ALICIA'S
PORTFOLIO
This is my portfolio showcasing my infocomm interests in coding and robotics through my projects and achievements. Hope you enjoy exploring my learning journey!
ABOUT ME
A little into my life
I started coding since 7 years old and realised I can combine blocks and concepts in different ways to make various projects to solve many problems. My interests then extended to robotics, which allows me to have hands-on experience to integrate coding and robotics with creativity.
I love to code and work on robotic projects during my free time. I have three years of Python programming and two years of Lego Spike Prime experience. I have won several awards in coding and robotics. To inspire more women in coding and technology, I will be interviewed and will be speaking at the recent Women's Forum Singapore in June 2024. I will also be presenting one of my projects in the upcoming MIT, AI and Education Summit in Boston in July 2024.
With my school Co-Curricular Activities (CCA) experience in English Language Drama and Debate Society, I have created my own Youtube channel to share my coding and robotics videos which I hope I can inspire others. I am also volunteering at Willing Hearts preparing food for the less fortunate. During weekends, I also enjoy reading and writing. My favourite genre are Fantasy and Greek & Roman mythological fiction. I can tell you all the interesting chapters on Heroes of Olympus, Harry Potter and School of Good and Evil.
First Place Awards (Hackathon and Poster)
MIT, AI and Education Summit
Boston, USA
24-26th July 2024
Application is no longer available.
Application is no longer available.
With my team members, I presented our project Trash to Treasure for the Hackathon in the MIT AI and Education Summit in Boston, Jul 2024. This project reduces waste by allowing users to reuse their used items in online platforms. My team also presented our project the Ripple Effect, which has been accepted as a poster presentation. This project reduces water usage by measuring water flow using vibrations of the pipes. These two projects won the first place award in both categories. I am thankful for the teamwork and appreciate all the coaching and opportunities given to share this exciting work with other inventors from across the world.
Speaker for the Women's Forum Singapore
19th June 2024 [245pm-3:30pm]
I am thankful for being selected by Coding Lab to speak at the upcoming Women's Forum Singapore event under the session "#SHECodes BootCamp: Fueling female careers in tech". I will be interviewed by the founder of Coding Lab and will be sharing my coding journey and one of my projects. Through this sharing, I hope to inspire more women to be excited about coding and technology.
MY ACHIEVEMENTS
CODING
HWA CHONG INFO-COMMUNICATIONS CHALLENGE 2024
Participation
May 16, 2024
I was selected by my school to participate in this competition.
In this competition, I was tested for my prowess in Python programming as well as Robotics theory. While I did not get any award for this, this experience is invaluable for my growth. I will continue to challenge myself for the next challenge.
INTERNATIONAL CODING SHOWCASE 2023
Sliver, Judges' Choice
(Most Creative)
Ages 10 to 12 (Senior) Category
February 28, 2024
In this competition, I made a project addressing the UN SDG 14 - Life Below Water. Here, I used the Python list to create a fun game to educate everyone about making right decisions and not harming the marine life.
Through hard work and reslience debugging, I was able to clench the Silver Award and the Judge's Choice for the most creative project.
INTERNATIONAL CODING SHOWCASE 2022
Commendation
Ages 10 to 12 (Senior) Category
February 28, 2023
I made use of if-else and loops functions in Python to create a "Choose-your-own-adventure" game. This game allows the users to make their own choices when saving a friend from a monster.
INTERNATIONAL CODING SHOWCASE 2021
Judges' Choice
(Best Design)
Ages 7 to 9 (Scratch) Category
February 28, 2022
This is a competition where I had to think of my own project and present my project.
I learnt how to programme independently and also drew interesting pictures on Scratch!
INTERNATIONAL CODING SHOWCASE 2020
People's Choice Award
Ages 7 to 9 (Scratch) Category)
February 28, 2021
This is a competition where I created a Scratch project to catch a balloon that would move to a random position in the screen.
I learnt how to use the "move to random position" and the "when this sprite clicked" blocks correctly. I also designed the colour of the balloon myself.
Application is no longer available.
Coding Lab Recommendation Letter
I received a strong recommendation from my coding school to showcase my passion and potential in many coding areas.
ROBOTICS
INNOVATION, DESIGN AND ENGINEERING (IDE) SERIES 2024 SINGAPORE
GOLD CHAMPION
May 20, 2024
I participated in the IDE Series Robotics Competition (Open Category) with my team at Nullspace. Our team won the Gold Champion with the Spike Prime robot that our team built and programmed to collect cubes on the map and bring it around. We used the proportionate line tracing (P-SLT) as our main programme. My responsibility includes writing a section of the code for the robot to turn and drop two items in a designated area. I am also in-charge of observing the outcome of our code and debugging.
I attended classes at Nullspace and made many friends from different primary schools. Teamwork and collaboration are important as we contribute to the competition in different ways. I am grateful for my parents, who fetched me to my training sessions.
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ROBOTICS CERTIFICATION
High Distinction - LEGO ROBOTICS (GRADE 1)
High Distinction - LEGO ROBOTICS (GRADE 2)
Merit - LEGO ROBOTICS (GRADE 3)
2023-2024
This is an exam to test my knowledge in Spike Legacy.
Through preparing for these exams, I have learnt:
- how to code a simple line tracing code and build a simple robot without refering
- other types of line tracings and progressed to building a more advanced robot
- how to build and use a motorised claw to attach to the robot
- how to use other different methods to build a robot during competitions
- Gyro Movements, where the robot can correct itself to a certain degree after moving as the robot might not be accurate after each turn or move
- how to line trace on one part of a line so that making turns with the robot will be easier, for faster and more efficient line tracing during competitions
NATIONAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION
Participation
Regular (Upper Primary) Category
September 9, 2023
This was my 1st time participating in a live competition. I learnt to debug my programme myself and how to stand confidently in front of the judges to present my group's project and slides.
Application is no longer available.
Nullspace
Recommendation Letter
I received a testimonial from my robotics school to demonstrate my interests and potential in further developing my robotics and innovation knowledge.
NRC & WRO 2024 PRIORITY INVITATION FROM NULLSPACE
I received a personalized invitiation to join in this year's National Robotics Competition or World Robotics Olympiad training squad to prepare the for competition from my Robotic school.
Application is no longer available.
My June 2024 Holiday Coding Adventures: Inventor Certificate Programme: Arduino 101 (Nullspace)
arduino
I will be exploring basic electronics, simplified C/C++ texted-based computer programming, make an experimental model of an electric circuit and wires.
hardware
I will be tinkering with hardware electronics like breadboard and circuits, resistors and LEDs, push button, buzzer and speaker.
programming
I will be learning programing syntax, digital output, digital input, variables, and if-else statements.
VOLUNTEERING
WILLING HEARTS VOLUNTEER WORK
Food packing and delivery
Ongoing
I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to contribute back to society. Waking up at 4 am every alternate Saturday to pack and deliver food for the needy before my 9 am tuition is definitely a meaningful experience for me.
On those Saturdays, it often takes a lot of determination and effort to wake up, but I tell myself it is the best use of time to help others who are less fortunate than I am. I learnt to work together as a team and appreciate the many opportunities I have. Moreover, I can spend quality time with my family when everyone is busy during the weekdays.
ACADEMICS
EDUSAVE CERTIFICATE OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
P2-P5
The school syllabus gets more challenging as we progress every year, especially in P5 when the subject contents becomes more in depth. However, I learn to become more resilient to keep trying. Usually I can overcome the challenges myself, but I find it helpful to discuss with friends and family to get new ideas.
Arts & Innovations
RADIN MAS PRIMARY SCHOOL'S NATIONAL DAY ART COMPETITION
Top 3 artwork in Primary 5 category
August 8, 2023
This is an art competition hosted by my school.
Through this art competition, I learnt to never give up and think more positively. In this artwork, I also deepen my thinking of how to make the world a better place.
STEAM WEEK BUZZ TOY MAKING COMPETITION (RMPS)
Winning Entry
2021
This is a toy-making competition held by my school.
With my creativity in this competition, I made a balloon car that can move if air is blew into the balloon. Then, let go of the balloon and the toy car will start moving. I also made a youtube video about this creation!
SONY CREATIVE SCIENCE AWARD
Certificate of Participation
2021
This is a toy-making competition for primary school students.
I used the same toy in my Winning Entry of 'Steam Week Buzz Toy making competition' to participate in this competition.
INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE DRAMA COMPETITION FINALS
Veggiemates Unite!
April 20, 2024
Our team was shortlisted as Singapore's top 5 primary school teams to participate in this drama competition that focuses on Environment, Conservation and Sustainability. I have learnt that it is important to present confidently in front of a crowd and for everyone to play our part to treasure our planet, and to use the 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) principle to minimize our resource consumption.
MY PROjects
PYTHON: Fish Life
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Fish Life is a project that emphasises the importance of keeping our ocean clean so that our fish friends will not experience pain, but in a fun way through a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure game format.
I was inspired to create this project so that people will understand what will happen if we pollute the ocean with our own trash.
This project was also used as my submission for the International Coding Showcase 2023 and I was awarded the Silver Award and the Judge's Choice (Most Creative) Award.
In this project, various features are programmed using the Python Turtle module, loops, random function and conditionals.
PYTHON: Which harry potter house are you?
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Which Harry Potter House Are You? is a fun quiz created using Python which will ask the user various questions to judge which Harry Potter House they fit into.
I made this project as I am a fan of Harry Potter, and I like this project as it tells readers and fans of Harry Potter the house they are sorted into. I hope this project can inspire others to read the Harry Potter series.
In this quiz, I programmed it using lists, variables, and conditionals, as well as my own custom calculation on the sorting criteria for each house.
PYTHON: School database
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School Database is a database program that I created in Python to store data for schools neatly. This program can currently store records of teachers and students.
I hope that this project can be used to help schools store their students' and teachers' profiles. I also hope that others can make their own versions of this and improve this to make a difference in the world.
This program was coded using object-oriented programming (classes), exception handling, functions, loops, inputs and conditionals.
best Quiz
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Best Quiz is an app that will test you on basic questions about Mathematics, Science and many other fun questions! This quiz will also tell you should learn about. Do take a look at this project!
I have created this app with the use of MIT App Inventor database components, lists, procedures, and conditionals.
Whatsapp
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Whatsapp is an app that can help users communicate with one another efficiently and simply. You just need to sign up for an account and start chatting with whom you like. It's really simple! Through this app, you can also change the colour of the background! Do check out my project!
This app was made with the use of MIT App Inventor database components, lists, procedures, and conditionals.
the ripple effect
By 3ACTs
The Ripple Effect is an app created together with my team, 3 ACTs, that acts as a smart monitoring system like the Fitbit or Apple Watch for water pipes, empowering households to improve water management and reduce consumption.
We will be presenting this work in the upcoming MIT, AI and Education Summit in Boston, USA in July 2024.
Singapore, a highly developed nation, ranks among the top 5 water consumers worldwide. In line with the Singapore Green Plan's goal to cut water usage by 12% by 2030, our team, 3ACTs dedicated ourselves to supporting UN Sustainable Development Goal 6, working with our community to promote water conservation.
Our app will ensure that we can all do our part to protect our planet and use less water, together! This app was created as part of our submission for the Technovation Girls Challenge 2024. Take a look at our videos below for more details about our project!
Here is our team pitch video to explain the inspiration behind our project!
And here is our technical video to explain how we have created our project!
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