Officers:
President – Drew Klopfenstein
Email: andrewklopfenste@ufl.edu
Vice President- Eli Stroup
Email: stroupelijah@ufl.edu
Treasurer – Jacob Caudle
Email: jcaudle@ufl.edu
Team email – Swamplaunch@mae.ufl.edu
Faculty Advisor:
Prof. Sean Niemi
Email: srn@mae.ufl.edu
About
The Swamp Launch Rocket Team is the premier aerospace design team at the University of Florida. Formerly known as the University of Florida Rocket Team, Swamp Launch has given students the chance to study, engineer, and launch high-power rockets since 2010.
Our Mission is simple: Cultivate the Engineer, Elevate the Institution, Pierce the Kármán line. Each year, the Swamp Launch Rocket Team competes against teams from around the world in the International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC).
Beyond competition, members can earn their high-power rocketry (HPR) certifications through the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) and Tripoli by designing and building their own rockets, using tools, materials, and mentorship provided by Swamp Launch. The team also runs courses on the fundamentals of rocketry to inspire a passion for the field in newer members. Community outreach is another major part of our mission; we bring STEM activities into local schools to inspire the next generation of engineers.
Our team is divided into three sub-teams to tackle innovation and competition: development, vehicle, and payload. Vehicle and payload work together to build our IREC competition vehicle, while development pushes the boundaries on our development vehicle. Each group is further divided into sub-teams focused on specific parts of the rocket, such as avionics, recovery, modeling and simulation, payloads, structures, and testing.
