Oregon Institute of Technology students show off work at software

Graduating seniors in Oregon Institute of Technology's Portland software engineering program will present their Senior Project Software Expo from 5 to 6:30 p.m. June 8 at the Capital Center in Beaverton.

Nine students from a class instructed by OIT faculty member Paula Hannan will be on hand to display their works and explain their functions. Admission to the event is free.

The software programs were written in a variety of programming languages and aim to advance such technologies as Web services, artificial intelligence and accessibility, Hannan said.

Nine projects will be on display: Michael Plourde's Hiawatha, Chris McGowen's Arena Tanx, Steve Sargent's Interactive Family Tree, Jeff Sherwin's Rahsa, Pat Kelly's HomeSafe Security Monitor, Janet Mason's Business Query Builder, Rich Claussen's For the Love of Movies, Jasen Peterman's Persona and Hope Sparks' HaleAha.

'Persona' is a tool that helps disabled people speak, Hannan said. One project is a movie database that's a Web services application, which gets information from (The Internet Movie Database). One student's project is basically a genetics project, where he has a virtual terrarium and there are animals that evolve over time and breed.

Most of the students are working adults, Hannan said, with an average age of 35. Many of the students had experience working in the computer industry before taking the software engineering course, she said.

For more information, visit the software exposition's Web site at http://www.oit.edu/~hannanp/expo, or contact Hannan at 503-725-2129.

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