Aaryan Lath
As a senior in AAE at Purdue, I've consistently demonstrated academic excellence being in the Dean's List for every semester while gaining hands-on experience in complex engineering projects, positioning me to tackle multidisciplinary challenges in aerospace and beyond. My unique perspective, experience and first principles thinking combines technical expertise with business acumen, understanding how decisions impact organizational success.
Personal Projects
Startups, ventures and build sprints — what I ship outside the classroom
CryptiQ
Post-Quantum Security Made Easy
Summer 2026 • San Francisco, CA
Cofounder & CFO
CryptiQ builds a complete inventory of the cryptography a company actually runs, pinpoints where it depends on quantum-vulnerable encryption, prioritizes what to fix first, and migrates it to NIST post-quantum standards — no consultants, no agents on production systems. Building it with a founding team of four at Founders, Inc.'s Off Season II program in San Francisco.
LuftCar
Next-Gen Advanced Air Mobility
2026
SkyBase Manager
LuftCar is building a complete Advanced Air Mobility platform — the Meethu™ hydrogen-hybrid eVTOL, SkyBase™ rapid-deploy vertiport infrastructure, and the SkyPAATH™ AI planning system. Designed and built the company's website end to end, and now drive growth for the SkyBase™ vertiport platform.
Cadence Labs
StarkHacks — World's Largest Hardware Hackathon
April 2026
Team member — software & integration
Turned a Meta Quest 3S into a bimanual VR teleoperation rig for two SO-101 robot arms. Hand tracking streams over UDP into a Python pipeline that solves inverse kinematics with ikpy, controls the grippers via pinch detection, and records each session as a LeRobot training episode for downstream imitation learning.
Academia
With a GPA of 3.73, I am constantly challenging myself with taking advanced graduate level courses such as Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Intermediate Aerodynamics (AAE 550 and AAE 514) and developing skills through clubs, projects while balancing Research, Teaching Assistant position. To view more courses and course related projects, click on View more.
AAE 571: Complex System Safety
Graduate Level Course
Performed accident-style analysis and wrote a conference-style research paper investigating the safety challenges and risk mitigation strategies for propulsion systems for urban air mobility vehicles (UAMs).
View Report on OneDriveAAE 418: Zero-Gravity Flight Experiment
Advanced Experimental Design
Project Manager for the Small Suborbital orbital refuelling experiment. Created the requirements, budgets and managing 7 engineers for the design of the experiment to be launched on the New Shepard flight.
AAE 339: Aerospace Propulsion
Advanced Propulsion Systems
Conducted an extensive literature survey on novel techniques within the Urban Air Mobility sector, focusing on Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) systems to reduce acoustic noise and optimize battery thermal management.
View Report on OneDriveAAE 412: Computational Fluid Dynamics
Advanced CFD Course
Simulated the performance of a car using an Ahmed Body approximation. Looked at the effect of different slant angles on drag, downforce and overall car behavior.
View Report on OneDriveProfessional Experiences
Systems Engineering Intern
Siemens Smart Infrastructure
Summer 2025
Worked at the Grand Prairie office in Siemens' Smart Infrastructure division in the mechanical department:
• Designed custom enclosures for panelboards using CREO and executed ECNs in SAP.
• Streamlined switchboard configurations by engineering neutral assemblies to resolve design edge cases.
• Developed Python scripts to refine a back-end algorithm, automating the BOM generation process for orders.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Purdue University
Jan 2025 - Present
TA for the Aircraft and Spacecraft Design class (AAE 251):
• Led study sessions to teach 50+ students, core AAE 251 (Aircraft and Spacecraft Design) course material and troubleshooting MATLAB bugs.
• Provided personalized support to students with concepts and understanding key design principles for the aircraft and spacecraft design projects.
Student Grader
Purdue University
Fall 2024, Spring 2026
Grader for the Aircraft and Spacecraft Design class (AAE 251):
• Corrected 80+ Homework questions and Individual Self-Assessments.
• Provided relevant feedback to help the student improve the quality of their work for subsequent homeworks
Financial Analyst
Ganshyam Balaji Financials
Summer 2024
Working on Mergers and Acquisitions at Ganshyam Balaji Financials in the pharmaceutical industry:
• Performed financial analysis of companies within the pharmaceutical sector for mergers and acquisitions.
• Prepared reports and presentations highlighting company strengths, and growth potential, for buyers.
Research Work
Resilient Extraterrestrial Habitat Institute (RETHi)
Worked on 2 projects from the Summer of 2024 to Spring 2025: Systems Engineering and Vibration Isolation
- • Trade studies for safety control evaluation
- • Cost and habitat resilience assessment
- • Lunar habitat disruption analysis
- • FEA simulations for vibration isolation
- • Tensile testing of Vectran straps with stitching patterns
Other Research Indulgements
Current research project is focusing on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of electric aircraft. Worked at the high speed compressor lab in Fall 2025.
- • Abstract accepted for the AIAA Aviation forum 2026 on "A Modular MDO Framework for Rapid Electric Aircraft Design"
- • Helped assemble and calibrate the Test cell's fan-rig
- • Working on manufacturing techniques to build parts effectively
Applied Engineering Projects
Purdue Aircraft Teams
Active member of Purdue's aircraft design and competition teams, participated in national competitions including AUVSI SUAS and AIAA Design/ Build/ Fly competitions. Retired as Chief Engineer of the SAE Aero Design team in SAE Purdue after leading it through the SAE Aero Design East 2026 competition.
Purdue Space Program
Contributed to the PSP Satellites team as a Structures, Mechanisms and Thermals member, deputy systems director and to the entire organization of 10 teams as the secretary.
TurboFan Engine Assembly
Complete turbofan engine design with bypass ratio optimization and performance analysis using advanced CAD modeling.
Single Piston Sterling Engine
Collection of complex mechanical engineering projects showcasing design versatility and technical proficiency.
Awards and Achievements
Milestones in academic excellence and professional growth
March 2026
SAE Aero Design East Competition
SAE Aero Design East Competition
March 2026
The best competition yet for the team — a successful aircraft landing and loads of learning experiences at the SAE Aero Design East competition, marking a major milestone for the PSAEA team.
January 2026
Wind_Tunnel-test
Wind_Tunnel-test
January 2026
Wind tunnel testing campaign for aerodynamic validation (completed after Mk2).
January 2026
Mk2
Mk2
January 2026
Mk2 iteration showing design and performance improvements.
December 2025
Mk1
Mk1
December 2025
Initial Mk1 build and validation milestone.
Resume & Contact
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Get In Touch
Interested in hiring a dedicated, well-rounded professional whose ambitions never sleep? Have questions about my work or want to discuss opportunities? I'd love to connect.
Email: aaryanlath05@gmail.com
Current Location: West Lafayette, IN