Clarkson University Rocketry

OUR MISSION

The Clarkson University Rocketry Team is a student lead competitive design team where students design and fabricate High Power Rockets for personal missions and international rocketry competitions. Team members apply multidisciplinary engineering principals to practical rocketry applications using Clarkson University’s composites laboratories.

CURRENT PROJECTS

  • CUR is developing new software to achieve a targeted apogee using a novel air brakes system.

  • Clarkson University Rocketry (CUR) is designing and launching its first ever test bed rocket in Fall of 2025, aiming to test several novel concepts such as tender descenders.

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Meet the EBoard

  • Mathew Barnhart

    President

  • Hailey Meagher

    Vice President

  • Sigmond Kukla

    Team Manager

  • Elizabeth Swartz

    Treasurer

  • Evan Fox

    Payload Lead

  • Tyler Russell

    Avionics & Recovery Lead

  • Emily Russo

    Modeling & Simulation Lead

  • Jacob Wolbert

    Structures Lead

  • Katalina Villalba

    Media Manager

  • Daniel Galko

    Sponsorship Chair

  • Lucas Monroe

    Certification Chair & Machining Lead

  • Carlos Iraheta Pérez

    Safety Chair

SUBTEAMS

  • Clarkson Rocketry has been designing, building, and testing a flight data recorder that captures the loading data that the rocket will experience in flight. The payload has also been designed to survive a 10,000ft freefall.

  • Clarkson rocketry avionics subteam is responsible for the flight computers and parachutes. We are designing the recovery system to recover the rocket from 10,000 feet. The avionics are responsible for a telemetry downlink to allow tracking of the rocket

  • Clarkson Rocketry has been desiging and building this year’s flight vehicle. This year’s vehicle will be comprised of in-house made carbon fiber structrual tubing and centering rings, fiberglass fins, and internal supports. The team is adamant on furthering the understanding of composite techniques and advanced manufacturing processes.

  • Clarkson Rocketry’s airbrakes subteam has been developing an active altitude control system for our competion rocket, that allows us to precisely control the apogee our rocket will reach during it’s flight.

  • The Modelling and Simulation Team (Modsim) is responsible for programming the code that ensures the rocket successfully reaches apogee as well as simulates the entire trajectory of the rocket.

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