Welcome to my website.


Ben Dodd

Hello there! My name is Ben; a computer science graduate from Swansea, Wales.

I am a software engineer with a passion for all things tech.

Outside of programming I enjoy playing video games, building computers, and gardening. I have a hobby for mixology and creating cocktail recipes.

Experience


Ziax Logo Ziax

August 2019 - April 2024

Marketplace Coordinator
July 2020 - April 2024
  • Managing and mentoring team members
  • Developing tools to improve productivity and efficiency
  • Packaging and validating content for release
  • Leading projects and improving quality of products
Manager - Design Team
October 2019 - July 2020
  • Managing the marketplace team
  • Packaging and validating content for release
Designer - Behaviour Engineer
August 2019 - October 2019
  • Behaviour Engineer creating marketplace content on Minecraft Bedrock Edition.
Technocamps Logo Technocamps

October 2019 - July 2023

Student Ambassador
October 2019 - July 2023

Education


 Logo Swansea University

September 2019 - July 2023

BSc Computer Science (with a year in industry)
First Class Honours

Final year modules on Web Application Development, User Experience, Video Games Programming, Writing Mobile Applications, High Integrity Systems, Embedded System Design.

 Logo Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn

September 2012 - July 2019

A-Levels (AACC) & GCSEs (A*-C)

Projects


Microcontroller Project
Microcontroller Project

Writing C++ code with Mbed OS for various projects using the FRDM-K64F board.

Forum Web Application
Forum Web Application

Using Laravel to build a forum web application with MVC structure, Eloquent ORM, Blade templating engine, and more.

Video Game Coursework
Video Game Coursework

Creating a Frogger-style video game in Unity with C#.

Developing an Interactive Socially Assistive Robot
Developing an Interactive Socially Assistive Robot

My dissertation project where I created a viable, affordable robot using Python software and a Raspberry Pi.

News Aggregator App
News Aggregator App

Using Android Studio to design a news aggregator app written in Kotlin.

Embedded System Design
Embedded System Design

Applying the knowledge of embedded systems to program an EV3 robot to complete various tasks.

Wind Turbine System
Wind Turbine System

Writing a safety critical system for a wind turbine in Spark Ada.

Technocamps
Technocamps

Senior Ambassador for Technocamps, a Welsh Government funded project to promote Computer Science in schools.

Ziax & CubeCraft
Ziax & CubeCraft

Associate Producer for Minecraft marketplace team.

Traffic Improvement
Traffic Improvement

Winning Project in PA Consulting's Raspberry Pi Competition.

Galaxie
Galaxie

My Welsh Baccalaureate Project, I developed a client software for game server hosting.

GroupQuiz
GroupQuiz

A website that can host activites such as quizzes and voting events. This started off as a side project to our school's annual Charities Day.

Pi-Weather
Pi-Weather

Weather monitoring station written in Python build for an e-ink display on a Pi Zero.

MIDI DMX
MIDI DMX

A Lighting Desk Control Software prototype programmed for our school's charity day event.

Technocamps 2018
Technocamps 2018

The brief was to create a robot using LEGO Mindstorms that could produce art or music. The team decided to create a 3-axis printer that could place 2x2 LEGO bricks onto a plate.

FLASH Builder
FLASH Builder

Allows you to build models to print on a LEGO 3D Printer. This was made after winning the 2018 Technocamps Live Challenge.

TopograPy
TopograPy

A Topograph Coordinate Visualizer written in Python.

PetPal
PetPal

Project code from Team Lightning's Pet Pal hub. This is the project we presented at the FLL Finals in America.

Technocamps 2016
Technocamps 2016

The task was to create a utility for schools to use. We coached a small team and they built a pencil sorter.

Technocamps 2015
Technocamps 2015

The task was to create a sports-related LEGO robot. We won with our creation ZEUS which was a goal keeper.

Team Lightning
Team Lightning

Participated in many robotics competitions such as Technocamps and First Lego League.

Contact


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