All Applicants applying after January 20th 2024 will be reviewed during the Fall 2024 semester.
Liquid Rocketry Lab is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, student-led engineering-focused team with a goal to design, fabricate, test, and launch a liquid-fueled rocket to reach the Karman Line (100km altitude), the official 'edge of space'. This would make us the first college team in the world to achieve such a feat. Liquid Rocketry Lab aims to achieve this goal through research focusing on high powered liquid-fueled rocket systems including but not limited to: Research in the rocket structures and supersonic aerodynamics, guidance navigation and control systems (GNC), recovery methods, and of course rocket engine design and manufacturing.
We are a dedicated group of students at NC State University with a diverse background in engineering as a whole. This is a great place to practice skills and gain experience that you may not otherwise get a chance to as an undergraduate. We are looking for highly motivated and passionate students to join the engineering team. The engineering team is split into four sub-teams:
• Structures - Designs and manufactures upgrades to the existing test stand. Performs validation and testing of previous designs to verify the test stands ability to bear and transfer loads. They are also responsible for developing aero-thermal models, recovery systems, and the mechanical aspects of attitude control.
• Propulsion - Responsible for design of the bi-propellant liquid fueled rocket engine and associated plumbing / feed systems. Working on a detailed analysis and manufacturing plan of the first iteration engine this semester.
• Avionics - Responsible for design, fabrication, and testing of electrical systems including building a failsafe and highly redundant high bandwidth telemetry system and control system for our rocket engine test stand.
• Programming - Writes everything from the firmware running on our test stand electrical hardware computer to the ground control station interface. Currently work in a custom programming language designed for safely controlling the engine test stand.
Contact us if have any queries: admin@liquidrocketry.com
