Engineering Students Launch Rocket in International Competition | 2018 News and Press | News & Press | SUU

The RocketBirds, a Southern Utah University engineering student club, earned high honors this summer at the 2018 Spaceport America Cup. The SUU team placed fourth in the 10,000 foot Student Researched and Developed Motor category and ranked 26th out of 99 competing teams. In their category, the Rocketbirds placed behind Ohio State University, West Virginia University, and State University of Rio de Janeiro, all with engineering departments 15+ times larger than the SUU Engineering Department.