Hello! My name is Ben Ward and I am a technically focused engineer currently working for Salem Distributing Company as their Automation Integration Engineer.Previously, I was a participant of the Associate Development Program at Livingston and Haven and a Design Engineering Intern for two summers with Western Carolina University's Center for Rapid Product Realization. I graduated in 2013 with a M.S in Technology and a Mechanical concentration. My graduate research focused on beer ester measurement and brewing process modification and developed an applicable model for ester management in both large and small brewing environments.In 2011 I graduated with a B.S. in Engineering Technology. During my undergraduate senior design program, my team developed a automated solar panel system designed to resemble a tree with "leaves" that rotated to follow the path of the sun.