Active: Composite Rocket
The Composite Rocket is a 5 foot sounding rocket with an apogee of 10,000 feet. Its primary payload will be a suite of instruments to take data to verify our structural analysis. Our team has completed the initial design of the rocket. We will manufacture the body tube, fins, and nose cone out of carbon fiber. Participating members will gain valuable experience, including composites manufacturing, structural analysis, coding, and data analysis.
Active: SEDS@UW Level 1 Certification Program
SEDS @ UW helps members earn their hobby rocketry level one certification through NAR or Tripoli. Through attending our series of lectures and building and flying their rocket, even inexperienced members can gain a decent understanding of rocketry and some practical hands-on experience. By the end of the program, members will be able to assemble and launch rockets on their own. They will also be familiar enough with the basics and necessary tools of design to explore designing their own high power rocket.
Complete: Magnetic Sails Research
We researched several advanced in-space propulsion concepts utilizing a magnetic field to generate thrust by deflecting solar wind particles. Building on research done by former UW Professors Robert Winglee and John Slough, members worked on theoretical and computational models of plasma configurations that could be used to generate large magnetic field structures in space.
Complete: SEDS-SSPI Competition Paper Spring 2021
The 2021 SEDS-SSPI Competition has begun! Our SSPI team within our chapter completed a comprehensive report on the future of in-space manufacturing.
Complete: SEDS-SSPI Competition Paper Spring 2020
For the 2020 SEDS-SSPI (Society of Satellite Professionals International) competition, four SEDS@UW chapter members researched the issue of space debris, summarized the technical and political components of the issue, and proposed solutions.