Rocket Team
At the intercollegiate 2019 Spaceport America Cup, our Rocket team engineered and launched an 11 ft. tall, 6 inch diameter rocket. This Rocket was powered by a Cesaroni N class motor, and achieved an above-ground altitude of 13,000 feet.
In the 2022-23 year we’re building a second rocket with an M-Class motor and shooting for 10,000 feet again!
Want to apply after the fall application has passed? Check out our rolling application for 2022/2023 here: https://forms.gle/mRKMmJVB3rziFret6
Olivia Baumstein
Rocket Team Lead and Structures Co-Lead
Major: Mechanical Engineering, Art History
Specific interests: Aerospace, industrial design, data science, modern art and architecture
Hobbies: sewing, jewelry design, wandering around cities
Kayla Bleier
Structures Co-Lead
Major: MEAM
Specific Interests: Rocketry, aeronautical/aerospace engineering, space in general (and scifi :))
Hobbies: Painting, playing music, running, taking care of plants
Simone Kwee
GNC Co-Lead
Major: Electrical Engineering
Specific interests for components of the rocket: electronics design and testing, especially related to sensors and data collection
Hobbies: hiking, kayaking, crosswords, stargazing
Michael Alfano
GNC Co-Lead
Major: Computer Science
Specific interests for components of the rocket: Guidance/navigation/control software.
Hobbies: Bass fishing, hiking, and skiing.
Javier Fernandez
Structures Team
Major: Mechanical engineering and applied mechanics
Specific Interests: automobile industry (in particular F1)
Hobbies: going to the gym, playing the piano and playing baseball
Angelo Sali
Structures Team
Emilio Huizar
GNC Team
Major: Computer Engineering
Specific interests for components of the rocket: GPS, Communications, Flight Computer
Hobbies: Reading, 3d rendering/art
Dailing Wu
GNC Team
Major: Electrical Engineering
Specific interests for components of the rocket: Avionics, payload electronics and software, rocket motor control/design
Hobbies: Basketball, baking, piano, cars
Christine Meng
Structures Team
Theo Kang
Structures Team
Major: Mechanical engineering and applied mechanics
Hi! My name is Theodore and I’m from Perth, Australia. I enjoy travelling, playing badminton and golf, trying new food and watching Netflix.
Thomas Urey
GNC Team
Major: Computer Science
Specific interests for components of the rocket: Flight computer, sensors, GPS
Hobbies: Tennis, hiking, finding cool coffee shops
Emily Kang
GNC Team
Peter Shen
Structures Team
Major: MEAM
Specific interests: robotics, aerodynamics, space exploration
Hobbies: video games, working out, swim, art (occasionally)
Tyler Turek
Structures Team
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Avaniko Asokkumar
GNC Team
Major: Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Specific interests for components of the rocket: Sensors, mechanical-electrical interfaces
Hobbies: Soccer, piano, and graphic design
Owen Brazelton
GNC Team
Major: Electrical Engineering
Specific Interests for Components of Rocket: Flight Systems, Sensors, Cameras, Propulsion, Rocket Design
Hobbies: Hiking, Camping, Videography, Photography, Lego
Sunny Yu
Structures Team
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Sunny is a freshman from Montville, NJ studying mechanical engineering. He is interested in aerospace engineering and computer science as well as filmmaking/ photography
Alexandra LaBarca
Structures Team
Zeno Dancanet
GNC Team
Major: Computer Science
Specific interests for components of the rocket: GPS, airborne computing systems.
Hobbies: Running. 3D Architectural Design. Putting a piston engine on anything that has wheels.
Eric Zou
GNC Team
Major: Computer Engineering
Specific Interests for Components of Rocket: Flight Computer, Airbrakes Specifically
Hobbies: League of Legends
Haley Kang
Structures Team
Ryan Won
Structures Team
Major: Physics
Specific Interests: Aerospace
Hobbies: Cleaning, working out, listening to music
Kathy Jia
GNC Team
Major: Computer Science
Specific Interests for Components of Rocket: Flight computer
Praveen Raj Uma Maheswari Shyam Sundar
GNC Team
Ashna Khemani
Structures Team
Major: MEAM
Hobbies: theater, music, journaling, long walks
Zachary Anderson
Structures Team
Specific Interests: Robotics
Hobbies: Cooking, gardening, anime, singing, rock climbing
Zachary Gin
Structures Team
Ionnis Kalaitzidis
Structures Team