Joshua Bodner
PHD Student, Graduate Teaching Associate
Hilliard, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Bodner is a PhD student and graduate teaching associate at The Ohio State University with eight years of industry experience spanning data engineering and community management at Microsoft. He blends academic research with practical engineering, having moved from building data solutions to supporting developer communities and now mentoring students and conducting research. A hands-on full-stack tinkerer, Joshua contributes to open-source game tooling—adding UI, controller support, and autosave features to the Shipwright project—reflecting his comfort across front-end, embedded, and systems work. Based in Hilliard, Ohio, he pairs an electrical engineering undergraduate background with an MS in computer science, and outside of work he experiments with microcontrollers, composes music, and restores classic video games.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (9)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
HarbourMasters/Shipwright
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:143 reviews, 34 commits, 38 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Joshua primarily contributed to enhancing the user interface and functionality of the game, specifically in the pause menu and file select screens. They added D-pad support, enabling easier navigation and interaction. They also modified code related to shops, ocarina playing, and text prompts, improving the user experience. Furthermore, the user worked on preventing certain actions and implementing autosave features.
jbodner09/Shipwright
Mar 2022 - Apr 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 461 pushes, 105 branches in 3 years
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