We are the 2024 Oklahoma State Space Cowboys team. Our mission is the Argonia Cup high powered rocket competition held each year. Each member is a graduating senior in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University, and this competition is our senior design project for Spring 2024. Below is more information about each team member, where we are from, our experience brought to the project, and what our plans for the future are!

• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
• Flower Mound, TX.
• 2 years of rocketry experience as a hobby and for research through OSU and Honeywell.
• Team Lead, focusing on full rocket integration, advising subteams and maintaining backend of the project.
• Awaiting a move to Witchita, KS to pursue an opportunity with Textron as a Quality Engineer for metal bonding and composites.

Launch Role

Team administration, final inspection, computer arming

Team Superlative

Can be trusted to lead a team of multiple valedictorians.

Quotes

• I asked him about his GPA, he told me I ask too many questions
• "I had a dream our rocket exploded, this project is consuming my life"
• "Oh, hi John Gage!"

• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
• Bristow, OK.
• Experience with additive and subtractive manufacturing. 
• Structures Team Leader. Working on payload integration and securement to insure safe flight. Additionally, heading up research and operations of the X-Winder tube windings.
• Awaiting a move to Tulsa, OK to start work as a Project Engineer for ZEECO, managing the construction of flare combustion systems.

Launch Role

Sustainer-Payload Integration and Securement. Additionally assisted with sustainer ebay attachment on the pad.

Team Superlative

Most likely to start an LLC to compete with Xwinder & Wildman

Quotes

• Woke the Xwinder from its eternal slumber and became its master.
• "I freaking love Turner dude."
• I knew it was bad when he was drinking Dr. Pepper out of an epoxy measuring cup at 2:00 in the morning.

• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
• Amarillo, TX.
• Some materials/CAD background through previous internships.
• Structures team member, working on payload and nose cone design, CFD for fin analysis, and CAD assistance.
• After graduation, I'll be moving to OKC and starting work as a Mechanical and Piping Engineer with the Burns and McDonnell Water group.

Launch Role

Packing recovery systems including chutes, nomex, and shock chord and integrating them into the rocket. Verifying nose cone connections to chute, ebay, and forward eyebolt.

Team Superlative

Stoicisim Personified

Quotes

• "I have spoken"
• Wait, since when has Caden been a god at everything?
• I swear he never misses.

• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
• Oklahoma City, OK.
• Experience in rocketry from Tripoli Rocketry Level 1 certification and experience with 3D printing.  Extensive background in CAD with Solidworks from past projects and internships.
• Structures team member, CAD specialist, and working on payload optimization, model simulation, boat tail, and other component design.
• Post graduation I will be pursuing a career in the space industry.  I'm particularly interested in working at NASA, but would be thrilled to work at any company that shares my passion for space technologies and exploration.

Launch Role

Assisted in parachute packing, camera mounting, and launch pad assembly of rocket.

Team Superlative

The only thing standing between us and CAD hell

Quotes

• "I sawed this Ebay in half!"
• Legend has it, Tommy deadlifted a nose cone out of the Earth with a tomahawk, but you didn't hear it from me.
• "Who cares if we melt a few cameras if the footage is cool as hell."

• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
• Flower Mound, TX.
• Experience working roughly 2 years on campus rocket projects and personal certifications. Worked simultaneously on composite and aerostructure fabrication for bullet racing FSAE team.
• Aero design lead, working on simulation design and iteration of our rocket design. Applying composite experience to manufacture carbon fiber parts for the rocket. Full intergration of rocket componets and booster ignition.
• Following an internship in quality control of aerospace parts, will be starting a position in Wichta Kansas as a Quality Assurance Engineer at Textron. 

Launch Role

Systems intergration, final inspection and ignitor wiring

Team Superlative

We'll do it live!

Quotes

• Bro why are you still at the lab?
• Dude makes hangry seem chill.
• "The Proline kinda smells like blueberry muffins, y'all think it tastes like them too?"

• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
• Edmond, OK.
• Extensive CAD and 3D printing experience from multiple employment opportunities, as well as manufacturing experience.
• Aero team member, working on X-winder tube windings as well as maintanence of the machine. Assisting in 3D printing various parts for prototyping and assembly.
• Awaiting a move to Tulsa, OK to start work as a Project Engineer for ZEECO, managing the construction of flare combustion systems.

Launch Role

Sustainer ignitor wiring & intergration, pad securement and recovery

Team Superlative

Yeah boss, I'll defenitely replace the hundreds of dollars of PLA fillament we used.

Quotes

• "I hate getting sunburnt because I look like Bob the freaking tomato."
• "Question"
• Brett and Charlie argue like a married couple, Charlie being the tiger mom

• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
• Edmond, OK
• Laboratory and aerospace research experience under Dr. Jacob and working at OAIRE. Hands on experience with woodworking tools, composites, and basic electronics.
• Aerodynamics team member. Flat plate layups and assisting tube windings. Materials and construction methods testing/analysis along with final part finishing/processing, and qa/qc. 
• Post graduation I will be pursuing a career in aerospace, energy, or wherever life takes me. Would love to contribute my work to any field that helps advance our country and humankind. 

Launch Roles

Securement lead ensuring epoxy nuts and shear pins are in place. Assisting in assembly and pad set up.

Team Superlative

Most likely to have a fanny pack full of bolts and a badass screwdriver.

Quotes

• "I have no idea"
• "And in the morning, I'm making rockets!"
• If you rub a rocket and ask for an epoxy nut, Jarrett will appear holding a screwdriver.

• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
• Searcy, AR.
• Experience in soldering, computer programming and minimal experience in CAD.
• Aerodynamics team member. Flate plate layups and tube windings. 
• After graduation I will commission into the United States Air Force and begin Undergraduate Pilot Training.

Launch Role

Parachute packing, rocket assembly & ground station coms

Team Superlative

Can be trusted on a lathe

Quotes

• What made you think that was a good idea?
• Private Pyle! Where is my chuck key!?
• "He called my mustache stupid, I thought that was pretty rude."

• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
• Owasso, OK.
• Expience through internship revolving around Project Management, system anaylsis, and CAD.
• Aerodynamics team member. Gantt Chart Tracking & Capture Manager.
• Plan on completing college and then being apart of A Simple House and volunteering as a Catholic Missionary in impoverished neighborhoods. 

Launch Role

Workspace maintenance, pad securement and supply checks

Team Superlative

CSO (Chief Sanding Officer)

Quotes

• A coal miner, chimney sweeper, and a road paver walk into a bar... Actually it was just Nick.
• If you're a freshly wound tube and you find yourself at Nicks house, just run.
• I told Nick we had no more tubes to sand and I think he shed a tear.

• Mechanical and Aerospace engineering.
• Guthrie, OK.
• Experience in hands-on engineering projects through internship, and soldering experience from personal projects.
• Avionics subteam lead, flight logic, recovery systems, and stage separation.
• Planning on attending OSU for a Master's in aerospace engineering.

Launch Role

Prepare and assemble avionics bays for launch, operate ground station to ensure computers are operating correctly, and operate RF receiver during sustainer recovery.

Team Superlative

Men fear him, women want his hair, when God made him, he said "Damn, I might have put a little too much swag in this one."

Quotes

• I once saw his hair blowing in the wind, but I'm pretty sure we were indoors...
• "I dabble in the didgeridoo"
• "I promise Tommy, this will be the last change to the Ebay sled."

• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
• Owasso, OK.
• Experience in building robots from scratch and coding them for autonomous and remote control use. Also soldering experience through personal projects.
• Avionics team member. Designing avionics sleds, configuring flight computers, building e-bays.
• After graduation I will be moving to Oahu, Hawaii for a few years and will pursure a career in the aerospace industry. 

Launch Role

Configured the sustainer-payload e-bay for flight, set up and mounted cameras on vehicle, built charges for separation, reviewed flight footage

Team Superlative

The only person that would bring hand sanitizer and a first aid kit to launch

Quotes

• Our token woman in STEM
• "My fiancee is in the military, nothing you guys say phases me."
• I had to talk Natalie down from multiple sabatoge attempts, shes very unsuspecting

• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.
• Kansas City, MO.
• Experience in soldering and circuit board soldering, strong CAD background and small amount of computer programing.
• Avionics team member, CAD of flight computers, aiding in sled desing and flight computer configuration.
•  After graduation I will be working as a mechanical engineer at Millenium International in Lee's Summit, MO before  commisioning as a 2d Lt in the USAF as a Pilot trainee this upcoming summer/fall.

Launch Role

Avionics securement, creating & wiring charges, ground station coms

Team Superlative

Most likely to try and catch a rocket

Quotes

• I saw him chase a rocket, I yelled "Treat!" and he lost sight of it thankfully.
• "You think they will care if I just start grilling?"
• 3:1 confidence to knowledge ratio, totally inspiring and absolutely terrifying