Leadership Team

Bintang A. Samudera

President and Design Lead

The President and Design Team Lead ensure the club operates efficiently from top-level management down to technical execution. The President leads meetings, delegates tasks, and utilizes their broad experience to support all club objectives. Meanwhile, design lead oversees the design team, ensuring the timely creation of component sketches, 3D models, and flight simulations to seamlessly transition the rocket from design into manufacturing.

Regan Tran

Vice President and Avionics Lead

The Vice President and Avionics Systems Lead drive both the operational and technical success of the rocketry club. The Vice President partners with the President to manage timelines and safety while leading the rocket's physical manufacturing. Simultaneously, the Avionics Lead designs the flight controls, telemetry, and onboard electronics. Together, these roles overlap to optimize the rocket's aerodynamic design—including fins, nose cone, and body configuration—ensuring stable and safe flights.

Jocelyn Ramos Rocha

Secretary

The Secretary is the organizational backbone of the rocketry club. They are responsible for managing internal communications, taking detailed meeting minutes, and maintaining the club's central records. By tracking member attendance, organizing shared documents, and keeping the team informed of critical deadlines and updates, the Secretary ensures the club's day-to-day operations run smoothly and efficiently.

Peter Discenza

Manufacturing Lead

The Manufacturing Lead turns digital designs into a physical rocket. They review the design team's component model and drawings. Manufacturing lead work directly in the shop to help build and assemble the parts.

Aymen Essaid

Business Manager and Publication

The Business & Publications Manager oversees both the financial accountability and public image of the rocketry club. On the financial side, business manager maintain transaction records, manage the budget, and actively reach out to companies to secure funding. On the public-facing side, publication chairs are responsible for overall public engagement, creating creative media, and managing the club’s website and social media presence. This combined role ensures the club is well-funded, financially organized, and highly visible.

Matteo Rodriguez

Student Senior Advisor

The Student Advisor provides essential high-level guidance while remaining deeply engaged in the club's day-to-day operations. Working closely with the President and Vice President, they offer strategic advice and oversight to ensure the club meets its overarching goals. Unlike a traditional, hands-off advisory role, the Student Advisor remains actively involved on the ground level, contributing their experience and support directly to all technical and operational teams across the club.

Ved Patel

Student Senior Advisor

The Student Advisor provides essential high-level guidance while remaining deeply engaged in the club's day-to-day operations. Working closely with the President and Vice President, they offer strategic advice and oversight to ensure the club meets its overarching goals. Unlike a traditional, hands-off advisory role, the Student Advisor remains actively involved on the ground level, contributing their experience and support directly to all technical and operational teams across the club.

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Rocketry Club

Rettner Hall, University of Rochester, 500 Joseph C Wilson BLVD
Rochester, NY, 14627