Lauren is a rising junior fellow passionate about transforming the Aerospace & Defense Industry. She currently works as a System Engineer for Cenith Innovations, a startup with a mission to make the acquisition cycle more agile. She is specifically on U-2 Modernization, which entails incorporating MOSA (Modular Open System Architecture) into the Air Vehicle. Previously, she worked at Northrop Grumman as a Process Engineer on a Classified Program, and as an Industrial Engineer on Autonomous Vehicles (RQ4B Globlawk/MQ4C Triton/NATO AGS). Lauren attended Purdue University studying Industrial Engineering with a minor in Industrial Organizational Psychology and Certificate in [[File:Lauren Matz.jpg|thumb]]Entrepreneurship, while also striving . In 2022 she will be attending MIT for a Masters Master's in Business Administration in Technology Innovation and Business AnalyticsSupply Chain Management & Logistics. =Related Links= [[Purdue University]] [[Purdue University Student Priorities]] [[Purdue University Strategic Priorities]] University Innovation Fellows Spring 2016 [[Vignesha Bhamidi]] [[Dominick Lee]] Fall 2015 [[Lauren Matz]] Spring 2013 Jeff Ackerman Ian Hamilton [[Category:Student Contributors|l]][[Category:Student Contributors]]