Richard Masuda

Student

I am studying for a B.S. in Computer Science in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I expect to graduate in Spring, 2027.


Interests: Video Game Creation & Design, World History, Geo-Politics, Cultural Studies, Swimming, Podcasting, Restraunt Management


Projects

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UH-Connect 2025

A website developed for the final project for my ICS 314 class.

Gaming Web-Devlopment

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Robotics Club and FRC 2025

My experiences and results from LahainaLuna's Robotics Club and FRC tournaments

Robotics

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Custom Cobblemon Modpack 2025

A custom Minecraft modpack based on online mod Cobblemon

Gaming

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Catch The Fish 2025

A game made using online progamming enviornment Alice for ICS 111

Java Alice

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Essays

Reflection Of Software Engineering

10 Dec 2025

Reflections on Software Engineering: User Interface Design and Coding Standards At first glance, ICS 314 may appear to be a course centered on web application development, given its focus on modern web technologies and frameworks. However, as the course progressed,...

Engineering

AI In Software Engineering

10 Dec 2025

I. Introduction Artificial intelligence has increasingly become an integral part of modern education, not as a replacement for learning, but as a tool that helps students formulate ideas, explore solutions, and draw inspiration. In my view, AI represents the next...

Engineering AI

Design Patterns In Software Engineering

04 Dec 2025

Design Patterns: The Strategic Playbook of Software Development Design patterns,simply put, are the solutions to recurring problems in software development and engineering, it is the fact that people often take the same or similar approaches to problems that are alike....

Software Engineering

Final Project Idea

04 Nov 2025

Project: Gamer Connect By: Richard Masuda Jiaxing Feng Andrew Bushong Jene Mercado Overview The problem: Many UH students love gaming, but finding others who play the same games, enjoy similar playstyles, or are available during matching times can be difficult....

Software Engineering Nextjs

UI and Bootstrap Experience

25 Oct 2025

Perspective On UI In the world of tech it is quite easy for people to focus too much on efficiency, functionality, or simplicity and completely neglect aesthetics. Many often forget how people are naturally drawn towards things that are visually...

Boostrap UI Design

A Reflection of Coding Standards

25 Sep 2025

Coding Standards and My Experience With ESLint When I hear coding standards my first thought is dread and tedious little fixes, like a missing comma there or a curly brace in the wrong place. While those little things do build...

Programming

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