“I had a huge passion for rocketry my freshmen year, but there was no team or club that could fill that gap at the time, so I thought, why not make one?" - Jefferson Hu

WHY NYU TANDON ROGUE AEROSPACE?

Rogue Aerospace is New York University’s only rocketry association dedicated to the advancement and exploration of aerospace. We are a student organization and Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Team that seeks to educate and provide hands-on experience in engineering, design, and project management for students of all disciplines and skills. From mechatronics, to CAD, to dynamics simulation software, our team is at the forefront of aerospace innovation at NYU Tandon. We are one of the fastest growing teams at NYU Tandon and have gained significant recognition on campus, competing with even the oldest and established of teams. As a Vertically Integrated Program, we give students the opportunity to participate in research and design with hands on experience in rocketry and aerospace engineering while receiving course credit.

WHAT DO WE DO?

On the Rogue Aerospace team, we seek to design, build, analyze, and launch resuable rockets, giving students hands-on exposure and experience in the rapidly developing aerospace industry. In 2019-2020, we competed in the Battle of the Rockets competition, a prestitguious intercollegiate rocketry competition aimed at testing the bound of rocketry and payload designs. This competition require the team to not only build a rocket, but to also carry a payload, a rover, designed to mimic NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover, up to 1000 feet and return safely! We attained third place for the 2019-2020 season, and are now setting out sights on a larger goal, the NASA Student Launch Initiative! The NASA Student Launch Initiative, or NASA SLI, is an elite nationwide competition designed to test the skills and knowledge of the student team. For the NASA SLI, we must design, build, and test a rocket that can reach between 3,500 and 5,500 feet with an onboard payload! During the flight, the payload must separate from the rocket and land safely on its own, taking a 360 degree panoramic photo of the landing area. This is the largest scale project that we have done so far, and we hope to set our sights on the prize! In addition, the team has also integrated the SAE Aero Design competition within the team. This competition challenges student teams to design, build, and test model RC planes of different classes, namely distinguished by size and power. Due to the growing nature of the team we believe that branching out and giving student more aerospace opportunities within the team would continue to add those with the desire to learn more about aerospace and to have the skills to succeed in the future!