Lauren Weil

Undergraduate Student

Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Lauren Weil is actively engaged in unmanned aerial and surface vehicle systems, vehicle fabrication, and hands-on engineering applications. As OSU-Tulsa's OAIRE lab's inaugural Excelsior LaunchPad Fellow, she supported the setup of WindShape wind-tunnel infrastructure, conducted Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) testing, and presented research on LiDAR integration with quadruped robotics for emergency response. Her recent work includes configuring Hydronalix's sonar-equipped aquatic vehicles for mapping and rescue operations through OAIRE. At Georgia Tech, Lauren contributes to the HyTech Racing Aerocomposites team, where she designs and fabricates components for an electric Formula SAE vehicle, focusing on aerodynamic optimization through undertray and tire dam CAD modeling, CFD validation, and carbon fiber layups. She also participates in Georgia Tech's Grand Challenges program, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to develop a solar-powered UV-C sterilization system for medical tools in resource-scarce environments—a project that included bacterial testing for sterilization validation and earned the Best Prototype Potential award at exhibition.