A team of Colorado State University mechanical engineering students placed seventh out of 52 schools at a national engineering competition this past June.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration holds the annual University Student Launch Initiative, wherein student engineering teams design, build and launch rockets carrying engineering payloads.
The team spent roughly nine months designing, building and launching several rockets to meet several deadlines. Upon completion, the team competed at the national USLI competition in Huntsville, Alabama…