Rocket Lab

In the Rocket Engineering Lab, students put their classroom knowledge to work on projects of their own imagination. Centrally located on the first floor of the Lehman Engineering and Technology Center, the Embry-Riddle Future Space Explorers & Developers Society (ERFSEDS) and the Experimental Rocket Propulsion Lab (ERPL) clubs accept new student members continuously, offering their collective expertise to shepherd new student innovations from concept to operation. The “Rocket Clubs” execute some of Embry-Riddle’s most advanced student projects.

Equipment

• Composite filament winder
• 3D printer
• Computer workstations with CAD, CFD and rocket analysis codes

Projects

• Annual rocket engineering competitions: International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC); Friends of Amateur Rocketry (FAR)
• High-performance rocketry Level 1 certification workshops
• Composite Manufacturing
• Supersonic parachute
• Rocket avionics systems development
• Composite propellant mixing and testing
• LOX/Ethanol liquid bipropellant engines
• Bipropellant ground test propellant feed system
• Data acquisition (DAQ) systems for ground testing
• Hybrid rocket engine