Katie Reichl

About Katie Reichl

Hi, I\'m Katie! I\'m a seasoned automation engineer with a PhD in Aerospace Engineering who specializes in building smart, scalable systems that help businesses grow and operate more efficiently. My advanced academic background gives me a unique analytical approach to solving complex automation challenges, combining theoretical expertise with practical implementation skills.As the founder of CapraFlow, I help businesses streamline their workflows, automating reports, connecting tools, and eliminating repetitive tasks. I\'ve spent years building internal automations at companies like Komatsu, where I created scalable solutions for data analysis, reporting, and simulation workflows.Alongside my engineering work, I also tutor mechanical engineering college students. With over 13 years of combined teaching and tutoring experience and three years as a professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering, I specialize in core ME coursework: Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Machine Design, Controls, Aerodynamics, and more. My focus is on building the problem-solving skills and composure students need to actually perform under exam conditions.Whether you\'re a business looking to operate with more speed and less friction, or a student working through the hardest parts of your engineering program, I\'d love to connect.

Experience

1. Mechanical Engineering Tutor

   Wyzant

   Jan 2026 — Present

   I specialize in tutoring mechanical engineering college students across core coursework: Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Machine Design, Dynamic Systems, Measurements and Controls, Aerodynamics, and Vibrations. I also tutor engineering mathematics including Calculus, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra, as well as MATLAB in both dedicated courses and the upper-division courses where it is integrated into projects and assignments.My approach focuses on building problem-solving skills that hold up under exam conditions. One thing I emphasize is learning to work through being stuck, a feeling students rarely practice on homework but encounter constantly on exams. I help students develop strategies for pushing past that moment rather than shutting down, so they walk into exams with both the knowledge and the composure to perform.

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics

  2008 — 2013

• University of Michigan

  Aerospace Engineering PhD, Vibration Suppression and Metastructures

  2013 — 2018