Our mission is to advance vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) technology at the collegiate level.
PSP-AC is a research and development team that aims to advance active control technology. With the advent of propulsive landing in the private space sector, actively controlling a rocket’s position and orientation has been proven to be vital for the rapid reusability of orbital and suborbital rockets. The Active Controls team consists of multiple subteams that take on a certain aspect of this multifaceted project. These subteams include Structures and Propulsion, Guidance Navigation & Controls and Avionics. We encourage students from all backgrounds to join the effort and find the subteam that they are most interested in.
Projects
SUBTEAMS
Avionics
The Avionics Team is dedicated to the design, programming, and fabrication of our projects’ flight computers, battery systems, and control mechanisms.
Structures & Propulsion
The Sructures and Propulsion Team designs and builds the physical structure and propulsion system for Active Controls. This includes the research and development of our thrust vector control system, thrust stand, and EDF propulsion method.
Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC)
The GNC Team is developing the kinematic model of our thrust vector control system, as well as the controller that will orient the craft in flight. This includes developing advanced mathematical models, trajectory generation, and statistical Kalman filters.
Team Leads
Atharv Bhatter
Project Manager
Grant Williams
Chief Engineer
Rusty Willis
Systems Lead
Otto Rahmel
Business Lead
Subteam Leads
Xander Beal
Avionics Lead
Stathis Kokkevis
Propulsion Lead
Rugved Dikay
Fluid Systems Lead
Anuv Dhariwal
Manufacturing Lead
Ishan Goel
GNC Co-Lead
Vincent Palmerio
GNC Co-Lead
Sponsorship
Interested in supporting us?
Learn more about how you can partner with us in our sponsorship information packet.
