Choose a division
Start with fluids, electronics, structures, or engines based on the systems you want to understand.
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EST. 2007 // DAYTONA BEACH, FL
Student-built liquid propulsion. From design to hot fire and flight.
First-year students welcome. No prior rocket experience required.
01 / MISSION
The work spans engines, cryogenic feed systems, avionics, structures, and test operations. Small teams take ownership early and stay with hardware through test and analysis.
02 / TEST RECORD
Short loops. Real test data. Better hardware on the next firing.
03 / PROGRAMS
One vehicle. Four technical divisions. Student-owned from design review to test.
High-pressure cryogenic feed systems and ground test stand operations.
02Custom avionics, data acquisition, and flight control systems.
03Aerodynamics, composite structures, and recovery systems.
04Thrust chambers, injectors, and cooling system design.
04 / DIVISIONS
Choose the systems you want to own and the problems you want to solve.
The engines and flight systems that built the current program.
05 / START HERE
No prior rocket experience required. You do need to show up, learn quickly, and follow through.
New members do not spend a semester watching. Pick a division, learn the system, and take ownership of a bounded problem with review from experienced members.
Start with fluids, electronics, structures, or engines based on the systems you want to understand.
Build the safety, analysis, software, and hardware fundamentals needed to contribute responsibly.
Take a real calculation, drawing, circuit, test fixture, procedure, or software task through review.
Support the build, collect data, find what needs to change, and carry the next version forward.
These are short coordination windows, not the only time work happens. The lab is always open, and most design, build, and test work happens outside scheduled meetings.
Join Discord first. That is where onboarding, schedule changes, division work, and day-to-day communication happen. Then register through CampusGroups with your erau.edu account.
06 / LEADERSHIP
Students leading our technical teams, projects, and test operations.
07 / PARTNERS
Industry partners enabling student-built propulsion.
08 / OUTCOMES
ERPL members have interned and worked across aerospace, defense, research, and advanced manufacturing.
09 / CONTACT
Recruits / sponsors / media