Throughout the year, the team is involved in a variety of presentations for the NASA USLI competition. Members talk with NASA officials and present information regarding rocket design, testing, and more.
The fall semester is dedicated to design work using CAD & OpenRocket to create ideas of what our rocket vehcile and payload will be. In the spring semester, these ideas come to life through manufacturing parts and testing to ensure our design functions as intended and is safe.
STEM engagement is an important part of the club's mission. This past year, the club participated in a variety of activites to teach the local Toledo community about high-power rocketry and the science behind it. Members voluntered in collebration with the local Imagination Station and events throughout the engineering campus.
Currently, over 30 club members are L1 certified, which allows members to purchase and fly rockets using high-impulse motors. This provides a great opportunity to use their engineering knowledge on a fun and challenging personal project.
Launch days are hands-on exciting moments where members get to see a variety of rockets launch. They provide great networking opportunities with other rocketry hobbyist. The team always celebrates a good (or bad) launch by eating at Culver's!
The final event of the club is traveling to Huntsville, Alabama to participate in the USLI competition. A week full of educational activities, networking opportunities, and seeing rockets from teams across the country fly. It is an exciting event that accumulates the hard-work throught the year into one flight!