Rocket Team
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Vanderbilt rocket team wins Altitude Award in 2023 NASA Student Launch competition
The Vanderbilt University rocket, New Ham, successfully flew to within 4 feet of its 4,500-foot altitude target to place first and collect the coveted Altitude Award in the 2023 NASA Student Launch competition. The team also earned a first-place award in the STEM Engagement category. Read MoreJun 13, 2023
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Gift extends support for Vanderbilt’s award-winning rocket team
The inaugural Mark Dalton Faculty Director of Experiential Learning in Aerospace Engineering is Amrutur "A.V.” Anilkumar. Anilkumar has served as the faculty adviser to Vanderbilt teams that have won numerous national and international aerospace engineering awards over two decades. Read MoreMay 2, 2023
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New fund to sustain Vanderbilt rocket team successes
Mark F. Dalton, JD’75, emeritus trustee and former chair of the Board of Trust, has established the Dalton Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory Fund to support the university's rocket team, winners of an unprecedented seven NASA Student Launch national championships in 10 years. Read MoreFeb 17, 2022
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Vanderbilt Rocket Team places second in 2021 NASA Student Launch Competition
The Vanderbilt Rocket Team placed second in the Launch Division of the 2021 NASA Student Launch Competition. The Vanderbilt team also won NASA’s Educational Engagement Award for their innovative virtual rocketry workshops for school students. Read MoreJun 8, 2021
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Class of 2021: From rockets to fighter jets, mechanical engineering major builds on big successes
Will Reisner enjoys reaching new heights. The mechanical engineering senior is the vehicle team lead on the perennially top-ranked Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory rocket team. Read MoreMay 3, 2021
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Vanderbilt rocketeers win seventh NASA launch national title
The Vanderbilt University rocket team has won an unprecedented seventh NASA Student Launch national title, beating out 45 other university competitors to claim its seventh national title in the past eight years. Read MoreJul 24, 2020
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Vanderbilt Rocketeers take on the 2020 NASA Space Robotics Challenge
A 25-member engineering team—13 seniors, 9 undergraduates and three graduate students—in the Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory is taking on the 2020 NASA Student Launch challenge. Read MoreNov 7, 2019