Description
Rocketry and its competition team Cyclone Rocketry is an engineering team with the central focus of designing, building, and flying high powered model rockets while competing in sanctioned events with other colleges and their students in the United States and around the world. Rocketry will also be an avenue for its members to become individually certified modelers of high powered amateur rocketry in national organizations like NAR and Tripoli.
Affiliations
Constitution / Tier
Membership Information
| Student Members |
81 |
| ISU Members |
0 |
| Non-ISU Members |
0 |
| Allowed Members |
Iowa State University Students |
| Allowed Officers |
Any |
| Membership Qualifications |
None |
| Membership Restrictions |
None |
| Elections/Selection |
End of Spring Semester (Officers to take office the following fall) |
| Meetings |
Weekly design and build meetings & monthly launches (weather permitting). Weekly work sessions are in Howe 0010 on Sunday at noon. |
Description of Regular Meetings/Activities
| Weekly general meetings are open to all members. Meetings will cover the club's agenda, videos of HPR competitions, guest speakers, and advice for high powered rocket certifications.
Active members will participate in designing and building a vehicle for the International Rocketry Engineering Competition (IREC) and/or the Argonia Cup. Work meetings will be scheduled weekly for officers and approved active members. General meetings take place at Marston 2155 at 6 pm on Tuesdays. Work sessions are held weekly at noon, with the location varying for each subteam. |
Description of Special Events
| Special events, such as outreach to the community, will occur several times a semester. During these events, a few officers will talk about the club and share their hobby of amateur high-powered rocketry and their passion for space exploration. For outreach conducted with k-12 students, an activity and a lesson plan will be created to teach the students about STEM in an engaging way. |