MISSION
Uplift Microhome makes off-grid disaster shelter that lands hours after a hurricane, not months. We design, manufacture, and ship the units in the United States, with a focus on the U.S. Gulf hurricane belt.
Conventional disaster housing pushes the cost of site preparation, crane operations, utility tie-ins, and on-site labor onto the customer. Each Uplift unit is delivered fully-assembled, forklift-deployable, and self-leveling — collapsing the on-site work into a single drop-and-deploy operation.
We are SAM.gov registered and procurement-ready under FAR Part 25, eligible for federal acquisition through FEMA, USACE, VA, and state-level emergency-management vehicles.
TEAM

Charlie Nitschelm
Previously lead engineer on SpaceX's Starlink Mini user terminal production line. Currently at MIT in the Leaders for Global Operations program — a dual MS in Mechanical Engineering and MBA.
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Trevor O'Leary
Previously lead engineer on Tesla's vehicle electronics manufacturing systems. Currently at Harvard pursuing a joint MS in Engineering (SEAS) and MBA (HBS).
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- MIT $100K Accelerate
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- Harvard HLEP
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- MIT $100K Launch
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- 2048 Pitch
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- Harvard New Venture
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- Harvard Rock Venture Catalyst
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- TNT MIT Startup Accelerator
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