During the beginning of March, The AIAA Rutgers Rocket Propulsion Lab (RRPL) flew a rocket to about 7,000 feet at the Maryland-Delaware Rocketry Association (MDRA). This rocket stood at about 8.6 feet tall, and was named "Excalibur" as a nod towards the Rutgers Scarlet Knight mascot. This flight was a small scale practice flight before RRPL's Spaceport America Cup competition in June, where the team will be flying a 14 foot tall multi-stage rocket to 30,000 feet. Overall, the launch was a success, and the RRPL team was encouraged by the field to visit again soon!
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April 2023
April 6, 2023
April 6, 2023
Professor Haym Benaroya and Rutgers graduate Raymond Martin, currently an engineer at Blue Origin, were interviewed on their studies on lunar lava tubes. These studies examined the suitability of using lunar lava tubes as habitats on the Moon by pressurizing these natural caves systems. The full article can be viewed here: www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/03/15/pressurised-natural-caves-could-offer-a-home-from-home-on-the-moon
April 6, 2023
Two MAE undergrads, Maxim Arkhipov (MAE ‘24) and Sriya Bapatla (MAE 24’), win New Jersey Space Grant Consortium 2022-2023 Academic Year Internships.
March 2023
January 2023
January 3, 2023
January 3, 2023
Surmounting barriers to in-person laboratory research opportunities for STEM students has been a seven-year passion project for Jonathan Singer, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, who was recently awarded the Mary W. Raisler Distinguished Teaching Chair in Mechanical Engineering.
November 2022
November 8, 2022
A drone that can fly, float, swim, dive, and transition between air and water in less than a second. This innovation, invented at Rutgers School of Engineering (SoE), received a 2022 Edison Patent Award at the Research & Development Council of New Jersey annual banquet on Thursday, Nov. 3.
