STEM Student Success Stories
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2020
The Citrus College Rocket Owls team recently won three awards at the 2020 NASA Student Launch competition:
- Second place in Best Looking Rocket category
- Third place in Social Media category
- Third place in STEM Engagement category
Additionally, Citrus College ranked 15 out of 46 university teams in the yearlong competition hosted by NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
For more information, visit read the article, Mission Complete: NASA Announces Artemis Generation Winners of NASA Student Launch, on NASA's website.
Way to go, Rocket Owls!
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The Citrus College Rocket Owls recently worked with a group of Glendora Unified School District GATE students on building and flying drones, learning the basics of coding with Arduinos and building Lego robots during a three-day STEM camp that took place last week.
The participating students received certificates of completion at the end of the camp.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2019
Great news! This year's Citrus College Rocket Owls team has been selected to participate in the 2020 NASA Student Launch competition!
View the NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration press release for more details.
Go, Rocket Owls!
MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2019
Citrus College Rocket Owls computer modeling officer and payload specialist Marco Gudino was recently offered a paid summer internship by NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The five-week NASA Lucy Mission Internship at Arizona State University is hosted by the School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU. Marco will gain experience in complex project design and fabrication, including 3D printing, machining of designs and testing in space-like conditions.
Marco is an aerospace engineer major, and he hopes to use this opportunity to improve his teamwork and communications skills, as they will be imperative to his future in engineering. His main interests outside of school are sports, movies and music. His main hobbies are hiking and just spending time with family and friends.
Congrats, Marco!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019
The Citrus College Rocket Owls successfully launched and retrieved their rocket during the launch week activities that took place last week in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of an eight-month NASA Student Launch Program.
At the awards ceremony, the Rocket Owls received the STEM Engagement Award, which is presented to the team that best informed others about rocketry and other space-related topics. They also took home third place in the social media category, which is presented to the college or university team that has the most active and creative social media presence throughout the project year.
Congrats, Rocket Owls!
View the NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration press release for more details.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019
Thirteen physics students from Citrus College were selected to participate in the spring 2019 Arduino Projects internship. The students will work in teams on rocketry projects centered on the use of low-cost programmable microcomputers to collect, store and transmit in-field sensor and GPS locator data.
Besides working on these projects, the participating students will attend several webinars conducted by NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration professionals. At the end of the four-month internship, students will receive $600 stipends and certificates of completion.
This program is sponsored by the California Grant Space Consortium.
Congrats to our interns!
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019
Ivette Ayala, a member of the Citrus College Rocket Owls team, was selected to participate in the highly competitive National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored summer internship program at Cal Poly Pomona that focuses on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
The program, designed to increase students' interest in UAV technologies, gives undergraduates from all over the country the opportunity to conduct research for 10 weeks during the summer on state-of-the-art technologies and advanced research projects in UAV flight dynamics and control, computer vision, artificial intelligence, embedded systems and robotics.
In addition to their research, students will participate in weekly research seminars, research meetings and professional development seminars.
The selected students will receive a stipend of $500/week for the 10-week period and a subsistence allowance including boarding and meals. The students also receive funds for travel and research supplies.
Way to go, Ivette!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013
The Rocket Owls have landed in Alabama! First team leader meeting in one hour, and then crunch time. Thank you all for the love and support.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2013
First flight with a full scale rocket in Lucerne Dry Lake
MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2013
Subscale launch in Lucerne Valley
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012
Here's what we've been up to. Our full scale rocket is coming together! This is just a dry fit while we wait for epoxy to come in, but everything is cut and ready to go when it gets here on Monday. And here's a picture of our awesome looking payload bay. Can't wait until our launch on the 22nd!
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
We are officially accepted to USLI! Let the fun begin!
[NOTE: USLI stands for the University Student Launch Initiative, a competitive nine-month national engineering challenge hosted by NASA for college and university students. Teams design, build, test and launch high-powered rockets and advanced scientific payloads, culminating in an annual final launch event near NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.]
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2012
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012
Our first non-kit rocket is built, and everyone is excited to see the awesome launch this Saturday!
