University of Akron's "Akronauts" rocket team

Welcome to episode 6.96!

We are joined by the University of Akron's "Akronauts" rocketry team!

We were joined by the following team members:

Team President - Emily Armbrust
Chief Engineer - Blake Bowser
Former Team President - Mattew Stanko
Treasurer - Olivia Renkel
Former Chief Engineer - Mattew Reppa
Project Manager - Jon Davis

The team formed in 2014, and have been involved in a number of national STEM focused rocket competitions, including NASA Student Launch(USLI), and Spaceport America Cup

They give a fun and detailed overview of what their team is all about, and a couple of their recent competition projects.

You can visit their website for more information at https://akronauts.org/

Here is a listing of the Overall Winners and Awards in the 2020 NASA Student Launch competition:

Overall Winner: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
2nd Place: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina
3rd Place: University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama
4th Place: University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
5th Place: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
6th Place: University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
7th Place: Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
8th Place: Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
9th Place: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
10th Place: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio