Challenge: Enhance Virtual Reality or Secure Cyberspace
Bio for Spotlight: Ben Shumpert is a junior Computer Engineering major from Aiken, SC. Ben’s grand challenge is securing cyberspace, a topic on which he hopes to do a significant amount of research as part of his departmental honors curriculum. Ben is very involved in on campus organizations, serving as the Treasurer of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Engineers without Borders (EWB). In his free time, Ben enjoys wakeboarding and playing soccer. After graduation in May 2018, Ben plans to pursue a career in software engineering (and possibly a master’s degree).
Research: Mobile Health Applications Creative Inquiry, pursue departmental honors degree in Computer Engineering
Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Electives in History, English, Statistics, and Philosophy, plan to take courses in Mathematical Sciences, Management, and Economics
Entrepreneurship: Unsure
Global Dimension: Membership in Engineers without Borders, try to possibly join a travel team before graduation
Service Learning: Spend weekend last semester volunteering doing landscape work at Younglife camp, plan to do local service projects through Habitat for Humanity and local church