AerospaceNU
AerospaceNU is the rocketry and aviation club on campus. As a part of AerospaceNU I worked on the design and construction of several large rockets, hexapod rover development for competitions, and the manufacturing of a custom liquid rocket engine.
I was the Treasurer for the club in my Freshman and Sophomore years and handled the budgets and club promotion. Outside of the projects, I ran an introduction to rocketry class to teach new students the basics of rocketry and guided them through the construction of their own small rockets.
Club Promo Video I Edited
Competition Rocketry
Competition Rocketry is a subset of AerospaceNU. In Competition Rocketry, I was involved in the design and construction of multiple fiberglass rockets. All the tubes and internal bays were prepared and manufactured in house.
Hexapod Rover
One of the competitions we competed in was the Nasa Student Launch Initiative. For this competition, the rocket had to deploy a payload at a certain altitude that would descend and traverse terrain while collecting soil samples. I was in involved in the development of a hexapod style rover and worked on the locomotion system. The rover had six legs that were independently controlled and used sensors to determine the leg position.
Liquid Rocket Engine
In the Liquid Rocket Engine team, I worked on the design and manufacturing of a high pressure cryogenic rated tank. I also worked on ablative research and material testing.
