Penn Rocketry

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Club Mission

Currently, we are designing a 10,000-foot target altitude solid-motor rocket (with all original subsystems) that will represent UPenn at the Spaceport America Cup 2023 next academic year. We are also working on a hybrid rocket engine and the testing infrastructure necessary to develop it. Our team is highly interdisciplinary, and we value committment and perserverance over experience. In fact, none of our original members had any experience with rockets, and within a few months we built four rockets, secured our first sposor, and have made significant progress on the two aforementioned projects. Our team culture emphasizes having fun, fearlessly exploring new ideas, embracing failure, and working hard (there is no substitute for hard work). We have robust rocket engineering teams – including avionics (EE and CS), structures (MEAM), propulsion (various), simulations (MATH and CS), recovery (various), and mechanical systems (MEAM) – , but also very talented media, finance, and launch engineering teams. Joining Penn Rocketry is a great way to gain job-relevant experience, and take part in one of the coolest and most important things for our world: space exploration. [Penn Rocketry is a student group, open to undergraduates and graduate students, at the University of Pennsylvania.]

FAQ

Most Recent
Question: What is the application process like? Do we have to submit a portfolio? - Anonymous

To apply, simply email pennrocketry@gmail.com to set up an interview and begin the application process. In your email, please include your resume, a portfolio if you have one, and a brief statement on why you want to build rockets with us. We typically conduct two rounds of interviews, and a short trial period for selected candidates. Everybody has to start somewhere, and that is why we do not evaluate candidates solely based on their engineering experience. New members are taught our first-principles engineering approach and are mentored by older, more experienced members within their subteam.

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Question: What specialists are you currently recruiting? Are you accepting mostly engineer students? - Anonymous

We have a rolling admissions model, meaning we accept applications at any time. That said, we accept the majority of new members at the beginning of the academic year so that they may be trained at the optimal time within the annual engineering cycle. At this time, students may apply to the engineering, media, finance, and corporate partnership teams. Within the engineering team, there are multiple subteams, which you can read about in our Club Description.

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Basic Info

0 Registered (< 20 Members)

Currently Accepting Members

Application and Interview Required

Open Recruitment


Contact

How to Get Involved

Email pennrocketry@gmail.com, or speak with a current team member.

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