Julia Beitel

UX/Product Designer & Design Engineer

I care most about products that make complex technology intuitive, useful, and ethical in real-world contexts.

MagpyLabs website shown on a laptop MagpyLabs (Beta) AI Tools for Social Media Content Creation AirBend prototype worn outdoors, showing kirigami cut patterns AirBend Passive Cooling Wearable HomeGreens app home screen shown on a phone HomeGreens AI-Driven Gardening Platform Reef Project structure, expanded and collapsed Reef Project Transformable Artificial Reef Structure The Look app screen shown on a phone, with outfit suggestions from other users The Look Social Wardrobe App
Resilient Walls modular brick system Resilient Walls Lightweight & Load-Optimized Modular Brick Systems BuzzFinder glasses with exploded ultrasonic sensor assemblies BuzzFinder Wearable Haptic Assistive Device Drum & Vase planter on a wooden bench Drum & Vase LLM Music Generator OrganizeIt! closet system OrganizeIt! Custom Closets in Grasshopper
Julia Beitel

I design and build human-centered AI product experiences by combining UI/UX, user research, and rapid prototyping. As a Design Engineer at MagpyLabs, an early-stage AI startup developing tools for content creation, I own product interfaces, lead usability testing, and implement directly in the frontend. 

I completed my M.S. in Design Technology at Cornell Tech in 2026. I graduated from Cornell University in 2024 with a B.A. in Information Science and a minor in Environment & Sustainability, where I was a Milstein Program Scholar.

Cornell Tech article, From Milstein Scholar to Design Tech PioneerRead more about my work at Cornell Tech

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Cornell Tech Julia presenting HomeGreens on stage with her project team at Cornell Tech @cornell_tech  · Fall 2025Featured for presenting at Cornell Tech Presents: Builders and Disruptors in the AI Era, a showcase of student ventures in AI-driven product development Milstein Program Julia speaking in a Q&A beside Jenny Sabin @milsteinprogram · Fall 2024Featured in Q&A with current Milstein Program students in partnership with Jenny Sabin, Chair of the Department of Design Technology Cornell University Field research with a drone at Shoals Marine Lab @cornell_university · Summer 2021Featured for independent coastal habitat field research at Shoals Marine Lab on Appledore Island, MN
Julia Beitel

UX/Product Designer & Design Engineer

I care most about products that make complex technology intuitive, useful, and ethical in real-world contexts.

MagpyLabs website shown on a laptop MagpyLabs AI Tools for Social Media Content Creation AirBend prototype worn outdoors, showing kirigami cut patterns AirBend Passive Cooling Wearable
HomeGreens app home screen shown on a phone HomeGreens AI-Driven Gardening Platform Reef Project structure, expanded and collapsed Reef Project Transformable Artificial Reef Structure The Look app screen shown on a phone, with outfit suggestions from other users The Look Social Wardrobe App
Resilient Walls modular brick system Resilient Walls Lightweight & Load-Optimized Modular Brick Systems BuzzFinder glasses with exploded ultrasonic sensor assemblies BuzzFinder Wearable Haptic Assistive Device
Drum & Vase planter on a wooden bench Drum & Vase LLM Music Generator OrganizeIt! closet system OrganizeIt! Custom Closets in Grasshopper
Julia Beitel Cornell Tech article, From Milstein Scholar to Design Tech PioneerRead more about my work at Cornell Tech

I design and build human-centered AI product experiences by combining UI/UX, user research, and rapid prototyping. As a Design Engineer at MagpyLabs, an early-stage AI startup developing tools for content creation, I own product interfaces, lead usability testing, and implement directly in the frontend. 

I completed my M.S. in Design Technology at Cornell Tech in 2026. I graduated from Cornell University in 2024 with a B.A. in Information Science and a minor in Environment & Sustainability, where I was a Milstein Program Scholar.

Featured

Cornell Tech Julia presenting HomeGreens on stage with her project team at Cornell Tech @cornell_tech  · Fall 2025Featured for presenting at Cornell Tech Presents: Builders and Disruptors in the AI Era, a showcase of student ventures in AI-driven product development Milstein Program Julia speaking in a Q&A beside Jenny Sabin @milsteinprogram · Fall 2024Featured in Q&A with current Milstein Program students in partnership with Jenny Sabin, Chair of the Department of Design Technology Cornell University Field research with a drone at Shoals Marine Lab @cornell_university · Summer 2021Featured for independent coastal habitat field research at Shoals Marine Lab on Appledore Island, MN