Propelling our future

through the rapid design and test of rocket engines

Who we are

The Experimental Rocket Propulsion Lab
at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

The Experimental Rocket Propulsion Lab (ERPL) is a student-run organization dedicated to designing, building, and testing experimental rocket engines. Students experience hands-on learning through a wide range of projects spanning solids, liquids, hybrids, and flight controls. Regardless of what area you decide to focus on in the club, we are glad to have you! You don’t need any experience to get started and this is a great way to socialize and network.

Project Highlights

ERPL is working on a lot – but here’s a couple of our biggest projects and objectives

ERPL primarily focuses on the design and testing of liquid and hybrid rocket engines. After the successful hotfire test of our hybrid rocket engine, Odyssey, we pivoted to go all in on our new objective of building a high-altitude liquid rocket. We have many projects that help contribute towards this goal.

MOE Rocket

MOE is ERPL’s premier bi-propellant rocket engine. Designed to carry our flight vehicle to 60,000 feet, this beast of an engine will set a new world record for collegiate rocket engines.

Cardea

Cardea is our electronics division that specializes in controlling our rocket engines and collecting the required data for analysis. The Cardea team designs and assembles all our circuitry in house.

Juno Engine

Juno is our first endeavor into cryogenic bi-propellant rocket engines. With the ability to target a range of operating conditions, Juno gives us experience with dealing with cryogenic fluids and liquid rocketry.

Odyssey

Odyssey was a hybrid rocket engine that utilized HTPB and nitrous oxide and produced a maximum of 600 lbf of thrust. This engine gave the team experience in fluid systems, infrastructure development, and operations planning.

Spectre

Spectre is our flight division that focuses on developing a reliable and innovative flight body for our rocket engines. After developing an actively stabilized rocket, Spectre has shifted to develop the flight body for MOE.

Leadership Board

Meet our officers and leads

Aiden McCollum

President

Samuil Nikolov

Vice President

Sakshi Khidake

Treasurer

Caleb Stone

Secretary

Justin Robinson

Public relations

Josafath Villegas

Safety

Cameron Sexsmith

Chief Engineer

Taylor Koehn

Fluids Divison Lead

Devin Sirota

Engines Divison Lead

Benjamin Mason

Flight Divison Lead

Per Sandlund

Electronics Divison Lead

What’s next?

The Experimental Rocket Propulsion Lab is working towards their first flight capable liquid bi-propellant launch vehicle with hopes of participating in the dollar-per-foot challenge hosted by Friends of Amateur Rocketry

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