Piper L.

Piper L. has a diverse work experience. Piper began their career in 2013 as an Undergraduate Researcher at the MIT Media Lab, where they proposed, designed, and performed measurements of conductivity in 3D-printed parts made from graphite-infused resin. In 2014, they were an Ethnographic Assistant at iRobot, where they took observation-based ethnographic data during usage of AVA and conducted participant post-study phone interviews. In 2015, they were a 3D-Print Process Intern at Autodesk, where they designed and created the printer calibration guide that is shipped in-box with Ember. In 2016, they were a Thermal Engineering Intern at Intel Corporation, where they characterized and developed single-phase and two-phase fluid cooling hardware for server CPU processors and designed and built a custom test rig extension. In 2017, they were a Mechanical Design/Test Engineer at Karem Aircraft, Inc., where they were a custom tiltrotor nacelle bearing designer and provided manufacturing and installation support for prototype tilt bearings on single rotor tiedown test article. Currently, they are a Sr. Engineer, Thermal Design at Overair, Inc., where they are responsible for thermal management of the electric propulsion engine and thermal/mechanical design for demonstration and production vehicles powerplant. Piper is also responsible for thermal management system design for mobile propeller testbed.

Piper L. graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Anthropology.