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8th IREC (2013)

Congratulations to the following winning teams in the 8th Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition!

Winning Teams:

Basic Category: (10-lb payload closest to 10,000 ft AGL):
1st Place: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Canada) 
                 "Zephyr 2"  (2nd year in a row!)
2nd Place: ETS Montreal (Canada) 
                 "RockETS"

Advanced Category (10-lb payload closest to 25,000 ft AGL):
1st Place: New Mexico Tech 
                 "SCEPTER"
2nd Place: No other teams reached half the target altitude to qualify

Jim Furfaro Award for Technical Excellence:
Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (Brazil)
                 "Santos-Dumont"

Participating Teams:

Basic Category (10,000 ft)
  • Brigham Young University
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Canada)
  • ETS Montreal (Canada)
  • Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (Brazil)
  • Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)
  • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech)
  • Ryerson University (Canada)
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Missouri
  • University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (India)
  • University of Toronto (Canada)
  • University of Washington
  • University of Waterloo (Canada)

Advanced Category (25,000 ft)
  • California State University-Los Angeles
  • Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Canada)
  • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech)
  • University of California-Los Angeles

Technical Papers (Advanced Category):
California State University, Los Angeles
New Mexico Tech
Polytechnique Montreal
UCLA
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