People

Neil Anderson – Neil is a lecturer School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer science at QUB and is the master in charge of the SPOT satellite tracking system amongst other things.

Alex Bibby – Alex is an Aerospace engineering student at QUB and is working on the rocket engine. His course leaves hin best suited for the propulsion and aerodynamics aspects of the project.

David Cutting – Dave is a lecturer in the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer science at QUB. A keen amateur rocketeer he’s a founding member of the Norfolk and Suffolk Rocketry Association, can be found on twitter @davex0x29a and has a website here.

Jarod Gouldie – Jarod is a QUB Physics undergraduate, and contributed to the prototype rocket design – primarily with overall structure balance, and nose cone design. He has a keen interest in astrophysics and the future of space exploration.

Dano Hawkins – Dano is studying Aerospace Engineering with Queen’s and is primarily involved with designing the hybrid rocket engine. His LinkedIn profile can be found here.

Josh Kelso – Josh is a Computer Science student at QUB who helped on both the Weather Balloon and the Prototype Rocket projects. Any time he doesn’t spend surfing on his electric skateboard, he spends on designing the parachute ejection system for the prototype rocket and 3D printing fins for wind tunnel tests. You can find Josh on LinkedIn here and on twitter as @ScottKelso07.

Jesi Maguire – Jesi is a physics student at QUB and vice-president of the QUB rocket society (flare), helping to launch weather balloons in style, her LinkedIn can be found here.

Conor McCluskey – Conor is a 3rd year physics student at QUB and part of the weather balloon testing team, he can be found on twitter @Conor_456.

Daniel McPolin – Danny is a senior lecturer in the School of Natural and Build Environment at QUB and the driving force behind the QUB rocket project.

Mustapha Obalanlege – Mustapha is a PhD student who completed his undergraduate in Aerospace Engineering and considers himself a consultant for the rocket engine design, which means he’ll be working in sporadic bursts.

John Scott – Physics student at QUB and treasurer to the rocket society (FLARE). Has not allowed the project to inflate his ego and will not blow things out of proportion.

Cameron Whitbread – Cameron is a Physics student at QUB and is the CAD designer for the hybrid rocket engine, can be found on twitter @Cam_Whitbread and LinkedIn here.