JGK
Gabe Kozielec

USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory

Propulsion and avionics fabrication

Aug-Dec 2022

Supported propulsion and avionics components for USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory.

Representative photograph, not this project: a student rocket lifting off from a launch rail.

Stand-in, not this project · NASA Marshall Space Flight Center / Mick Speer · Public domain · cropped

Used here

Tools

  • Altium
  • Composites fabrication

What I did

  • Helped fabricate solid rocket fuel grain and used Altium for PCB modeling and integration for the Fireball static fire.
  • Helped sand the layup mandrel for avionics enclosures on Firebiter, a 6-inch-diameter, 64-inch-long P-class solid rocket motor.