{"665343":{"#nid":"665343","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ME\u0027s Lauren Paulson Wins Brooke Owens Fellowship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELauren Paulson, an undergraduate student in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, has been selected to receive a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.brookeowensfellowship.org\/\u0022\u003EBrooke Owens Fellowship\u003C\/a\u003E for 2023. Paulson is studying mechanical engineering while minoring in aerospace engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Brooke Owens Fellowship is a nationally-acclaimed nonprofit program recognizing exceptional undergraduate women and gender minorities with space and aviation internships, senior mentorship, and a lifelong professional network.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPaulson was one of 47 fellows who were selected based on their incredible talent, desire to pursue a career in aerospace, stand-out creative abilities, record of leadership, and most importantly, commitment to their communities. Almost 1,000 promising and talented students applied worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPaulson has always loved math, science, and problem-solving, but her interest in aerospace started when she was selected to go to a NASA young astronauts day in middle school.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, Paulson has served as the Vice President of Membership of the Yellow Jacket Flying Club. Through this club, she has pursued flight training toward a private pilot license. She also serves on the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Student Advisory Committee, is a prototyping instructor at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inventionstudio.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EFlowers Invention Studio\u003C\/a\u003E, and is active in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s student-run theatre, DramaTech, where she serves as the head of marketing for the improv troupe and has acted and assisted in directing many shows. Paulson also enjoys running, scuba diving, sailing, and traveling.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPaulson has previously interned at BlackRock through the Hallac Scholars program where she worked to create a data quality visualization tool. She has also worked part-time as a Physics 2 Teaching Assistant at Georgia Tech and as a middle and high school math and science tutor. In addition, she has served as a part-time machine operator at the McKinsey Digital Capability Center where she worked to create a system to send alerts about machine maintenance. Finally, Paulson has conducted research in structural analysis and aeroelasticity under aerospace engineering professors at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a Brooke Owens Fellow, Paulson will intern with Virgin Orbit on their quality engineering team in Long Beach, California this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Brooke Owens Fellowship was founded in 2016 to honor the memory of beloved industry pioneer and accomplished pilot D. Brooke Owens, who passed away in 2016, after a hard-fought battle with cancer. The Brooke Owens Fellowship celebrates its ongoing mission and legacy of disrupting the historical gender imbalance in the aerospace industry by continuing its mission to provide opportunities and access to talented young professionals from women and gender minorities from all backgrounds.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPaulson will intern with Virgin Orbit this summer as part of the fellowship program, which recognizes exceptional undergraduate women and gender minorities interested in space and aviation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Paulson will intern with Virgin Orbit this summer as part of the fellowship program, which recognizes exceptional undergraduate women and gender minorities interested in space and aviation."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2023-02-01 17:18:22","changed_gmt":"2023-02-01 17:18:22","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"665342":{"id":"665342","type":"image","title":"Lauren Paulson","body":null,"created":"1675271789","gmt_created":"2023-02-01 17:16:29","changed":"1675271789","gmt_changed":"2023-02-01 17:16:29","alt":"Lauren Paulson headshot","file":{"fid":"251645","name":"Paulson_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Paulson_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Paulson_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":183594,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Paulson_0.jpg?itok=XhN2X8yq"}}},"media_ids":["665342"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"289141","name":"Women in Engineering (WIE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAshley Ritchie\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ashley.ritchie@me.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}