SMRt Launch Platform

The ultimate goal in collegiate rocketry is to develop an affordable ground-launched platform capable of surpassing the Karman Line (an altitude of 100 km). With recent advances in rocket propulsion, flight-ready electronics, additive manufacturing, and lightweight composites, it has become possible to design and construct such a rocket. SMRt will incorporate all of these advances into a cost-optimized modular platform.

SMRt Launch Platform

Help us reach our goal

Are you a member of the aerospace industry? An experienced academic? A passionate rocketry enthusiast? Join our team and help us reach the Karman line!

The team is looking for sponsors and mentors that are willing to join us on our one year mission. Donations, parts contributions, advice, or coffee. We’re excited about any help you want to give!

Interested? Fill out the contact form or email us at sponsor@cprocketry.com

Team Lead, Design and Fabrication

Nathan has worked in the Tissue Reconstruction Lab at Stevens to successfully develop a high precision biomedical 3D printer, and on the RockSAT program in collaboration with NASA and Space Grant. He is currently employed by the IDEAS program as the Head Teaching Assistant for Design IV. His technical experience includes iterative design, prototyping, project management, CAD and CAM, 3D printing, and CNC operation.

Propulsion Specialist, Materials

Monica has worked with Professor E.H. Yang on his research in Smart Polymers for filter applications, and has worked for Chemetall in their Technical and Analytical departments. A member of both Tau Beta Pi and Omega Chi Epsilon honors societies, Monica is also involved on campus. Her technical experience includes work in chemical systems simulation and design.

Propulsion Specialist, Materials, and Media

Dakota has worked in the oncological drug discovery lab at Stevens and set up a new research laboratory at Chiang Mai University. His technical experience includes process simulation and hard chemistry. He holds positions in various student organizations, which affords him invaluable time- and people-management skills.

Aerodynamic Design and Mathematics Specialist

Abraham is currently working at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in their Air and Missile Defense sector. He has previously worked in a shockwave research lab at Stevens and extended the Stevens Shocktube. He is currently employed by the Department of Mechanical Engineering as a Teaching Assistant for Fluid Mechanics. His technical experience includes computational and analytical mathematical modeling and CAD.

Aerodynamic Design and Machining Specialist

William has done research on a shock tube for supersonic flow, focusing on shock waves’ effects on optics, and is currently a fluid mechanics TA. His technical experience includes iterative design prototyping, CAD, CAM, 3D printing, various machining techniques, mechanical systems, and plastics.

Electronics, Signals, and Avionics

Faris has interned at Microsoft’s Advanced Technological Lab as a software engineer in Cairo, Egypt. Last summer, he interned at Facebook as a software engineer in Menlo Park, CA. His technical experience includes software development, embedded communication software, signals and systems, and sensors. Faris is in charge of electronics, telemetry and avionics.

Lead Programer

Ben is currently employed at a small startup doing backend development, and has extensive experience with software development on a team, programming embedded systems, running Linux and Unix, and coding directly for the hardware.

Aerodynamic Design and CAD Specialist

Thomas is currently a Teaching Assistant for Fluid Mechanics and Numerical Methods. He has performed research for Prof. Nick Parziale on a shock tube for supersonic flow and has worked in Research and Development in Mechanical Engineering for Sloan Valve Co. His technical skills include CAD, analytical and numerical modelling, simulation, and composite design.