Major: Software EngineeringSami Bensellam 

Minor: Data Science

Hometown: Rabat, Morocco. Ames, IA.

Activities and Involvements:
Software Engineering Advisory Board
Teaching Assistant for CPRE and SE
Pi Kappa Alpha Founding member
Creative Director for IEEE student chapter

Internships, Co-ops, and Research:
Data Scientist and Software Engineering Intern at John Deere
Software Development Intern for Danfoss
Security engineering Intern for Proplanner

Why Engineering: Finding creative solutions to problems is my passion. Creating something unique and developing ideas into reality is what I live for. 

Favorite ISU Memory: My Favorite ISU memory is being in the library my freshman year and receiving an email with my friend Mohamed al Araidah, where both of us received a 7000-dollar scholarship, and both of us were jumping around in excitement.

Something Unique About Me: I believe I am unique in my background, coming out of Morocco, where I lived for 13 years, and later moving to the US where I began my next chapter in life. I also believe I am unique in my ability to come up with creative ideas.

Words of Wisdom: Don’t take life too seriously. Enjoy the moment. We only live once, and it’s our first time living life, so live it to the fullest.