AMES, IA (12/08/2014)(readMedia)-- The College of Engineering at Iowa State has named James Dewey Boddie, Jr., of Bettendorf, Iowa, the outstanding senior for fall 2014. Boddie, Jr. will graduate with a degree in Software Engineering during the university's commencement held December 20.
Each academic department nominates one senior to receive this honor. Outstanding seniors represent some of the best and brightest students in their program and boast impressive achievements.
Boddie has completed internships at Maverick Software Consulting, HERE: a Nokia company and VSI Aerospace. During these experiences, Boddie built his professional portfolio in various ways, including performing iPad testing for Thompson Reuters, worked within Nokia's autonomous vehicle team and helped develop an educational flight simulator known as DAVinCI Flight. He also served as teaching assistant, tutor and proctor.
On campus, Boddie was also active in educational outreach; he served as mentor and facilitator for first LEGO League Team and is developing an educational USS Battleship Iowa game for the naval vessel's museum. He was also selected for many scholarships during his time at Iowa State.
Boddie will be working for software engineer for IBM.
