Autumn Geil

Master’s student

Prosthetic Foot Team

ageil@mit.edu

Research Interests

Autumn is passionate about accessible technology and global engineering. As an undergraduate she participated in assistive technology hackathons in India, Austria, and Saudi Arabia. Before graduate school, Autumn worked on oral drug delivery devices for two years with Yuhan Lee and Jeffrey Karp at BWH/HMS. She’s excited to apply her materials engineering background to design and model prosthetic feet in GEAR Lab.

Education

  • B. S. Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021

  • Laguna Beach High School

Honors and Awards

  • 2nd Place Gamers8 2022 Gameathon Assistive Technology Track, Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia

  • Karp Lab 3-Minute Talk Competition 2022: Best Presentation, Best Feedback

Hobbies

Singing, Drumming, Reading, and Playing Soccer