About the artist

Hi! I’m Julia. I’ve been drawing and painting my entire life. I spent the last six years in graduate school for Aerospace Engineering.

Ever since I can remember, I wanted to be an artist. Coming out of high school, however, I ended up going to Georgia Institute of Technology and majoring in Aerospace Engineering. I participated in a wide variety of undergraduate research and ultimately went to graduate school for my PhD under Dr. Joseph Oefelein. I completed my doctorate in November 2025. My thesis covered using computational fluid dynamics simulations to improve our understanding of unsteadiness mechanisms of non-adiabatic shock-turbulent boundary layer interactions. Writing my thesis was the hardest task I’ve ever accomplished. I am proud I stuck with it, and equally grateful to my advisor and fellow graduate students for their support and faith in me. Over the 10 years I spent in higher education, my interests shifted from industry to academia to working in a national lab, yet all the while, my passion for art stayed constant.

For the last six months, I’ve taken a break from aerospace engineering to pursue this passion. It’s been a fun journey and I hope my work brings you joy. I intend to continue painting and drawing as I move into the next phase of my career as an engineer and scientist.