QRET
Since 2018, I have been a principal member of the Queen's Rocket Engineering Team. In my first year on the team, I took up the role of Marketing Coordinator bringing fresh and energetic merchandise to the team. This merchandise stays with us today, where students yearn for a blue hoodie or formal polo shirt I introduced.
At the same time, I became heavily involved in the aerostructures subteam becoming increasingly involved in manufacturing design refining my CAD skills and composite manufacturing abilities through countless efforts. Through this dedication, I was chosen as one of 12 members who would participate and attend the 2019 Spaceport America Cup in New Mexico. At the competition, we had a nominal flight reaching 24,400ft reaching a maximum velocity of Mach 1.4.
This involvement led me to become the Manufacturing lead for the following year where I introduced the mechanical testing of the composite components and introduced infusion layup methods to refine the production of composite parts. Unfortunately, COVID 19 was around the corner and halted all further work on the rocket.
QRET - Reach New Heights
In 2019 QRET competed for the first time in the 30,000 ft competition with a commercial off-the-shelf rocket motor. A nominal flight was achieved and a 6th place in the category. The rocket achieved an astonishing Mach 1.4.
My involvement in specifically tailored to the manufacturing and manufacturing design of the aero frame. Special design considerations and complications were cleverly overcome in manufacturing of the nose cone, body tubes and fins.
In 2020, I lead the change over to infusion carbon fiber and away from wet layups resulting in reduced waste material and overall stronger and more consistent carbon parts. Additionally we began testing the carbon strength such that we can reduce the overall thickness of the carbon fiber. This research was halted due to COVID 19.
