President - Thomas Reichert
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Thomas Reichert is the President for the 2024-2025 school year. He has a deep passion for rocketry and rocketry related research. His previous experience involves founding his high school's rocket club, placing top 25 in The American Rocketry Challenge, and leading a team for NASA Student Launch during his senior year at high school. He enjoys modifying cars, going for late night drives, traveling, and exploring new places. He has two German Shepherds named Kato and Ellie. |
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Vice President - Benjamin Light
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Benjamin Light is the Vice-President for the 2024-2025 school year. He’s passionate about helping people learn, whether at local science fairs, local high-schools, or other classmates. He enjoys building computer systems, design work, as well as hands-on manufacturing. |
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Treasurer - Nicholas Kaple
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Nico Kaple is the treasurer for the 2024-2025 school year. He has been involved in rocketry for about 4 years now and has been a member of ARA since his first semester at UA. After graduation, Nico hopes to attend graduate school to study process engineering or nuclear engineering. He enjoys golf, travel, and reading. |
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Lab Safety Officer - Atreiu Vacchi
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Atreiu Vacchi is the Lab Safety Officer for the 2024-2025 school year. He was drawn to the payload subteam during his freshman year based on the multidisciplinary nature and design freedom offered. His experience involves the structural design, manufacturing, assembly, and coding of the Spaceport America Cup and NASA Student Launch Payloads. He enjoys watching F1, mountain biking, and traveling. |
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Liquids Project Manager - Kinion Fowler
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Kinion Fowler is the liquids team project manager for the 2024-2025 school year. He has wanted to be a rocket scientist since middle school, and the past two years with ARA have only reinforced that. He is also involved in aerospace research on campus in the Impact and Penetration Laboratory. His other interests include creative writing, movies, and games with friends. Unsurprisingly, his favorite movie is The Martian. |
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Liquids Chief Engineer - Jack Mincey
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Jack Mincey is the Chief Engineer of the liquid rocketry team. He is passionate about propulsion system design and testing. Outside of ARA he is involved in undergraduate research. Jack’s hobbies include hiking, volleyball, board games, and spending time with his friends. |
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Solids IREC Project Manager - Daniel Stadter
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Daniel Stadter is the Solids Project Manager for the 2024-25 school year. His previous experience includes SAE Aero Design East in 2023 with Kennesaw State University and NASA Student Launch in 2023-2024 with the University of Alabama. Daniel loves to learn about everything, especially rocketry and space. He enjoys anything that challenges him, from puzzles to physical activities like rock climbing or Ultimate Frisbee. Daniel relaxes by playing guitar in his free time. |
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Solids IREC Chief Engineer - Tyler Fogg
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Tyler Fogg is the Solids Chief Engineer for the 2024-2025 school year. Previously, he worked as a payload team member, competing in the 2023-2024 NASA Student Launch competition. Throughout high school, he experimented on his own time with rocketry and thrust vector control systems. He loves exploring, camping, and working on random engineering related projects. |