Maggie Stewart Programming Sample Works Interests

Sample Works

MySQL vs. SQL Server

Image of a database

Photo Credit to [ID 163646087]
Yurii Tymchuk | Dreamstime.com

Computer Science
Honors

Paper

I wrote SQL queries to acquire specific information using both MySQL and SQL Server. After writing the SQL queries, I compiled a report comparing and contrasting the two platforms.

Two's Complement to Binary Representation

Computer Science

Slideshow

As part of a class review, I presented the methodology on converting from a Two's Complement number to its Binary number representation using an example for ease of visualization.

Design Reasoning Improves Software Design Quality

Computer Science
Honors

Article | Slideshow

I analyzed an article "Design Reasoning Improves Software Design Quality," created a slide presentation, and presented my interpretation of it. The video above is a short excerpt from my entire presentation.

Chinese Introduction Video

Foreign Language

Transcript

As a personal project, I filmed a video introducing myself in Chinese, using vocabulary and grammar structures I learned in class. I transcribed the audio, including both Chinese simplified characters and English translations.

L'histoire du Jazz
(The History of Jazz)

Foreign Language

Transcript

After participating in my high school's Jazz Ensemble, jazz music piqued my interest. For a class presentation, I chose to research and discuss the history of jazz music in French. I also wrote a transcript in French and included its corresponding English translations.

Les Francofolies de Montreal
(A French music festival in Montreal)

Foreign Language

Transcript

I created and narrated a video presentation in French on Les Francofolies de Montreal, which is a music festival in Montreal, Quebec that promotes French-language music among a variety of genres.

Investigation and Analysis of the Effects of
Climate Change on Grand Isle

Grand Isle

Photo Credit to Town of Grand Isle.

Honors

Paper

After exploring the impacts of Climate Change on Louisiana, I became particularly interested in the effects of water rise and erosion. This curiosity prompted me to research and compose my final paper on the usefulness of barrier islands and their vulnerability to the consequences of climate change, specifically focusing on a local barrier island, Grand Isle.

Novel Opera Cinema:
Analysis of Adaptations of Manon Lescaut

Mahalia Jackson Theatre in New Orleans, LA

Mahalia Jackson Theatre
New Orleans, LA

Honors

Paper | LinkedIn Post

In an Honors class, we studied the French story (translated into English) of Manon Lescaut in 3 mediums (novel, opera, film) and wrote a paper analyzing elements from each medium.

With the LSU Honors College, a few months later, I had the opportunity to attend an opera composed by Puccini, one of the opera composers we studied in class.