Solitude is a 12ft tall, 71lb rocket that competed in the 2023 Spaceport America Cup. It's award winning flight to 9,938ft earned 1st place. Our rocket competed in the 10k COTS (Commercial-off-the-Shelf) rocket motor category against 150+ other teams from around the world. The rocket featured a radially ejected payload, an adjustable ballast system, and a live telemetry communications system.

As the systems engineer, I led the design, simulation, integration, manufacturing, and testing of the competition vehicle. I had the privilege of presenting my work on simulating and characterizing the resonance of our carbon fiber fins to the Spaceport Judges, which allowed us to win the Charles Hoult Award for Modeling and Simulation.