Ben is a fourth year mechanical engineering undergraduate. He is excited to work this summer on the plastic pollution modeling and offshore algae farming projects with the MSEAS group. He spent his last two summers working at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in Bethesda, Maryland, and is a recipient of the American Society of Naval Engineers Tidewater Section Admiral David Donohue Scholarship. Outside of academics, he enjoys rowing with the MIT Heavyweight Men’s Crew.