Welcome to my website.

Hello there! My name is Ben; a student from Wales, United Kingdom.

I am very enthusiastic about programming and gaming.

My Work

Ziax & CubeCraft

Associate Producer for Minecraft marketplace team.

Experience

Technocamps

Senior Ambassador.

Experience

Team Lightning

Participated in many robotics competitions such as Technocamps and the FLL.

Robotics

Traffic Improvement

Winning project in PAConsulting's Raspberry Pi competition.

Competition

Pi-Weather

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

GitHub

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.

GitHub

FLASH Builder

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

GitHub

PetPal

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

Competition

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.

Competition

Technocamps 2016

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

Competition

Technocamps 2015

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

Competition

MIDI-DMX

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

Github

Galaxie

My Welsh Baccalaureate Project: server hosting for gamers and streamers. Comes with client software.

GitHub

TopograPy

A Topograph Coordinate Visualizer written in Python.

GitHub

Rage Kingdom

Minecraft Server built for streamer RageDarling.

Project

School Productions

I've worked on sound, lighting, and stage management in many school productions and concerts.

Experience

CGB

Sandblasted glass backplates for GPUs.

Experience

About Me

Programming

I have numerous years of experience with programming.

  • Python
  • Java & Kotlin
  • MySQL
  • LEGO EV3 & NXT Robotics
Theatre Production

I have been a part of the technical crew at school productions.

  • Taylor Swift & The Divas 2019 at YGE and Theatre Mwldan.
  • Jarvis Cocker & The Divas 2018 at YGE and Theatre Mwldan.
  • Beatles And Friends 2017 at YGE and Theatre Mwldan.
  • ABBA And Friends 2016 at YGE and Theatre Mwldan.
Swansea University BSc
  • Computer Science with a Year in Industry
Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn A-Levels
  • Mathematics, Physics, Music Technology, Welsh Baccalaureate

Contact

If you're interested in my work or have any questions, feel free to contact me using the links below.

Email: ben-dodd@outlook.com LinkedIn: mitgobla Instagram: @mitgobla