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What we do

Six programme areas, from a first workshop to leading a chapter.

Areas
06
Workshops
06
Competition
TARC 2027
Rev
2026-A
Programme areas

Six areas, one organization.

  1. P-01

    Hands-on aerospace

    Flight, aerodynamics, rocketry, aircraft design, electronics, and prototyping — carried from first sketch to flight test.

  2. P-02

    Engineering workshops

    Six workshops in rotation, from rocket simulation to CAD and recovery electronics.

  3. P-03

    Competitions

    TARC 2027, internal RAEA challenges, and competitions run with other student organizations.

  4. P-04

    University connections

    Collaborations and workshops with UCI, UCLA, UC San Diego, Caltech, and AIAA branches.

  5. P-05

    Industry exposure

    Facility tours and conversations with working aerospace engineers.

  6. P-06

    Community outreach

    Members teach STEAM at local schools and community organizations.

Curriculum

Workshops and competitions.

  • Six RAEA members holding model rockets in the engineering classroom with two UCI AIAA Student Branch representatives.
    Members with their model rockets, alongside the UCI AIAA Student Branch · 26 Feb 2026
  • RAEA members working on laptops during a design software workshop.
    Design software session, airframe geometry on the projector
  • LAUNCHBURNOUTAPOGEERECOVERYRANGE →ALT
    Fig. 1 — Flight profile, illustrative. Not flight data.

Workshops in rotation

OpenRocket
Rocket design and flight simulation
OpenVSP
NASA aircraft design software
CAD
Computer-aided design and modeling
Aerospace fundamentals
Flight, aerodynamics, propulsion, stability
Engineering design
Design-build-test-improve methodology
Electronics
Circuits, sensors, and recovery avionics

Competitions

TARC 2027
Team America Rocketry Challenge — rocket in active development
Internal
RAEA-run challenges, from one build session to a full term
Interclub
Competitions run with other student organizations
See the projects
Exposure

Universities, organizations, industry.

RAEA describes each relationship exactly as it stands — collaborations, connections, and hosted visits, never an official partnership unless formally confirmed.

Universities

  • University of California, Irvine (UCI)Connected with
  • UCLAConnected with
  • UC San DiegoConnected with
  • CaltechConnected with

Aerospace organizations

  • AIAAConnected with
  • AIAA Orange CountyConnected with
  • UCI AIAA Student BranchEducational collaboration

Industry & outreach

  • VAST SpaceLong Beach — Haven-1 facility tour
  • NASA JPLAnnual member visit
  • America On TrackSTEAM workshops at Culverdale and Wilson

On wording

No organization on this page is described as an official partner. Where RAEA has been hosted, taught alongside, or collaborated with a group, the page says exactly that.
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