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MODELING MODEL ROCKETS: A STUDY IN OPTIMIZING MODEL rocketry . Alex Chen, Jake Cooper, Matt DeCesare, Annie Liang, Alex Parsells, Saket Shah, Alan Shenkerman, Kevin Woytowich, Michael Wu, Audrey Yan, Annie Zhou Advisor: Robert Murawski Assistant: Sam Zorn ABSTRACT. Although rocket science involves advanced mathematics and meticulous calculations, MODEL rocketry is a useful segue into the world of rockets. For this project, the team built eleven unique rockets from different MODEL kits. After measuring the rockets' dimensions, they recre- ated their rockets in OpenRocket, a program used to simulate MODEL rocket flight. After launch- ing the rockets, experimental apogee was compared to a simulated apogee from OpenRocket and to a calculated theoretical apogee. The team also experimented with different variables to STUDY how they affected apogee - first, by increasing the mass of a chosen rocket , and measuring its ef- fect on the original apogee; next, the shape of the nose cone was varied on a second rocket , and the apogee was again observed and compared.

MODELING MODEL ROCKETS: A STUDY IN OPTIMIZING MODEL ROCKETRY Alex Chen, Jake Cooper, Matt DeCesare, Annie Liang, Alex Parsells, Saket Shah, Alan Shenkerman, Kevin Woytowich, Michael Wu, Audrey Yan, Annie Zhou Advisor: Robert Murawski Assistant: Sam Zorn ABSTRACT Although rocket science involves advanced mathematics and meticulous calculations,

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