Below is an excerpt from Iowa State University's press release about the Outstanding Engineering Graduates of Fall 2018

Gallus completed his honors project entitled “Predicting What’s Popular: Social Media Analytics with Machine Learning” and travelled to the United Kingdom in Fall 2015, studying abroad at the University of Birmingham.

On top of a cumulative GPA of 3.86, Gallus has been a part of the President’s Leadership class, raised over $1,250 dollars for the Dance Marathon, served on the recruitment committee and as a student admissions representative and membership development coordinator.

In addition to these efforts, Gallus co-founded the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity and served as the first vice president of risk management and judicial affairs. Also elected as philanthropy chair, Gallus organized the 4K Hay Run for Cancer with over 150 participants, raising over $1,500 dollars for the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults.

Gallus has also served as a community advisor for his residence hall and a freshman honors program leader.

In addition to his involvement at Iowa State, Gallus has had four internships: Iowa DOT, developing JavaScript web applications to support geospatial information; Cerner, developing Java desktop and web applications for querying and analyzing patient medical record data; IBM as a software engineering intern; and at Boeing as a Project Management Intern.

“On top of all of Ryan’s accomplishments, he is willing to go the ‘extra mile’ for his peers and does it with a smile on his face and a concern for all,” said Vicky Thorland-Oster, manager of student services in electrical and computer engineering.

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