What is ESRA?

ESRA is the acronym for  the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association.

Our Motto

COGNITA PER EXPERIENTIAM - Learn by Doing

ESRA's Mission

​The Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA) is a non-profit organization founded in 2003 for the purpose of fostering and promoting engineering knowledge and experience in the field of rocketry.

​ESRA’s primary focus is providing safe and exciting opportunities for academic groups to compete in aerospace challenges. ESRA’s flagship event, the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) has attracted tens of thousands of students since 2006 

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Current Leadership Team

Position	Name
President	Steve Taylor
Vice President	Dr. David Abmayr
Treasurer	Rob Dickinson
Secretary	Ben Russell
Event Manager	Stephanie Taylor
Director, Competition Operations	Anita Jimenez
Director, Launch Operations	Isaac Sims
​Executive Director	​Andy Berger
​Range Safety Officer	Jim Jarvis and ​Dr. Ken Overton
Media, Public Relations and Livestream	​Logan Herrera
Registration and Uprange Operations	Sierra Stockwell

ESRA's Historical Leaders

Years	President	Vice President
2024 - Present	Steve Taylor	Dr. David Abmayr
2020 - 2023	Cliff Olmstead	Andy Berger
2017 - 2019	Matt Ellengold	Dustin Koehler
2015 - 2016	Paul Mueller	Dustin Koehler
2006 - 2015	Paul Mueller	Matt Dusku