Explore the History of IREC
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2014 IREC
Winning Teams:
Basic Category (10-lb payload to 10,000 ft AGL):
1st Place: Oregon State University
2nd Place: ETS Montreal
Advanced Category (10-lb payload to 25,000 ft AGL):
1st Place: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
2nd Place: ETS Montreal
Jim Furfaro Award for Technical Excellence:
University of Washington
R.Gilbert Moore Award for Innovation:
University of Toronto
Payload Award:
Oregon State University
Advanced Category (10-lb payload to 25,000 feet):
California State Univ.-Long Beach
Case Western Reserve University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
ETS Montreal (Canada)
Istanbul Technical Univ. (Turkey)
New Mexico Tech
Polytechnique Montreal (Canada)
Univ. of Missouri
Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
Univ. of Washington
Participants:
Basic Category (10-lb payload to 10,000 feet):
Brigham Young Univ.-Idaho
Century College
California State Univ.-Los Angeles
ETS Montreal (Canada)
George Washington Univ.
Istanbul Technical Univ. (Turkey)
ITA (Brazil)
Laval University (Canada)
New Mexico Tech
Oregon State Univ.
Polytechnique Montreal (Canada)
Purdue Univ.
Ryerson Univ, (Canada)
UCLA
University of Michigan
Univ. of Minnesota
Univ of Missouri
Univ of Puerto Rico
Univ. of Toronto (Canada)
Univ of Waterloo (Canada)
Washington University of St Louis
Yale Univ
2013 IREC
Winning Teams:
Basic Category: (10-lb payload closest to 10,000 ft AGL):
1st Place: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Canada)
"Zephyr 2" (2nd year in a row!)
2nd Place: ETS Montreal (Canada)
"RockETS"
Advanced Category (10-lb payload closest to 25,000 ft AGL):
1st Place: New Mexico Tech
"SCEPTER"
2nd Place: No other teams reached half the target altitude to qualify
Jim Furfaro Award for Technical Excellence:
Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (Brazil)
"Santos-Dumont"
Advanced Category (25,000 ft)
California State University-Los Angeles
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Canada)
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech)
University of California-Los Angeles
Technical Papers (Advanced Category):
California State University, Los Angeles
New Mexico Tech
Polytechnique Montreal
UCLA
Participants:
Basic Category (10,000 ft)
Brigham Young University
Case Western Reserve University
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Canada)
ETS Montreal (Canada)
Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (Brazil)
Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech)
Ryerson University (Canada)
University of Michigan
University of Missouri
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (India)
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Washington
University of Waterloo (Canada)
2012 IREC
Winning Teams:
"Basic" Category (10-lb payload closest to 10,000 feet AGL):
1st Place: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal "Zephyr"
2nd Place: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott "SWE-Sat"
"Advanced" Category (10-lb payload closest to 25,000 feet AGL):
1st Place: University of Washington "DAQ Destroyer"
2nd Place: ERAU - Daytona Beach "Artemis 1"
Jim Furfaro Award for Technical Excellence:
University of Washington "DAQ Destroyer"
Solid, liquid, and hybrid rockets were launched, and the highest reported altitude was over 19,000 feet above ground level!
Advanced Category (10-lb payload to 25,000 feet):
California Polytechnic University - San Luis Obispo "AJAKS"
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach "Artemis 1"
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott "Eagle Aerospace"
University of Washington "DAQ Destroyer"
University of Waterloo (Canada) "Eridani"
Participants:
Basic Category (10-lb payload to 10,000 feet):
Brigham Young University "Atticus V"
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Canada) "Zephyr"
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach "Pathfinder IV"
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott "SWEsat"
Institut Technologico Aeronautica (Brazil) "AIR"
University of Missouri - Columbia "Truman II"
