Published Papers
Since 2024, the Ramblin' Rocket Club has published several research papers in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and attended the AIAA Region II Conference each year to present our members' findings. Our hope is to advance the field of amateur rocketry by contributing to research and development efforts.
2025 AIAA Region II Conference
Structural Development, Analysis, and Testing of a Full Scale Jet Vane Thrust Vector Control Rocket for Active Stabilization
Pritham Sathish, Kush Bandi, Atharva Gujrathi, Margaret Hwang, Shalini Shailesh, Michael Yore, Taehan Lee, Alex Zangara, Anjali Yagnavajhala, and Christina Wang
AIAA 2025-99339
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Computational Modeling of Jet Vanes for Thrust Vector Control
Hector Sanchez, Rushil Negandhi, Sameer Sheth and Jackson Meyers
AIAA 2025-98692
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Aerodynamic Modeling for Thrust Vector Control Rocketry
Rushil Negandhi, Sameer Sheth, Hector Sanchez and Jackson Meyers
AIAA 2025-98332
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Development of a Head-End Ignition System for the Sustainer Motor of a Two-Stage Sounding Rocket
Avantika Goel and Nandini Kotamurthy
AIAA 2025-99539​
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Scarlet Gimbaled Rocket Design and Launch Report
Krish Mishra, Ilan Villard, Cathleen Bolger, Syona Gupta, Jackson D'Ambrosio, Isaac Wengier, Michael Joseph Wallace, Ethan Koh, Jinhe Li and William Castro
AIAA 2025-99513
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Experimentally Characterizing Shear Strength of Structural Adhesives With Varying Surface Preparations
Anja Govednik, Davis Lee, Annabelle Rayburn, Gavin Weinstein and Sarah Dea
AIAA 2025-99685
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Design and Implementation of a Data Acquisition System for Rocket Motor Testing and Performance Analysis
Saptak Das and Joey Clary
AIAA 2025-99604
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Mechanical Design, Structural Analysis, and Static Fire Testing of a Jet Vanes System for Thrust Vectoring
Kush Bandi, Pritham Sathish and Alex Zangara
AIAA 2025-99341
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Effective Ground Systems for Amateur and Research-Oriented Rocketry
Vraj Parikh, Sebastien Martinez and Ken Shibata
AIAA 2025-99669
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High School Payload Challenge: Inspiring High School Students to Experience the Professional Design Process
Caterina Fratta and Ian Soledade
AIAA 2025-99680
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Development of an LQR Controller for a Jet Vanes Thrust-Vectored Rocket
Patrick Barry, Albert Zheng, Karsten Caillet and David Reynolds
AIAA 2025-99074
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Development of a High-Performance Avionics System for Real-Time Guidance and Control in High-Power Vehicles
Cheng Liu, Mohammed Abdeen and Kanav Chugh
AIAA 2025-99768
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Integrated State Estimation Development for Actively Controlled Rockets
Albert Zheng, Patrick Barry, Hridai Ambati and Kandarp Vadia
AIAA 2025-99521
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Real Time Operating Systems in Active Controlled Rockets
Kanav Chugh, Sam Peterson and Felipe Martins
AIAA 2025-99648
2024 AIAA Region II Conference
The Use of Boron Potassium Nitrate (BKNO3) in Recovery Deployment Systems for High Altitude Sounding Rockets
Michael Pena, Virginia Anne Tennant and Morgan Gregg
AIAA 2024-85666
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Shear Modulus Testing in Composite Sandwich Panels
Sarah Dea, Carlotta Bresciani, Karthik Kumar, Nathaniel Murcin, Julian Raaf, Parth Garud and Robert Ajluni
AIAA 2024-85690
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Torsional Stiffness Testing and Analysis of Composite Doublewedge Rocket Fins
Parth Garud and Robert Ajluni
AIAA 2024-84867
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Static Fire Test Stand for Jet Vanes Analysis
Shalini Shailesh, Margaret Hwang, Sarvesh Sathish, James Barritt Chambers, Taekyung Kim, Pritham Sathish and Ilan Villard
AIAA 2024-85704
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Development of a Mechanical Stage Separation Mechanism for Two-Stage Sounding Rockets
Griffin Jourda and Nishant Sood
AIAA 2024-85647
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A Computational Analysis of Jet Vanes Thrust Vector Control for Solid Rocket Propulsion
Sameer Sheth, Noah Kraus, Atharva Gujrathi, Jacob Buell, Hyeonbi Jee and Josh Hammond
AIAA 2024-85701
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Design and Drop Test of Sounding Rocket Parachute System
Nicholas Gaug, Morgan Gregg, Michael Pena, Harry Shrager, Vincent Nguyen and Alfonso Lagares
AIAA 2024-85643
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A Standard Process for the Design of a High-Powered Amateur Solid Rocket Motor
Tomas Salvo, Jacob Buell, Owen Pollack and Andrew Shi
AIAA 2024-85334
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Design of a Modular Avionics System for a Two-Stage Sounding Rocket
Joseph Clary, Alfonso Lagares, Barnabe Marty and Griffin Jourda
AIAA 2024-85660
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Gru & Vector Gimbal Rocket Design and Launch Report
Catherine Fang, Owen Pollack, Patrick Barry, Krish Mishra, Sarvesh Sathish, James Barritt Chambers, Taekyung Kim, Cheng Liu, Albert Zheng, Ilan Villard and Alexander Swift
AIAA 2024-85702