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2025 IREC Competition

The 2025 IREC will be hosted in MIDLAND,TEXAS Monday, June 9 - 14, 2025.
Horseshoe Pavilion Infomercial

​Competing Teams, Presentation List, and Scores
(see below for winning teams)

The 2025 IREC Participant Survey is now available. 
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2025 Team List
(Last updated 06-02-25 acb)
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2025 Registration Schedule
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2025 IREC Student and Vendor Maps
​ (Including the Horseshoe Pavilion and the Launch Site)
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Maps to IREC
​Launch Site
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2025 Presentation Schedule
(Last Updated 05-25-25 acb)
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Podium Session Abstract Summaries
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2025 Final Scores
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(Posted 8.02.25 by ACB)
2025 New Horizons Trophy Winner | Team 704 The University of Sydney - Photo by Tahoma Photography
Photo by Tahoma Photography
2025 New Horizons Trophy
Winner | Team 704
The University of Sydney

Runner-Up | Team 184
​ University of Virginia
Read the official
​Press Release here.

Student Resources

ESRA/AIAA Copyright Information
AIAA IREC 2025 Copyright Form
File Size: 59 kb
File Type: docx
Download File

Town Hall Information
ESRA 2025 IREC January Town Hall Questions
File Size: 267 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

2025 Technical Documents
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2025 IREC Team Photos

2025 IREC Media Assets

2025 IREC Group & Volunteer Photo

2025 Team Photos

Sizzle Reel

2025 Media Assets

Sponsorship Reel

2025 Team and Group Photos

YouTube Livestream


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2025 International Rocket Engineering Competition
WINNER
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Photo by Tahoma Photography
2025 New Horizons Trophy and All Around Winner
Team 704  The University of Sydney

Runner-Up  Team 184  University of Virginia

​ESRA Technical Awards

Jim Furfano Award for Technical Excellence
Winner | Team 703 | Monash University
Runner-Up | Team 704 | The University of Sydney
Charles Hoult Award for Modeling & Simulation
Winner | Team 144 | Rochester Institute of Technology
Runner-Up | Team 704 | The University of Sydney
Dr. Gil Moore Award for Innovation,
presented by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Winner | Team 146 | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 
Runner-Up | Team 312 | Texas Tech University
James Barrowman Award for Flight Dynamics
Winner | Team 129 | Istanbul Technical University
Runner-Up | Team 158 | The University of Tulsa

​ESRA Team Conduct Awards

​Team Sportsmanship Award
Winner | Team 401 | Federal University of Santa Catarina
Nancy Squires Team Spirit Award
Winner | Team 310 | Rio de Janeiro State University
Runner-Up | Team 701 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras

​Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition Category Place Awards

(COTS = Commercial Off the Shelf | SRAD = Student Researched and Developed)
10,000' COTS
First Place | Team 184 | University of Virginia
Second Place | Team 129 | Istanbul Technical University
Third Place Team 112 | Clemson University
30,000' COTS
First Place | Team 208 | Mississippi State University
Second Place | Team 218 | University of Texas at El Paso
Third Place Team 204 | Chulalongkorn University
10,000' SRAD Solid Motor
First Place | Team 302 | Federal University of ABC
Second Place | Team 314 | University of California, Irvine
Third Place | Team 309 | Purdue University
30,000' SRAD Solid Motor
First Place | Team 410 | West Virginia University
Second Place Team 401 | Federal University of Santa Catarina
Third Place | Team 407 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
30,000' 2-Stage
First Place | Team 502 | University Laval
Second Place | Team 901 | Polytechnique Montreal
45,000' Multi-Stage
First Place | Team 602 | The University of Akron
Second Place | Team 600 | Rutgers University - New Brunswick
10,000' SRAD Hybrid
First Place | Team 704 | The University of Sydney
Second Place | Team 703 | Monash University
Third Place Team 700 | Cornell University
30,000' SRAD Hybrid
First Place | Team 800 | Rice University

​Payload Challenge, Sponsored by the Space Dynamics Laboratory

First Place ($1000)
Team 221 | University of Houston
Second Place ($750)
Team 207 | Manipal Institute of Technology ​
Third Place ($500)
Team 130 | Istanbul University Cerrahpasa ​
Honorable Mentions
Team 144 | Rochester Institute of Technology | Best Deployable
Team 145 | Rowan University | Outstanding Craftsmanship ​

​Media Awards

Team Video Challenge
Winner | Team 314 | University of California, Irvine ​
Live Rocket Video Challenge
​Best Live Onboard Video

Winner | Team 193 | Wichita State University
Live Rocket Video Challenge
​Best Live Telemetry Visualization

Winner | Team 194 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute

​Experimental Sounding Rocket Association
​Lansing, MI 48917

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