Our Team

Join us!

Anyone can join our team, all disciplines and majors are welcome. Our lab space is located in the Supplemental Mail Room north of campus on Big Hollow Road and we have regular meetings in Hammond Building on campus. You can join by following these steps:

  1. Join our Slack
  2. Come to an all hands meeting, the next one will be announced in our Slack.
  3. Subsystem meetings are listed below, but check the Slack for weekly schedule updates!

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

Subsystems

Recovery:

Ensures that the rocket is safely recovered by designing a redundant and reliable recovery system.

Meetings are held Wednesdays at 4:30pm in our lab.

Payload:

Designs, builds, and tests at least one unique payload that will be incorporated into the rocket and scored as part of the competition.

Meetings are held on Mondays after the weekly meeting and Wednesdays at 6:00pm in our lab.

Propulsion:

Chooses the motors to be used in the rockets, thoroughly tests them, and simulate the rocket to ensure the flight goes as expected.

Meetings are held Tuesdays at 7:30pm in our lab.

Structures:

Responsible for designing the bulk of the rocket frame and working with the other subsystems to integrate their components into the design.

Meetings are held Tuesdays at 7:30pm in our lab.

 

Leadership

Executives and Officers

 

Ben Akhtar

President

Contact: baa5374@psu.edu

Alexis Miller

Vice President

Contact: avm6354@psu.edu

Kristi Roth

Treasurer

Contact: kpr5216@psu.edu

Jason Giamarino

Safety Officer

Contact: jbg5542@psu.edu

Lyndsey Carr

Public Relations

Contact: lnc5173@psu.edu

Andrew Grafton

Corporate Relations

Contact: amg86@psu.edu

Flight Systems

Payload Systems

Spencer King

Lead Flight Systems Engineer

Contact: smk5905@psu.edu

Logan Baker

Lead Payload Systems Engineer

Contact: ldb5267@psu.edu

Alexis Miller

Recovery Lead

Contact: avm6354@psu.edu

Thomas Nguyen

Recovery Lead

Contact: tbn5097@psu.edu

Logan Baker

Payload Integration Lead

Contact: ldb5267@psu.edu

Elizabeth Dailey

Payload Lead

Contact: esd5159@psu.edu

Sam Loeffer

Structures Lead

Contact: stl5154@psu.edu

Emmett Meinzer

Structures Lead

Contact: ewm5366@psu.edu

Anthony Su

Payload Lead

Contact: ams9006@psu.edu

Jeremey Bombace

Structures Lead

Contact: jbb5537@psu.edu