controls in Hudsonville as a Control Systems Engineer starting in late May 2016. He will be working on both the hardware and software of developing custom automated solutions for various customers.  Jeff will also be responsible for helping to install the machines …