John Holbrook's Ohio University Webpage

About

Hi, I'm John Holbrook. I graduated from OU in May of 2020 with a B.S. in Computer Science and a Minor in Mathematics.

I'm mostly interested in educational robotics as a tool for engineering and CS. While at OU, I spent a lot of my free time volunteering at robotics competitions (FLL, VRC, VIQC, and others), mostly in my home state of West Virginia but sometimes in southeast Ohio as well. I also have some robotics resources available on my website.

In the summers of 2019 and 2020, I interned at the NASA Katherine Johnson IV&V Facility's Educator Resource Center in Fairmont, WV. While there, I worked with a team of interns and full-time staff to plan and teach introductory robotics camps for students aged 6-14 in six cities throughout West Virginia. In 2020, I helped the camps shift to a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I also helped to organize and run the 2019 Mountain State Invitational, a FIRST® LEGO® League tournament featuring 62 teams and over 1000 participants from 11 countries.

As of September 2020, I'm working at the ERC as a full-time Americorps member, running an effort to bring VEX robotics teams to schools in West Virginia without existing robotics programs.

Some of my other interests include small sailboat racing, sailing instruction, 3D printing, and listening to podcasts.

While at OU, I was an active member of the student-run club sailing team. During my three years on the team's executive board, we drastically increased our recruitment of new and experienced sailors, (re)grew into a fully-fledged university club sport, and won our first regatta in over 10 years. At various times, I served as the team's president, safety officer, and fleet captain.

Contact

The best way to get in touch with me is via email to contact@johnholbrook.us.

Coursework

I took the following courses at OU:

Spring 2020

• CS 4561 - Software Design and Development II
• CS 4060 - Computation Theory
• CS 4100 - Formal Languages and Compilers
• BMT 2000 - Intro to Business Computing

Fall 2019

• CS 4560 - Software Design and Development I
• CS 4750 - Internet Engineering
• MATH 2500 - Introduction to Statistics
• PAW 1206 - Bowling (Laboratory)

Spring 2019

• CS 4420 - Operating Systems
• CHEM 1510 - Fundamentals of Chemistry 1
• COMS 1010 - Fundamentals of Human Communication
• ET 1100 - Engineering Graphics Fundamentals

Fall 2018

• CS 4250 - Interactive Computer Graphics
• CS 4040 - Design & Analysis of Algorithms
• CS 3200 - Organization of Programming Languages
• ENG 3030J - Writing in the Professions

Spring 2018

• CS 4000 - Distributed, Parallel, & Web-Centric Computing
• EE 3613 - Computer Organization
• EE 3713 - Applied Probability & Statistics for Electrical Engineers
• EE 3954 - Microprocessors & Microcontrollers
• MATH 3400 - Elementary Differential Equations

Fall 2017

• CS 3610 - Data Structures
• MATH 3300 - Calculus 3
• PHYS 2052 - General Physics 2
• SPAN 2120 - Intermediate Spanish 2

Spring 2017

• CS 2650 - Professional and Ethical Computing
• CS 3000 - Intro to Discrete Structures
• CS 3560 - Software Engineering Tools & Practies
• PHYS 2051 - General Physics 1
• MUS 1000 - Intro to Music Theory
• ET 1500 - Engineering & Technology Career Orientation

Fall 2016

• CS 2401 - Intro to Programming in C++ 2
• EE 1024 - Intro to Computer Engineering
• MATH 3200 - Applied Linear Algebra
• ENG 1510 - Writing & Rhetoric 1

Personal Website

More about me on my personal website, johnholbrook.us.