Public record of the club’s work

AK Rocketry engineering journal

This is where serious work earns a lasting audience. Each entry reads like a design review or lab-quality write-up: clear problem framing, defensible methods, honest results, and lessons the next team can use. We are a student club, not a peer-reviewed scientific venue — but we hold the line on integrity, citations, and safety-first storytelling so sponsors, teachers, and future recruits see AK rocketry at its best.

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What we publish

Full papers that stand alone for a reader who was not in the room when you flew or tested. If it would pass as a strong internal design memo, it belongs here. For track-specific requirements and prizes, see summer programs.

  • Title & authors — team or lead author, advisor acknowledgement where applicable.
  • Problem & scope — what you set out to learn, build, or prove.
  • Approach — design, simulation, materials, and test plan (no unsafe how-to).
  • Results — data, imagery, flight or bench outcomes, including dead ends.
  • Lessons — what you would repeat, revise, or hand off.

Two ways your work can appear

You do not have to join a summer track to ask for a slot. You do have to meet the same standard once you are invited to submit in full.

  • Summer program papers

    Teams on thrust vectoring, dual-stage solid, or dual-stage water rocket tracks ship one paper at the end of the window. If advisor review clears it, it receives a volume and entry here as part of the program.

  • Open requests (any AK student)

    Independent projects, off-season builds, or research adjacent to club work can still earn a place. Send a request for consideration via our contact flow: a short abstract, working title, author names, and whether advisors already know the work. A subset of officers and mentors reviews requests and invites full drafts when we have capacity.

From request to publication

A straightforward pipeline keeps quality predictable and timelines fair.

  • Request

    You (or your team) introduce the work: topic, status, and why it belongs in the club journal. Use contact with the fields above in the message so routing is fast.

  • Editorial review

    The editorial group reads for clarity, safety framing, and fit. We may ask questions or suggest structural changes before a full draft is due.

  • Revisions

    Invited authors revise against written feedback. Major gaps in data or attribution stop the clock until they are resolved.

  • Publish

    Accepted papers are formatted for the site, assigned to a volume, and linked from this page as the public archive grows.

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Volumes on this site

Volume I — Summer 2026

Listing launches with the first accepted papers. Check Band for deadlines; summer track registration is here.