About us
The Aerospace and Rocket Engineering Society (ARES) is the University of Melbourne student engineering team who design, analyze and manufacture high-powered rockets. Our team comprises of over 70 students from multiple disciplines, backgrounds, and nationalities across both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. We encourage students who are interested in aerospace and rocketry to join ARES.
Safety and design quality are of utmost importance at ARES. We prioritize these aspects in all our endeavors and ensure that our projects are executed using an industry-standard systems engineering approach. Our commitment to safe engineering practices has been instrumental in our competition achievements. Our goal as a team is to continue innovating and pushing the boundaries of our capabilities by striving to build a team that can learn from those that have come before, upskill new members efficiently and most importantly promote a culture that makes members feel empowered to be a part of.
HISTORY OF ARES
- 2019
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Established in 2019, the Society planned to participate in the Australian Youth Aerospace Association ‘s Australian Universities Rocketry Competition (AURC). Although the competition opportunities were halted for a couple years due to Covid-19 the team continued to learn and grow.
- 2022
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ARES entered the Spaceport America Cup (SAC) competition. Our team travelled to New Mexico for our inaugural international competition. We were delighted to win the Charles Hoult Award for Modelling & Simulation!
We were invited to present at the Podium Session and showed our work on the 'Design, analysis and manufacture of a 10'000ft sounding rocket with airframe diameter transition'.
- 2023
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We launched Deimos, our first ever 30,000 ft rocket, Deimos at the SAC in June 2023.
We presented at the 2023 Podium Session and showed our work on the 'SRAD future-proof flight computer'.
Spaceport America Cup
The Spaceport America Cup stands as the largest global competition and conference for intercollegiate rocket engineering. Organized in partnership with Spaceport America, Virgin Galactic, and the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA), this event has participation from over 120 teams hailing from colleges and universities across twenty nations. The competition continues to witness remarkable growth annually. Students compete by launching solid, liquid, and hybrid rockets aimed at reaching altitudes of 10,000 and 30,000 feet.