STUDENT CLUBS
Hot-Fire Test: Embry-Riddle Club Launches Students’ Rocket Ambitions Advised by Dr. Rick Perrell
ERPL achieved a significant milestone with the successful hot-fire of Project Triton, the club’s most powerful student-built engine at the time of testing. Undergraduate students designed, manufactured and fired the ethanol and liquid oxygen engine, demonstrating growth in liquid propulsion capability. The achievement paved the way for Project Moe, a more powerful engine now supporting an upcoming high-altitude launch attempt. The milestone reflects ERPL’s continued focus on performance optimization, testing discipline and system-level engineering execution.
TALON: Life-Saving Aircraft Takes Shape Advised by Dr. Kyle Collins
The Technology for Airborne Lifesaving and Operational Needs (TALON) project is a compact uncrewed vertical takeoff and landing aircraft designed to support emergency response missions. Developed by an Embry-Riddle student team, TALON was selected as one of 14 nationwide recipients of funding through NASA’s GoAERO Prize competition. The aircraft incorporates self-adjusting landing gear and rotor redundancy to enhance operational reliability. Students are applying systems integration, flight testing and structural design principles while addressing complex humanitarian aviation challenges. The project demonstrates how applied engineering can directly support life-saving operations.
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