The Seas Effect

	Water Solutions Katherine L. “Kate” Clopeck (MAE, Business Minor ’06) made a business out of passions she developed as a student. She, along with Michael Brown (Comm ’06), founded the not-for-profit social enterprise Community Water Solutions (CWS) in 2008 to further their interest in providing sustainable water-purification solutions to developing countries.
	Finding the Right Neighborhood Who says writing code is boring? For Ben Hughes (CS ’12), writing code is satisfying in itself — he’s been doing it since he was 6 years old — but it has also been his entrée into the world of entrepreneurs and startups. As a result, Hughes is leading his life in double time. He is a computer science major and is the director of technology at NabeWise.com, a new website that helps people in cities find the neighborhood that’s right for them.
	Unleashing High-Profit Websites When he graduated from the Engineering School, Steve Huffman (CS ’05) watched a number of his classmates take their first jobs with one of the many government and defense contractors in Northern Virginia. He had other plans for using his computer science degree.
	My Favorite Professor: Bill Scherer Engineering School professors make an impact on their students each and every day. Sometimes the experiences are unforgettable, as were those of Scott Ferber (SE ’91) with Bill Sherer, professor in the Department of Systems and Information Engineering.

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