Rocketry · 2021–2024
Rocket recovery systems
Recovery hardware and testing for student-built rockets at UCLA.
Team leadership · Fabrication · Testing
Recovery system design
- Designed two-stage recovery systems for multiple rockets, including recovery avionics, a CO₂ ejection system, and parachute layout and deployment.
Testing and recovery
- Pioneered the construction of test rockets for dynamic structural and electrical testing.
- Validated the systems through separation tests and test rockets.
- Achieved the club’s first consistently successful recoveries.
