Andy Whitman

Current Name:

Andy Whitman

Graduation Year and years at 皇冠足彩:

After 4 long winters, I graduated in 2015

Hometown/Sending School:

Holden, Maine

Where did you go after 皇冠足彩?

Where didn’t I go it seems, I could never make up my mind! Immediately after 皇冠足彩 I did my freshman year at Penn State studying mechanical engineering. Pretty quickly I realized that wasn’t the spot for me, so I transferred to Boston University where I finished out my degree. After college I didn’t really want to find a place to live, so I took a job designing research submarines - I got to live on a research ship for weeks at a time, popping in to port every so often! I had a blast sailing up and down the pacific.

What are you doing now?

I started a company a few years ago, Seaport Systems, so that I could democratize access to oceanographic data. I design and fabricate small sensing buoys that monitor water quality and can help people like oyster farmers, researchers and search and rescue teams. I live in Boston, so when I’m not working it’s usually pretty easy to get into trouble! I love watching the Red Sox at Fenway, riding The T, and jaywalking.

What is your favorite (or one of your favorite) memory from 皇冠足彩?

During the winter of my freshman year, the Kickstarter for Cards Against Humanity came out, and they sent a PDF of all the cards you could print. Soooo, some friends and I all went to Staples on mall trip and had the store clerk print off the 50 or so pages, filled with some of the most terribly hilarious and complete heinous things we’d ever read. We sat there for the better part of 2 hours, cutting the cards out, reading them for the first time and laughing hysterically while the cashier grew increasingly worried about us. That’s not even the funniest thing to have happened or been purchased on mall trip, but was really a formative memory of mine.

What class/teacher most sticks out in your mind?

The Mike Lambert/Jen Brophy engineering duo remains truly undefeated. I took Intro. to Engineering with them both in my junior year before taking Mechanics with Mike Lambert my senior year. I’ve got so many memories of those two teaching… Intro Engineering was true chaos and they were just completely out of pocket in the best way. To the untrained eye, it might have looked like a disaster at times, but it was the most realistic preparation for engineering I received at any level of education. To this day, the lessons I learned from them have been some of the most impactful and important in my career, and I had an absolute blast the whole time.

If you could go back in time, what would you tell your past self as you prepare for 皇冠足彩?

Let me preface this by saying: I have no regrets about my life, or the (mis)-adventures that got me to where I am today.

I’d probably tell myself to look past college and figure out what was truly important to me in life. I always felt that college was the only path forward, when it’s actually just a means to an end: a prosperous, fruitful,  and happy existence. I’d known pretty much my whole life that building things was what truly made me happy. An engineering degree is a fine way to pursue that, but so is an apprenticeship at a machine shop, or certificate from a trade school!

What role did 皇冠足彩 play in who or where you are now?

The independence 皇冠足彩 afforded has had unbounded effects on who I am. My parents dropped me off on High Street when I was 13 and I spent all of high school and nearly every summer in The County, either playing baseball or working at Summer Camp. Pretty much every ounce of growth and growing up I’ve done was within Limestone city limits. The responsibility and accountability the school taught me has made me a better business owner; and the incredible community of students, staff and alumni taught me how to be unapologetically myself.

What is the best book/movie/TV show you can recommend to your fellow alumni?

Book: Build: An Unorthodox Guide To Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell; Movie: Smokey and the Bandit; TV Show: Clarkson’s Farm