Jon-Michael Deldin

I am a software developer for Biomimicry 3.8 in Missoula, MT. I learned how to program when I was 16, and I haven’t closed my text editor since. I have developed web applications in Ruby on Rails, visualized data using Python/NumPy/Matplotlib, programmed PHP & MySQL sites, written plugins for Wordpress and Textpattern, and designed websites.

I am currently interested in data visualization, service oriented architecture, and iPhone app development, but I am always open to new, exciting projects. Get in touch if you’d like to discuss an idea!

Feel free to view my résumé or LinkedIn profile, check out my code on GitHub, or follow me on Google+ or Twitter.

GrizSpace is an iPhone application for scheduling and finding classes on the University of Montana campus. Kevin Scott, Will Lyon, Jaylene Naylor, and I developed it for our Human-Computer Interaction and Mobile Development courses in Spring 2012.

I was responsible for designing the software architecture of the app, normalizing the database, adding unit tests, parsing course data with Ruby, and training my partners in Git.

For my final project in Computer Simulation and Modeling, I created a web application to investigate the impact of boundary conditions and other parameters on a hyperelastic material. I used the FEniCS project to solve a two-dimensional model of hyperelasticity, and then I plotted the resultant deformation via Matplotlib. I used the Flask microframework, Twitter's bootstrap library, and a sprinkling of jQuery for the web interface, which was then deployed to an Amazon EC2 instance.

Exit 360 Creative needed to customize an existing Wordpress theme to fit their vision for AmSci. I tightened up the layout, added new CSS3 menus, integrated a slideshow, added customizable theme options, and provided support as needed.

I designed and implemented a minimalist Jekyll-based theme for UM's Association of Computing Machinery chapter. It features web fonts and a custom plugin to ease updating the roster.

The source code is available on GitHub.

For my data visualization course, I created an OpenGL “periscope” simulation to visualize granular convection (Brazil nut effect).

For my data visualization course, I dug through the Enron email corpus and produced standalone posters of my findings. I used Ruby for preprocessing 2.5 GB of emails into a Postgres database, Python and Matplotlib for time series, and Cytoscape for visualizing networks.

Email profile of Jeff Dasovich, Structure of Enron

I developed Enough Good People while at the Regional Learning Project as part of a grant archiving the events commemorating the Lewis and Clark bicentennial of 2003–2006. I developed interactive maps and photo galleries and converted a Photoshop mockup to HTML and CSS. I also developed a number of command-line tools to automate updating a third-party CMS.

I designed and developed Missoula Adoptables for a class project with Evan Cummings. I converted my Photoshop mockup to CSS and HTML, developed a custom Model-View-Controller framework in PHP, and wrote the frontend.

The source code is available on GitHub.

I developed a custom plugin for Textpattern to return locations near a given postal code or city.

This is a Wordpress site featuring a photoblog, gallery, and tutorials. Each feature was heavily customized to meet Alan's requirements.

Buy Cascade County is a local realtor's website for Cascade County, Montana. I designed the site and implemented it in Textpattern. It uses custom PHP and JavaScript to integrate with the county's MLS database.