Dan Stalcup


I.Engineering and Implementation of an Interactive Simulation Through Object
Orientation
II.This project will include the study of the concepts and facets of the theory of object 
orientation, the design of a project that would optimize several parts of object orientation, 
and implementation of this project.
III.Object orientation-a theory that several modern languages including JAVA and Smalltalk were 
designed around-has several practical implementations.  It is usually used to shorten code, simplify
the design process, and make projects more flexible. This project will include the design and construction
of an interactive simulation using an object oriented approach.  I will look to shorten code, enrich
interactivity, and implement the theory in creative ways to further prove the flexibility of object
orientation.
IV.This project will require research on object orientation, an examination of the software engineering
process in order to appropriately design the simulation, and a study of JAVA for implementation.
V.JAVA was the first language I learned, thus I was taught from the beginning to program with an 
object-oriented approach.  Object orientation has several facets, including abstraction, encapsulation,
and objects, but the overall idea is that you program from the "bottom up" rather than from the "top down."
This means rather than taking each of the biggest portions of a project and breaking them down, one would
start by constructing the basic building block ("objects") that will be applicable to the project and 
piecing them together to end up with a final product.
VI.My project will be broken down in to three major parts: study of object orientation, design of a
simulation, and implementation of the project in JAVA.  I plan to use the JAVA SDK.  Graphics will be simple.
VII.I hope that my project will demonstrate how object orientation can be used to simplify and enrich 
software engineering projects.